Quick check in with some positives …..
🍽🛒 grocery shopping done
👕👗 big bag of clothes taken to the charity shop
📦📦 ‘lost’ parcel found in neighbour’s parcel safety box
Good day, nothing remarkable happened, just a pleasant day.

Hi all, as mentioned in my other posted thread, some good news.

1. Results are in for both my grandsons exams. One got distinctions and merits in BTech and has now secured a 4 year apprenticeship, second one got 1 A*, 5 A+ , 2 A’s and a B in GCSEs. So proud of them both. They both worked so hard especially the GCSEs.
2. Did my shopping in a pretty dress today. Daughter told me to wear what I have in the wardrobe instead of slobbing about in jeans and t-shirts.
3. Nothing exciting happening and that is a blessing in itself.

Congratulations to your grandsons, SG. I so agree with your daughter … we ‘save’ things for some vague time in the future, which may never come. We should be wearing our ‘good’ stuff and making ourselves feel special.

A few positives from me …
🌱🌸 a lovely gardening session today, but not in my garden. Was creating a new flower bed at the village hall …. just need to keep it watered over the next few weeks, to make sure it gets nicely established.
🛩✈ got our flights booked for our next trip to Turkiye, just three weeks before we go!

Think two will do for today. Remember to look for those positives everyone.

Yes you are right SunnyB, life is for living and doing it in our best clothes feels better than slobbing around in my jeans and T-shirts.

Talking of my grandson, I am going to put him as one of the positives in my life. 2 or so years ago he was what you might call chubby, although we would never say so. His school ‘friends’ called him names and he didn’t have many real friends. I told daughter not to try to put him on a diet. We chatted about what is and isn’t good to eat and he started making his own breakfast usually eggs instead of cereal and made other changes. First thing is he shot up by about 5 inches which was the key and now is tall and slim.

Next positive, as stated on the August thread. Air fryer conked out but good news is we are able to get a full refund thanks to Rita the A1 at Amazon.

Still enjoying the warm but not too hot weather and making the most of the pool while it lasts.

Finally, just feeling so positive, don’t know if I have a calendar with no medical appointments for a change, yes GP in 2 weeks but that is routine but then nothing until 5th November.

Quick drop by with some positives ….
🚗🚘 at last our main car is back on the road! OH was able to do the bulk of the work, with the garage just doing a calibration once he’d fitted the new part, which kept the costs down by some considerable amount. So a double positive there … back on the road, at minimum cost.
🌱🌸 more gardening done, this time two of us versus a huge pot bound agapanthus! Was a fight, but we eventually won by dividing the plant into sections, which has allowed me to share it with others, as well as keeping some for myself.

As the first of the above counted as two positives, think that will do nicely for today.

Hi Sunny, just a question. Do you want to set up the next monthly thread, then you are away so I can do October.

My positives

It is raining, a lovely slow drizzle for most of the day, we really need it.
Hit my target weight over a week early but not being complacent as we have a night out coming up.
Just feeling so calm and positive right now.

Hi SunshineGirl …. yes, happy to set up the September thread, if you have say ideas for the title, please let me know.
We had a whole day’s rain a couple of days back and it was actually quite nice, as we haven’t that for awhile.
Glad you’re feeling positive and calm. Good to be feeling content.

Anyway, positives from me today ….
🌳🌱 you guessed it … more gardening!!! It really does my soul good. Two big jobs today, we took down a large shrub which had died and gave the bay a serious haircut.
🎅🎄 as we’ll be away until early December, I’ve been sorting out advent gifts for grandchildren, which was completed by a delivery that arrived today.
🌼🌸 have been trying out some different perfume samples and found a couple of fragrances I really like.

Hope you are all having a good week.

A call out to Verano to help us with some appropriate wording, but just looking at some words to describe September and I’ve come up with bountiful and abundant – referring to the autumnal colours and autumn fruits. Thinking of S words, serene, sultry and then I get stuck.

I was think along the lines of an ‘s’ word too … perhaps sublime, spectacular or sensational?

How about “Let’s be Sensational in September”?

Or “Make September Spectacular”?

that sounds great, lets all have a spectacular September.

👍🏻 done, we’ll go with spectacular, SG. Will set up the new thread tomorrow.

Here are a few positives for the first day of September:
📝🧳 packing list made and some items already put in the cases, ready for our Turkish trip kicking off on 12th Sept
🙂📝 have written my pre-trip ‘To Do List’, ready to start ticking things off … Will be making a start on it tomorrow
💦💦 OH has set up a new automated plant watering system. Going to be testing it out over the coming days, to make sure it’s sound. Already lined up GD to visit from time to time to take care plants at bottom of the garden, so if needs be, she can water the other pots too.

Hope everyone has had a lively weekend, with plenty of positives 🙂

Had a positive day, so thought I report a few …
🙂📝 have ticked several items off my pre-trip ‘To Do’ list, including wrapping advent gifts and posting them off for youngest GD.
🔑🚘 located my mislaid car key … found it in a bag I haven’t used for several weeks!
💦🙂 eldest GD visited for a cupper and to find out about watering the areas of the garden the new watering system won’t reach. Nice to catch up with her news.
What positives slipped into your day?

Another positive day ….
🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ really pleasant walk and lunch with GS, we both enjoyed it so much we have decided to do it again next Wednesday
🐇🐰 visiting rabbit is getting bolder, he’s much less timid and actually approaches us now, rather than skittering way
🌱💦 auto-watering system is proving to work well, so feeling confident it will do the job in our absence
📿📿 made a bracelet for OH, as part of an anniversary gift for next month.
Hope you have noticed some positives in your day.

Feeling a little bit lonely on this thread, but regardless, I’ll post some positives and hope someone else will join in again soon.
☔🌧 has rained ALL day, upside of that is the garden and pots have had a good water and the water butt has had a serious top up
🍊🍊 got another batch of marmalade underway, mandarin this time
👫✈ some friends have decided to join us for a week while we’re in Turkiye. Not only will it be nice to have them there, but it will also force OH to take time off from working on the villa.

🤞🏻 there will be more positives posted by others soon!

Oh SunnyB we cant have you all on your own.

We too are having rain and it is wonderful, refreshing and greening up out dried out grass (cant call it a lawn, more like a field).

Stewing our own figs from the tree, one minute they were little rock hard lumps then suddenly fully ripe and I hate to see them go to waste. Before anyone tells me what to do with them, I already have 2kgs in the freezer from last years crop.

More than happy with by blood results. BG 6.3 which in someone not on meds is the same as non-diabetic. Well I can dream, someday I will be that number and no meds.

Keep on keeping on…

Thanks for your company, SG. Great news on your blood results, wonderful reward for your hard work. The figs sound yummy, it’s one of the things I’m looking forward to when we’re back in Turkiye.

My positives for today …..
🎂🎁 sorted out the final gift for birthdays while we’re away … now they’ve all been ticked off my To Do list
🌸🌼 GD visited to collect a set of our house keys, as she’ll be popping in while we’re away to water indoor plants and check round for us, good to see her and one more thing checked off my pre-trip list!

Those two will do for me today. Enjoy the rest of your weekend folks.

Just one positive today. Visit from one of OH’s cousins and elderly aunt, lovely time catching up on news, spipping tea and sharing laughs.
Hope your weekend has brought positives your way. Please let us know about one or two of them.

Hi there, here to report my positives:-

Successful visit to the doctors, he is very pleased with my results.
Sun shining again.
Washing on the line – oh the little things that please us.

Thanks for joining in here SG. Glad your medical check when with flying colours. Thanks also for reporting the spam threads posted on the forum today. Frustrating that it seems to have become a target again.

My positives today are ….
👩‍🌾🌼 mini gardening session, wrapping some pots containing vulnerable plants in agrifleece.
🛏🧺 bedding changed and linen washed.
🧳🧳 packing complete, except for very last minute stuff.

One more day at home, then we’ll be starting our travels again. Will not be as present after Thursday, but will drop in when I can … hopefully others will post on this thread from time to time to keep it alive.

I guess I will have to keep this thread going while you are away 🙂 Have a wonderful time, how long are you gone for.

My positives are:-

Just that I am feeling positive with a new start for my new goal (3.3lbs by 7th Oct)
Just been to the farm shop 5 mins away from us and bought 2 dozen eggs and browsed their lovely fresh produce – although I only bought eggs.
Lovely compliment from my grandson. Talking about not being able to get a car loan after the age of 70 (seems to be the case here) and he said I didnt have to worry as I wont be 70 for ages – bless him, I am already 71.

Hello!

S-g I’m here! You aren’t alone!

Just got back from a few weeks in Portugal visiting our son and his family. Wonderful weather, wonderfully relaxing time but now back it’s to ‘reality’!

So for me today the positives are :

Just one …… get back to BSD🥬🥑🫒🫑!!!

Will

Hi Verano, glad to have you by my side as you have been for many years now.

My positives are:0

1. Found a housesitter for our Christmas (been trying to avoid that word but….) trip. Coming from America to meet up with their daughter who is in London but fancies a holiday in France.
2. Just sold my heavy Dyson vac, no hassle, just put it on a site and it went the same day.
3. Hopefully picking up my engagement ring from the jewellers after having replacement stones. Couldn’t really afford diamonds but they have put in 2 cubic zirconia.

Will save any other positives so I have something to say next week.

Hello.

S-g great positives.

Dark and dank here today but there are positives:

🥒🌶️🫒 Back on plan for 2 days and 2.2 of my 5.2lb holiday gain are gone so very positive.

🧺🧺🧺 Washing all done so just the ironing to do now!

🥦🌶️🥑 Finally, after all these years I’m working out just how to eat some carbs that don’t send my blood sugar soaring. I have a feeling that after 8 years of low carbing my body is reacting more normally to carbs.

Onwards and upwards making every ‘positive’ count.

Quick drop by to thank SG and Verano for posting here and keeping the thread active. Have a few positives so thought I’d post while I have a quiet moment.

🙂🙂 had a lovely few days with my folks, good to catch up in person and spend some real time with them.
🌸🌸 visited a garden centre and was seduced in to purchasing a few plants … they have to live with Mum for now, but they’ll eventually make good additions to my garden
✈✈ we fly out to Turkiye today, pleasant evening/night at on-airport Hotel yesterday, so nice relaxing morning before we go and check in

Will post again in a few days.

Hi friends, positives for today

Booked to do the equivalent of an escape room but called escape route, based in Bergerac trying to find stolen jewels (I think) using phones and clues that are sent to us.
Sun is shining and will be for a few days – but not for our trip to Bergerac.
Picked up my repaired engagement ring. 2 cubic zirconium as we couldn’t warrant the cost of 2 diamonds even though they are still only classed as chippings – so small. It is 38 years old so nearly an antique 🙂

Hi.
Some positives here ….

😀👩🏻 yesterday I had a lovely compliment, I think, from someone I’d not seen for years … ‘you look well ….. for your age!!’. Not sure if that was actually a compliment!

🧴🧴 Can’t find emojis for what I want but today I received face products that I’ve denied myself for ages. I just though to heck with it, life is too short, just enjoy. And I have!!!

Hope everyone is well and staying positive.

Hi V, what was the face product. I have just bought a set of vitamin C, an hylauronic acid and a retinol. I already use retinol most nights and I use sunscreen every day, even in winter. Hard to get in the shops right now as I want a special one for face. Great idea to treat yourself.

Positives@
Hanging our washing to dry noticed my tomatoes have had a last flourish – about 20 which needed picking. My basil has also come back along with the oregano. Is that one positive or 3 ????
Hubby had a problem with his laptop, took it in to the specialist nearby and they got it working – no charge.
Shopping today and managed to keep it under €100, especially with all the vouchers we had. Thats about £84. It had been creeping up and up.

Hi S-g. I used a well known cosmetic brand for years but it became really expensive so I went for a cheaper option, own brand from a large chemist. I tried one or two other makes of day cream but was never really happy. Then the chemist brought out a new range and I was taken in by the hype. It was awful. The serum was in an opaque spray so couldn’t see the contents and that lasted 2 weeks, the night cream was ok but the day cream was a thick white paste that just wouldn’t rub in. I don’t ‘rub’ I ‘press’ so after a few weeks that went into the bin! I’ve never done that before and was really upset at having to waste an almost full jar. So, after that long story, I went back to my original brand which has just brought out a new version of its ‘double serum’. So we will see!

I’m fortunate that I have pretty good skin with very few wrinkles so my first positive is that I’m finishing off the my current creams before I start my indulgent ones when we go away. No waste!

I have just 1.6lbs of my 5.2lb holiday gain left to lose. Quite happy to have lost 3.6lbs this week.

Mountain of ironing to do today so hopefully will have my first positive for today when I finish it!

I understand exactly what you mean about throwing stuff away. However, I get a lot of free stuff from a national French company because I have their fidelity card. So I get vouchers like buy one item in store get a free serum worth €28. Latest is a mascara worth €28 if I buy one item and I want some handcream I particularly like. Because of this I have a draw full of stuff not even opened so I said NO MORE… Then I went and ordered the stuff I mentioned yesterday. I was going to send it back but I need the Vit C and the hylauronic acid serum. One tip I can pass on is always, always use sunscreen even in winter. I personally love Dermalogica but really cant afford it.

Positives
Parcel with facial products arrived – yeah, they can go in the bathroom cabinet with the rest.
Looking forward to our mystery escape route in Bergerac tomorrow.
Lazy day with nothing to do. Peaceful.