It's Tuesday afternoon here and I am just returning to work tonight (I work nights) from a long weekend. Love that I only have a 4-day work week this week. Yay me. :)

That would be great! You need some help!

Knowing when someone says - I got your back - they really do. Always smile worthy.

Thinking about last night when I went out to dinner with my sister - it has been quite awhile since we both have been able to smile and laugh. It felt good to make some progress on the grieving.

That sounds so idyllic. My future Mother-in-law LOVES roosters and hens. I made some original artwork, mixed media, on a chunk of pine wood, so she can have it on her deck at home. A cute femme hen, with the type of glasses my mil wears. I liked your description of the wind coming off the mountain behind your house, too. Years ago, I heard the wind coming off the mountain at my dad's sister's house. Good memories.

Thanks for sharing, nhplowboi. :tea:

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Talking to the little one always makes me smile. When a child smiles and says I miss you and love you, you can be assured she really does. I have a picture she drew of the two of us waiting for me to pick up. (tomorrow or Wed.) I got a sample of her singing Oh Canada! She will be five in July and I have a good surprise coming her way.

Hearing my sister ask: Want to go shopping?

Getting a wheelchair and a push from several consecutive security officers at the Covid vaccine site today. They were all so nice and funny! One of them told me he was going to be my "cadillac".

My youngest grandson blowing me kisses in between bites when I shared some of my gelate with him. I'm glad given a choice he chose to eat just as many bites of the healthy stuff on his plate. That made me smile today too.

what made me?...just about everything🎈 :byebye:

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As usual chatting with the family via Skype. Four of us on line and on camera to chat, very nice. (father is working out of town all week).

Sharing sakura (cherry blossom) Kit Kats from Japan.

https://i.imgur.com/YUFn6VNm.jpg

A card from homoe.

Love your humor, homie!

This one is definitely going on the card board once I get it up!

.....:giggle:.... I do believe I know what card you are referring too!

It made me laugh out loud!

It was yesterday, but I am still smiling: The huge show of appreciation that was given to me yesterday at work. A beautiful card signed by 15 people on my work campus and the lovely vegan chocolate truffles made by Missionary Chocolatiers and other things included inside the card. Omg, I was so surprised. I feel so loved and appreciated by the people who surprised me with their generous show of appreciation. :stillheart: :hk28:

A friend making me feel needed and important.

My sis came over and we hung out and then we did some shopping. It is the craziest thing - but when she visits I always feel better - and I have had a couple of emotional days in a row - so it really helped to see her today and do something outside of the house.

I finally went and had my eye exam and ordered the NIKE frames I have been wanting for as long as I can remember - the bonus was the eye exam came out great - eyes are as healthy as ever. Two weeks and I have some new specs !!!!

A bittersweet phone call with my 9 year old nephew.

He had texted me asking for stories about his Dad because he was really missing him. So I called him and told him a slew of silly stories about his Daddy. It was good to laugh together over memories and hearing him learn about what kind of relationship my brother and I had as kids.

Then, Nephew was talking about some school bullies and the subject of him being called Gay came up and he told me that he knows I'm gay and he loves me and supports me and would never judge me for being gay. He was so sincere and sweet. I told him I knew he would be that way because he's just like his daddy and his daddy was the first person I ever told that I was gay and he was just as kind and supportive when I told him.

I get to have lunch with both Nephews today and I'm super looking forward to that.

Knowing that My sister and I are going shopping today. Also, I just got a text telling Me .. that My NIKE specs are done!!! Yes, they had to redo them.. I picked them up on the 15th of this month - and the lenses were not right. So, they had to be redone - hopefully this time they got it on point.

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Seeing the little one always makes me smile.

My sister sent me a surprise in the mail.

After a trip we took last year (pre-COVID) I had sent her a bracelet that supports whales after seeing them in the wild. This year, she sent me a bracelet supporting sea turtles after seeing the nests at the beach we were at. And you can even track the turtle the bracelet sponsors!

Thinking of the kind, crafty person who made a huge assortment of earrings and left them in the cancer resources room at my hospital. Anybody who wants some can take a pair. (People leave other kinds of things too, like books and hats, mostly.) I took a cute pair of earrings, red glass beads with white dots on them - they remind me of Minnie Mouse.

That I think I am back in the flirt zone for the first time in a long time - and it feels pretty darn good.

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Good on you Reach. I would love to flirt if I had a flirtee lol (no such word). We can't mix and match here in Ontario. If I find a flirt on computer I will go for itt but so far I am still talking to me. Anyway, good on you, go for it and enjoy. Nothing makes your day like a good flirt.

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flirt, femme fetal, seductress on and on but a butch can't really flirt they can just hope and wait for a flirtee to come along LOL.

Well, we had our first phone call last night - and as the saying goes - better to know now than to find out later. It turned out we were not clicking like we had been in the one on one chat box on the dating website. I am just going to be a gentleman and leave it there. Thank you all for the encouragement though.