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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Jan. 2007 ~ Mar. 2007: POSITIVITY THREAD: 3 things that went "right" today! (ARCHIVES): Archive through August 25, 2006 users admin

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Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
1. I only worked half a day today .
2. A surgery that I was worried about doing on a friend's dog went fine.
3. I bought a tea upstreet and sat on a bench in this little park to drink it. A guy from a near by music store was on the other bench playing classical guitar. He was really good.

Baby
Member

01-08-2006

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
Thought I had better get myself back here and try to find some "positives" to post since I have been down lately missing Baby so much!

1. My wonderful cousin, Ceil, sent me pics yesterday of Baby's funeral on my grandmother's property which totally made me cry. But, I knew since I could not be there with Baby, I needed to see the pics. They were really wonderful! To know that my cousin and family cared enough about us to give her such a sweet and touching farewell, did my heart good!

2. I am up today and moving around and able to do some chores around here which I am truly grateful for!

3. I got to talk with two of my dearest friends last night and we always have wonderful conversations no matter what we talk about!

4. My cousin is supposed to call tonight after she looks at the pic of Scrappy. And knowing my cousin, looking at his sweet pic will put a big, old smile on her face!

5. I am so grateful for what God has given me and all of the wonderful people in my life! And all of the kind and loving support I have gotten!

6. I am glad Dogdoc's surgery went well for her on her friend's dog! And that she only had to work a half day, today!

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
HI Baby and Dogdoc! Good to see you here.

Monday June 12th:
1. Jessica suggested a walk at Mansfield Hollow Dam, and it was quite enjoyable--plus after all our rainy days, tonight we were gifted with the most glorious sunset I've seen in ages: all bright pinks and purples looking like inverted sand ruffled by waves on the seashore, with a set of deep purple cloud "mountains" off to one side.
2. Earlier, Jessica scrubbed down my shower stall to sparkling conidition! while I "scrubbed" the case of my "new" used computer!

Tuesday June 13, 2006
The eleventh anniversary of my mother's passing.
1. I took a cyclamen plant to my Dad as a gift.
2. My "new" used computer is working well.
3. And with everything having "gone wrong" with my plans to visit NYC for the day, I had a marvelous "gift" to cheer me on this special anniversary: Jessica invited me to a early evening picnic at her place that she shares with a Welchman with his wife from Kenya and their two kids, a couple from Spain (she's a visiting PHd with specialty of studying stuttering; he's a professional photographer), and a neighboring couple--the husband of whom brought fresh caught bluefish and striped bass, I think it was, caught last eve on Long Island sound! Marvelous company and for once I relaxed and didn't watch the clock and two hours flew by. I also have an invitation to go naturist swimming at their beautiful pond anytime I like!

Baby
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01-08-2006

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 10:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
Hi to you, too, Beth!!

I don't have anymore positives right now but I was just thinking that if you and Dogdoc took cameras on your wonderful walks then you both could post some beautiful pics here on the board! And that for me, would definitely be a positive. Since I am homebound, that is how I visit places..with my eye on beautiful photos!

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 9:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
HI back to you Baby! Sorry that I usually don't take camera with me on walks: I have one fancy digital camera (large) and it stays mounted on a tripod to do archiving work. Other than that, I gave up taking photos because they cluttered my life too much! Maybe I can find some cute cat photos to send you, however! (I do make an exception of photo taking for my cats!!!)

Re positives:
I think it was Sunday or maybe Monday, that I got the small but genuine satisfaction of doing some catch-up laundry. Only a small load, but things that really needed to be done! The smell of fresh laundry (even though "fragrance-free") is neat! (or maybe it's the "non-smell"...no more musty or other unpleasant odors).

wednesday june 14th

1. Really enjoyed So You Think You Can Dance tonight; am also enjoying re-viewing the first (audition) episodes this year; skipping past the bad auditions and looking for those that either ended up in the finals or did a spectacular job.

2. Made my goal of getting a small donation load to the thrift shop today; Emily and Mary both there. Also picked up bananas at a NEW family-run flower shop/produce mart Harvest Garden.
and more bird seed, some meant to attract especially my cardinal pair.

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
(Background - 1) in order to travel up to Greenland to visit Konashark this summer, I have to do a military physical. 2) My unit of assignment is in another state (I had been at the one near my home for five years so I needed a change and that was the nearest that was a bigger hospital) but the reserve command is cutting the purse strings and I either have to resign my commission or reassign back to the base in my home town).

1. The doctor doing my travel physical today was very cute!!!
2. Talked to someone working in nutritional medicine flight at the local base and then spoke briefly with the chief - they need a reservists - soon! So I have a place for me (very close to home compared to the 10 hour drive I have now).

Two positives today!

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 10:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Wow, it's been almost a week since I've been here to post positives!!! Let's see if I can come up with a random few!

1. A nuthatch visited my birdfeeder today tues june 20th before I left for West Hartford.

2. On Sunday June 18th, we got the air conditioner installed at my Dad's and followed it up with a literal jump in the lake (or in this case, pond)...first swim of the season! Even nicer was a bit of serendipity, when Michael and I were taking a short cut down a dirt road back to the main road, we stopped by the old grist mill by the rushing stream and wandered around admiring history (the mill is a preserved site) and nature. And then who should come walking down the same trail we had just taken but my Dad's good friend Jan who gave me a big warm hug and introduced me to her visiting daughter and granddaughter.
Oh, and later Michael easily fixed the burnt out light in my bathroom ceiling.

3. On Monday, Marcel emailed me some photos of our time at the pond (mainly people photos, Baby, not nature).

4. I am being a little more successful in doing the exercises for my hands and knee: trying to do them at odd moments too while the computer is slow or when stuck at stoplight.

5. A discussion group I joined online has turned MUCH more active since I arrived. And turns out that a member there wants a "book buddy" for a workbook that I also want to use.

Dogdoc
Member

09-29-2001

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 5:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
1. I am breaking in my new elliptical exerciser. I got in 3 minutes today without gasping for air and having to stop. (Up from 2 minutes the last time).
2. As I continued my exercising by jogging in a near by cemetery, I realized that I may not have brought the dog in before I left home. I blame this lapse on the fatigue brought on by the elliptical. I dashed home and found her on her chair.
3. Big Brother is about to start.

Baby
Member

01-08-2006

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
Well, I am totally exhausted and delerious with happiness!

1. I talked with two wonderful women on the phone today and had lovely conversations with both of them! One is my cousin, Ceily, who I just love so much! And the other is Herckleperckle! She is just the same on the phone as she is on the board, a kind, gentle and loving soul! And although she told me she doesn't have an accent, I found out today she was fibbing. She has a definite eastern one.

2. Found out my little Scrappy who still only weighs 1 pound and 8 ounces gets to come home to momma in a few days!

3. I am so very grateful for all of the wonderful, kind, loving and silly friends I have met here on the board! You have made such a huge difference in my life and I truly love you!

Dogdoc
Member

09-29-2001

Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 5:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
1. It is a beautiful day.
2. I got an e-mail from my sister who is travelling. So far so good.
3. I made a positive post in a thread instead of making a negative one which I was tempted to do.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I woke up in time to get to work.
I didn't have to carpool today.
The a/c in my home, car and work is functioning well!

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Monday June 26, 2006
Been almost a week again! There has been a dark cloud over this past week from a long-distance friend in Arizona committing suicide, but even through that there has been a positive in staying in touch with her friend Arlene. I have been focused on the positive that if we didnt' realize how much pain she was in, at least she saw both of us as "lights" in her life.

Thank you guys for motivating me to get back on here...I saw the new posts!

Let's see:

1. this past weekend I made three sales of my online class at the new price level (I had worried about going up in fee!)

2. on Sunday, friend Michael came to visit at West Hartford for about 3 hours. He helped me remove my air conditioner for repair (we decided it needed a professional rather than his doing the cleaning!) and I showed him a thing or two on the computer, like the delights of weatherbug live photos across the country (I love looking at California live photos, for example, when it's already dark in the East). My shy cat Maggie still recognizes Michael as "family" when she tends to run from everyone else.

3. I am FINALLY getting some good responses to my ad looking for a replacement for my assistant Sara, who is leaving today for study-abroad trip to England.

4. I am enjoying reading the book "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn".

5. I am busy tonight working on my new column of declutter tips for Jill Tracey (of Starting Over show) and her newsletter debuting in July. I am delighted that Jill has invited me on board. She already has a link to my website on HER website www.justaskjillonline.com !

Dogdoc
Member

09-29-2001

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
1. I did 5 minutes on my elliptical without dying.
2. I just got a good laugh out of news. They were reporting about a protest held at a local Walmart. They were protesting adding a drive through window in the pharmacy. There was film coverage of the event. The temperature is in the 70's today. The protesters had on winter hats and were walking in snow. The blank looks on the newscasters' faces were priceless. Talk about archiving!
3. I like what I am having for dinner tonight, sausage, rice and greenbeans.

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
tuesday June 27, 2006

1. Maria did come today to help me heft my air conditioner into the car for repair: now I am all set to go!!!

2. When I ran out of printer's ink tonight, it gave me a chance to go to the local 24-hr CVS (drugstore) to buy new ink and have a fun conversation with 2 clerks re learning how to drive when in your 30's (neither has a license YET, but both are considering it....I didn't get MY license til after college!)

3. Got my column finished for Jill's newsletter...I actually LIKE it, and I'm my own worst critic!!

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Monday, July 03, 2006 - 4:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
First time since Tuesday!

sunday July 2nd, 2006:
After postponing several potential get-togethers with Jessica, she agreed to come to my place in West Hartford tonight, so I could be with my cat Maggie. She enjoyed seeing a "slide show" of some of my cat and shadow puppet pictures; also helped me mend some boots, and we hung out for quite a while and just talked. She goes on a short trip to Nashville tomorrow, Monday through Thursday. I was telling her about my "adventures" maybe 30years ago in Nashville, high point was going to the Grand Old Opry in the original non-air-conditioned building. I was telling her about the 50 cent religious-themed cardboard fans we all bought on the street, and how those fans, constantly waving by 1000+ people actually created a breeze!

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
First time since Sunday; I've been busy!

saturday July 8, 2006
1. Alexandra helped me weed my garden and plant a new annual of mini-daisies. And Alexandra said while I was in the house, a woman walking by gave a compliment to the garden!

2. I took the time in the midst of sending work emails, to send out a couple of very personal emails to special people (which reminds me, I still want to respond to my Cousin Margaret!).

3. My repaired air conditioner from last year is still doing beautifully!!!

Baby
Member

01-08-2006

Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
Well, I have not visited this thread for awhile. I am grateful for the positive things I have going on in my life but sometimes I either forget to post them or just want to keep them close to my heart!

1. Sweetie Pie and I are still hanging in there! He is a very, very active little guy and I do have to really watch him and my chair but so far, so good! He has an extremely loving and affectionate side to him just like Baby did!

2. I had some wonderful conversations with some of the members of the board this weekend either on the phone and/or through email! They're pretty great human beings!

3. I had a great time with my company on Thursday afternoon. We really did have fun and enjoyed spending time with each other!

4. HP got her house! And a beautiful house it is, too! I knew how badly she wanted it and I know it is the perfect house for her and her family!

HI BETH and DOGDOC! Hope you are well.

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Monday, July 10, 2006 - 8:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Hi Baby!
Wanted to post from Sunday that I took time to fill the birdfeeder before going to my dad's house, and was rewarded with a male cardinal being the first visitor, even before I left!

Then at my Dad's house, in clearing my Mom's things, I found a bird census count she had done at our house in 1964, where her count included one male and one female cardinal (when there were only seven cardinals in the whole state of Connecticut, we had TWO!). Then upon returning from Dad's, as I drove in, there was one bird at the feeder: again the red male cardinal! Seems it was meant to be!

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Thursday July 13, 2006
Saw a rose-breasted grossbeak at my feeder in Ashford; first ever! Also a brown bird...maybe a killdeer, but not sure...

Jan
Moderator

08-01-2000

Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 9:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
a little OT but I thought this is an audience that could really appreciate an email i received today on the power of thinking positively:

The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud
legally blind lady, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.


After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets
that had been hung on her window.

"I love it," she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy. "Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room . just wait."

"That doesn't have anything to do with it," she replied.
"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like
my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged...
it's how I arrange my mind.



I already decided to love it "It's a decision I make every morning
when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed
recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no
longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do.



Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the
new day and all the happy memories I've stored away just for this
time in my life.


Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Jan!
Sunday july 16, 2006
1. Jessica and I went to visit old one-room schoolhouse in Coventry, where my first grade photo was on display (I went to a different school, but similar in style to a one-room school...we had 9 grades, 5 classrooms, 100 kids in all). Ginney Dilks, the historical society hostess, is a friendly lively person who wants to do a full exhibit on my grade school next year!

2. Previous to this day, I had finally located the Churchills, who owned my school in its day!!! I had posted at TVCH long ago about how to try and find them,a nd had been searching unsuccessfully for 2 yrs when suddenly the grandson reached out to the Historical Society!! I am very excited!
3. A funny moment at the one room school on Sunday: it's very rural, the town didn't even have ONE chain store til Dunkin Donuts came in a year or so ago (over some town residents' protest). As we approach the small dirt parking lot for the school, we see a sign saying "no horses here" (like "no parking"!) and no sooner do we see the sign, than we see two horses, running wild and free...down the middle of the paved country road! Two teenage girls in swim suits are chasing after them, but the horses are enjoying their taste of freedom. We all hold our breaths, and it was quite a chase, even a container of grain couldn't tempt them! They would stop to munch grass and then be off again. Finally the girls' mother came to the rescue with halters, but by that time the horses had zig zagged across the road and visited quite a few neighborhood houses!

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Friday, August 04, 2006 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
From Wednesday August 2, 2006, early evening, a positive from my "journal". It's interesting, because this relates to the recent poll question about whether people like thunderstorms:

The time I felt BEST yesterday Wednesday was after I arrived at Ashford and the dramatic thunder/lightning storm occurred. After finally giving up on the computer and turning it off, I was absolutely GLUED to the window watching the drama of the storm: a man with small boy in arms dashed to his pickup truck parked out front just before the rains unzipped from the clouds in drenching downpour; you could see the sky darken and actually watch the progress from light to dark to light again across my wide window frame. The gusts of winds, the sheets of rain, and the downward arrow of lightning strikes all caught and captured my attention in total focus. I felt totally “one” with the storm --and the storm in nature felt like it helped represent and then clear the storm in my soul.

Dogdoc
Member

09-29-2001

Friday, August 04, 2006 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
1.Beth, I cannot help but get excited about the fact that two horses running free crossed your path. There is a message there.
2. The heat wave has broken.
3. My tortoise is over his hunger strike.

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Friday, August 04, 2006 - 8:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Hi Dogdoc! So tortoises go on hunger strikes? I thought only my cat did that!!

Positive for today Friday August 4, 2006:
I climbed to the very top of Horsebarn Hill (yes, Doc, horses again!) for the first time in my life. It has been a favorite hiking spot of mine since youth, but until they recently took down some fences, only the cows and horses could get to the crest, not people. Several single parents and their young children were enjoying the spot too, making for a friendly atmosphere...and off in the distance, horses! On my way there, I drove past the riding stable of my youth.

Beth4freedom
Member

10-24-2003

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
About time I checked in here again...
1. Well, my tail-light turnlight went out...BUT a new friend told me a place still open where I could go get it fixed before closing...and it only cost $2.25, believe it or not! Plus a friendly dog was on premises to keep me company while they worked.

2. I had to wait endlessly in the grocery line..BUT unexpectedly I got my hair cut today, and with ZERO waiting; no one else was in the shop when I dropped by!

3. The woodpeckers are delightfully moving in to my feeding station, also a large brown/black/white mystery bird that I am trying to figure out how to identify!