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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 21-01-2007 at 15:41:
Shared Joy Challenge
Shared sorrow is divided, shared joy multiplied.
-- Spider Robinson, Callahan's Cross Time Saloon
So how come we see so little shared joy?
Do we see it but it doesn't register as strongly? Or are folks just not sharing? I know the joy is out there.
Are we embarrassed by it? Feel guilty? Feel it just isn't done here?
So the challenge:
Share your joy. Find something to be happy about and let us be happy with you. Repeat weekly. (For those online less often, repeat when practical.)
Cricket
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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 21-01-2007 at 15:41:
Crackers, age 8, got A+ on two tests this week: math and science.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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Posted by gatchgirl on 22-01-2007 at 03:11:
My pup, has started taking obidiance classes and most have said they could allready see an improvement. Hope it continues.
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Posted by meridianday on 22-01-2007 at 11:54:
I got new pets a couple of weeks ago - a pair of cockatiels. This weekend, one of them has become sufficiently hand tame for me to let him out for a fly - safe in the knowledge that when he landed badly or got stuck, he'd get onto my hand so I could put him somewhere safe again.
They're called George and Mildred. Whoever made up the saying "eating like a bird" to mean not eating much at all clearly hadn't seen these two. I've got to get Mildred tame enough to come out soon or she'll be too heavy to fly!
They're really cute though. I'm looking forward to a good few years companionship and entertainment with these two.
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by Metaliant on 26-01-2007 at 10:16:
You called them George & Mildred? Don't suppose you called them after a certain 70s British sitcom by any chance and if so, do they argue a lot?
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Posted by Springie on 26-01-2007 at 22:10:
I love this whole "good news" idea! We need more of it! I am going to start a painting class soon...and I have always wanted to take an Art class of some kind! I can't wait! 
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Posted by gatchgirl on 27-01-2007 at 03:35:
Yeah keep the good news coming.
Pup is doing even better with his classes!
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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 30-01-2007 at 17:14:
Rocket fits into Cracker's old skates, and the Replay store had everything needed to outfit Crackers at a decent price. The rink near the new school looks just right for the purposes, and the weather looks fit to co-operate.
Mini-family reunion this weekend; spur of the moment, uncle in the area, so they're coming from far and wide and converging on -- my favorite restaurant. Complete with the out-of-towners other than my parents staying in hotels, so we don't have to prepare all sorts of extra sleeping areas.
Cheers!
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In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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Posted by gatchgirl on 31-01-2007 at 02:26:
Yeah , my mom is coming into town this weekend too, but I will neeed to have her stay here a night or two! ;-}
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Posted by Metaliant on 31-01-2007 at 18:47:
Good News - I have a week and half work and will just relax and do some house work finally and have lie ins. Sighs with a smile on lips.
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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 06-02-2007 at 15:37:
Rocket loves her new home-reading program. My parents had a great time here and at the family mini-reunion. Hubby's company got a nice contract from a large company; they've said things like, "That will be a change, a matter of us training our counter staff, not you having to reprogram the function to work exactly like our old one." Crackers is almost skating. I got the routine filing for 2006 done.
Cheers!
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Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
- Viktor E. Frankl
Posted by meridianday on 08-02-2007 at 14:09:
We have snow! Normally this would not make me joyful, but my daughter's school is closed and my husband's workplace make people take their laptops home so they wouldn't need to go into the office today, and I have dial-in access to my work PC.
So all 3 of us are here at home, and we don't have to struggle to get anywhere because there's nowhere we have to be! Husband and child have had an hour long snowball fight with the kids next door earlier on, and I shall be taking her sledging in half an hour or so. Husband did the snowballing in his lunch break, and I only have to do a half-day's work on Thursdays anyway so I can easily work the rest of my hours later on. So it's not costing us any pay or holiday time to be home.
This is the way snow days should be.
Obviously it only works if you're in a place where it's quite unusual for it to snow though. It wouldn't work if you have snow for 6 months of the year. But then, everyone would know how to travel in snow anyway so it wouldn't be an issue.
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by meridianday on 09-02-2007 at 22:03:
A picture of George and Mildred.
George is nicely hand tame now - he will cheerfully jump on to my hand but not fly to me yet. Mildred is not properly hand tame yet. But it's surprising how easy it is to bribe her with a treat. If the only way to get at this lump of tasty, messy, biteable food is to get on my hand, then she'll get on my hand.
The birds have long claws, I think they didn't get much chance to wear them down in the pet shop. My hands are covered in little narrow cuts and grazes from them. But it's worth it to befriend the birdies.
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by Springie on 10-02-2007 at 00:46:
Oh, Meridian, they are sooooo cute!! I should get some....and name them Ken and Jun!!! LOL
Oh, and I'm sooo jealous pf your snow day! I'm a teacher...and I keep hoping for it...but there seems to be a bubble over where I live!
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Posted by Springie on 10-02-2007 at 00:50:
I'm really enjoying hearing about everyone's good news!!! 
My sister in law is visiting right now...and it's been nice having her here...she just cooked us all a big dinner...yum!!
Also, I just started my first Art class ever...we made ink wash paintings of a vase and jar display...I'll try to scan it....heehee...it got a little messy...but, hey! I'm learning!
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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 10-02-2007 at 01:23:
We had a movie night. The original Star Wars. First half because of the time. (Late supper, and they've had too many late nights lately.) Crackers has mastered the XBox360 Lego Star Wars demo, so we figured it was time. They were all excited -- even got into their PJs while Hubby found the tape.
The kids loved it and eagerly wait tomorrow night's conclusion.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
- Viktor E. Frankl
Posted by Springie on 10-02-2007 at 01:36:
Ahhhhh....Star Wars...so much fun! Every now and then we break out the Star Wars movies and have a marathon!
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Posted by gatchgirl on 10-02-2007 at 06:06:
Both sound like great news. Your birds do kinda make me miss the one that cohabitated in my house. It's owner was a jerk so the bird actually liked me more.. imagine that a bird liking a cat person!
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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 19-02-2007 at 19:36:
Hubby finally took a turn shoveling and flooding the community ice rink last night; always good for the kids to see us giving back. The guy who is in charge gets $10 from the city per day that it's open; he schedules the team who scrape and flood it, and donates the money to the school. Talking to this guy, he loves doing it, so it's a win-win-win situation.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
- Viktor E. Frankl
Posted by Metaliant on 20-02-2007 at 00:46:
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Damm, they are cute. They could be G6 and G7/
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