Last thing that made you smile?

[Claire]

I was expecting a visit from one of my sisters. She was to be in Chicago for a convention, and decided to rent a car and do the 3-4 hour drive to see me. I told her to please feel free to bring a friend or two to help with the driving. They arrived about 6:30, which anyone of you living up north knows that is pitch dark already. My mom was calling from Florida, "Did she get there?" On top of it, these people hadn't here before and it is not only already dark, but the roads have few, if any, street lights. So when they pulled up I flew out, and I could see my sister, but not the other two women in the car. One hopped out and hugged me, I could not see her at all. The other one I went over to meet and said, "he.., you look just like my youngest sister .... oh, sh.., you are her, then turned to the first woman I'd hugged and she was my other sister. So all three of my sisters are here as a big surprise, and I do mean SURPRISE. I had no idea. My husband had no idea, and my parents .... well, the girls say that they were scared to death that Daddy would give it away. We've been having a great visit.

[Vanilla Bean]

I must be in a stupid mood this morning because the last two posts of this thread made me laugh..... being silly, I guess.

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums...hen-60026.html

[msmofet]

Originally Posted by Vanilla Bean

I must be in a stupid mood this morning because the last two posts of this thread made me laugh..... being silly, I guess.

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums...hen-60026.html

UMMMMMMMMMMMM ROTFLMFAO!! thanks vb i needed that. i haven't laughed (if at all) much for a long time now.

[LPBeier]

Claire, I am so happy for you. Those are the best kind of surprises and your smiles will linger for a long time.

My smile is a little one but still worth mentioning. I have been suffering from severe sinus migraines on and off for a month now and yesterday and so far today I have a raging one. I opened one eye this morning and the smaller of our two dogs gently jumped up beside me and started licking my eye and forehead on the side that was aching. I gave no indication that it was bothering me but somehow Joie "knew".

[Chile Chef]

My little 2 year old nephew when hes about to watch Thomas The Tank.

He gets so freaking excited when we bring out the ttt dvd's....

[babetoo]

my Thomas put his little head into my hand so i will pet him. it always makes me smile to wake up with Thomas

[pot clanger]

Coming on here after a prolonged absence, and finding out Katie E got MARRIED! Wow... super cool! Love is alive, indeed....

[LPBeier]

I made the 1 1/2 hour trip into Vancouver this morning in the pouring rain to take Dad for his eye specialist appointment. I have to cross two major bridges and there was still some rush hour traffic in my direction. On the first bridge I could barely see 1 foot in front of me and Dad is saying "don't turn the wipers on high or they will fly off". Of course I am thinking "who cares if I get in an accident and total the car because I can't see, as long as the wipers don't fall off". It was actually good because I could smile over my nervousness.

We got there and found that the parking lot was full - I used to live in the area and said not to worry. I went around the block and sure enough they let three cars in....we were the third! The spot we got was very narrow and dark between a wall and two cement posts. I took my time and made it in. Dad, who is not big on compliments said it was very good driving on my part, and I smiled.

But the biggest smile came when the doctor said that the sight in his good eye is stabilizing and while it won't get better, the likelihood of it getting worse is small. And we don't have to go back for 2 months.

We had a wonderful lunch at our favourite deli, a gentleman guided me out of the spot and the sun shone the whole way home.

We arrived to find that hubby had done 2 loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, turned on the dishwasher, walked the dogs, made his own lunch, packed his dinner and left me a love note on my MSN.

I think I had a good share of smiles today!

[Vanilla Bean]

When I wished someone a Happy Birthday. They said I made their day!

[Barbara L]

Originally Posted by LPBeier

I made the 1 1/2 hour trip into Vancouver this morning in the pouring rain to take Dad for his eye specialist appointment. I have to cross two major bridges and there was still some rush hour traffic in my direction. On the first bridge I could barely see 1 foot in front of me and Dad is saying "don't turn the wipers on high or they will fly off". Of course I am thinking "who cares if I get in an accident and total the car because I can't see, as long as the wipers don't fall off". It was actually good because I could smile over my nervousness.

We got there and found that the parking lot was full - I used to live in the area and said not to worry. I went around the block and sure enough they let three cars in....we were the third! The spot we got was very narrow and dark between a wall and two cement posts. I took my time and made it in. Dad, who is not big on compliments said it was very good driving on my part, and I smiled.

But the biggest smile came when the doctor said that the sight in his good eye is stabilizing and while it won't get better, the likelihood of it getting worse is small. And we don't have to go back for 2 months.

We had a wonderful lunch at our favourite deli, a gentleman guided me out of the spot and the sun shone the whole way home.

We arrived to find that hubby had done 2 loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, turned on the dishwasher, walked the dogs, made his own lunch, packed his dinner and left me a love note on my MSN.

I think I had a good share of smiles today!

That made me smile too! I'm glad you had a day with lots of smiles!

Barbara

[getoutamykitchen]

My totally awesome son turned 13 on November 18th. and the other day I asked him how he liked being a teenager, his answer...
"Piece of cake!"

[babetoo]

finally saw posted where i can order prints (by my granddaughter that got disc made) of very old photos of my family. and some of old friends. some were over fifty years old, including my wedding. graduations, my kids as babies and older. and may in laws and out laws. my face was sore from smiling. such a wonderful gift on her part. she did all the leg work. yeah zesty, yep that her name and is as beautiful as she is.

[kadesma]

We took Ethan and Olivia out for lunch today. Ethan ordered an egg with a runny yolk, hash browns,bacon and a piece of toast, that boy ate everything on his plate..He adores a runny egg, scramble i and he won't touch it...Kids Miss Olivia ordered a hot dog and fries, both had milk..Boy they are so much fun to feed. Ethan has named himself ma's taste tester..He knows how to boost my ego. According to him I'm the best cooking ma in the world
so his eagerness to please has made the events and terror of our car ride tonight easier to handle.
kades

[Michael in FtW]

My granddaughter sent me this staring her, her brother and sister, mom and dad (my son):

Grandpa's Elves at play

[getoutamykitchen]

Originally Posted by Michael in FtW

My granddaughter sent me this staring her, her brother and sister, mom and dad (my son):

Grandpa's Elves at play

Too Cute!!!

[LPBeier]

Thanks for sharing that, Michael. Very cute.

I organized a banquet for our youth group on Friday and I made a cake that looks like a gingerbread house (it is gingerbread cake with gingerbread and royal icing trim - check my avatar). It was announced that this was part of the dessert buffet and was actually a cake and everyone (50 teens and young adults) were totally shocked. Now most of them shouldn't be because they know that I am a cake decorator.

Anyway, I am eating my dinner with the rest of my helpers and a young lady comes up and says "Mrs. Beier, we are all standing around the dessert table wanting a piece of cake but no one wants to cut it because it is too beautiful". I smiled because I was able to read between the lines "we really don't know HOW to cut it so we will leave it to you". I love my kids!

[kadesma]

We all can use a smile and there is nothing like a little child or a good friend to do that for you.
We picked up our Ethan today and took him to lunch. I was grumpy because of having to go visit the doc to answer questions boo hiss. When we got there, my little guy jumped in the car gave me a hug and said I love you ma..Smile You bet..Then when I logged on here I saw that someone had looked at the pictures and commented..Thank you Lady Cook, you are a sweet heart.
I'm grinning big time.
kades

[getoutamykitchen]

The straight A report card my son brought home from school today.

[kadesma]

Originally Posted by getoutamykitchen

The straight A report card my son brought home from school today.

That's fantastic..I bet you're really smiling..Congratulations to your son.
kades

[Max Sutton]

Yesterday, the apartment manager bought a bottom freezer refrigerator for my one-bedroom apartment. I'm thrilled. The new refrigerator arrives Tuesday.