The Sunshine, Daisies, and Lollipops Happy Stuff Thread

[Krasny-Volny]

My uncle is likely to be able to return to Zimbabwe once the pandemic is over and start farming again. Hard to think about what happened 20 years ago since I was so young then, and 11 years since my mum and dad left for the states with me and my brothers. I'll like some family back home, means when I move back it'll be less lonely.

Nice. I’ve heard about a number of folks making plans to return to Zim in the past two years and the optimism there is pretty encouraging.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Playing Lego Star Wars TCS and watching Psych.

[Rojava Free State]

My dogs are finally getting along. I got two new puppies and brought them back from Rochester in mid February and at first our older dog Skye didn't like them and was scared to go near them, but recently Skye and Luna became friends and now Skye will play with Luna and let her jump on her back.

Skye and Lilah are...civil. Lilah is kind of nervous around Skye and Skye can't read Lilah so they just look at each other but keep their distance. Luna was always the more friendly and cuddly dog anyhow though whereas Lilah is a fighter and not a lover.

[Partybus]

Saturday night I gave a stranded Buddhist monk a ride back to his temple, 6 states, 8 hours, 430 miles (all #s round trip) When we arrived at his temple, he blessed me...so, as Bill Murray says in Caddy Shack, "so, I've got that going for me." That really really made me feel good!

[Rojava Free State]

The sun is coming out in the sky.

[Heloin]

My uncle is likely to be able to return to Zimbabwe once the pandemic is over and start farming again. Hard to think about what happened 20 years ago since I was so young then, and 11 years since my mum and dad left for the states with me and my brothers. I'll like some family back home, means when I move back it'll be less lonely.

Nice. I’ve heard about a number of folks making plans to return to Zim in the past two years and the optimism there is pretty encouraging.

There's a trickle of optimism in the country that wants real change and maybe in a few years ZANU-PF will find themselves out of power or better yet in jail.

[N7eternia]

It's been a little over a year since I joined the forums over here, and because of that; I have approximately 1 year of knowledge in Illustrator compared to 10+ in Photoshop (for all the flag and seal requests.) I have no idea why I put off Illustrator for so long.

[The New California Republic]

I have a pocket watch that was made in 1902 that continues to run admirably, which I'm happy about since it's a family heirloom.

[Ethel mermania]

My commute is much better, I did get delayed by a pussycat pileup on the stairs this morning.

[Reploid Productions]

Cute baby bat videos have been cheering me up, like this clip of four baby bats hanging out on a plushy bathrobe. <3 sky puppies!

[Kargintina the Third]

Got unbanned from my favorite discord today!

[Farnhamia]

Hit 30 yesterday. Didn't ask for a party, I'm responsibly self-isolating. Just a bit of a bummer hitting a milestone alone. A few friends, reassuring me they're healthy, are giving me a dinner today. The world's feeling miserable but my friends are still awesome.

Happy birthday, Thernsy.

Some interesting facts about the number 30 are here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_(number)

You've turned into zinc (atomic number 30)!

And 30 is a semiperfect number!

[Valentine Z]

Hit 30 yesterday. Didn't ask for a party, I'm responsibly self-isolating. Just a bit of a bummer hitting a milestone alone. A few friends, reassuring me they're healthy, are giving me a dinner today. The world's feeling miserable but my friends are still awesome.

Happy birthday, Thernsy.

Some interesting facts about the number 30 are here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_(number)

You've turned into zinc (atomic number 30)!

And 30 is a semiperfect number!

I'm more of a fan for 31.

Also I hate the fact that the url hyperlinking drops the closing bracket on the forums. Ah wells!

So... yeah, I'm going back home today after like 2 weeks in school. I decided not to last week because it got terribly busy. Can't wait to meet my family again, even if it is just an hour of train ride. ^^

[Andsed]

For my fellow Critters there is the new fireside chat from Critical Role: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir-tDmRS6Aw&t=504s

It gets a bit heated(literally) and it is hilarious.

[Farnhamia]

Watching Mr. Right ... yeah, I know, Anna Kendrick blah blah but it's fun and funny and a nice distraction. Bullets and dance routines, eh?

[Hirota]

This always cheers me up.

One of my bunnies.

[Heloin]

Conference call for work may have been interrupted by everyone’s dogs but everyone agrees that once things are back to normal we all need a doggie play date.

[Farnhamia]

This always cheers me up.

One of my bunnies.

Yikes, that's a close-up! Cute bunny, though.

[Albrenia]

This always cheers me up.

One of my bunnies.

Yikes, that's a close-up! Cute bunny, though.

Maybe it's just a really big bunny?

Love the picture though, it's exactly what I needed right now.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Ive gotten back into painting my miniatures last few days, which has made be incredibly happy as im pleased with the progress ive made on them. Should have a full squad finished today

Small happiness but it checks out.

Nice. Painting miniatures is actually a pretty awesome way to spend one's time. Pretty much the whole reason I got into Warhammer stuff a while back.

I finished them up there a few hours ago, man it gives you a good morale boost to see a fully painted squad of minis. I didnt do much highlighting on them (dont trust my hands) but im happy with the darker grimy appearance on them. All i need to do now is find my word bearer transfers and stick those on. Now ive got like 40 cadian models, a tank and like 50 space marines to do

[Albrenia]

Nice. Painting miniatures is actually a pretty awesome way to spend one's time. Pretty much the whole reason I got into Warhammer stuff a while back.

I finished them up there a few hours ago, man it gives you a good morale boost to see a fully painted squad of minis. I didnt do much highlighting on them (dont trust my hands) but im happy with the darker grimy appearance on them. All i need to do now is find my word bearer transfers and stick those on. Now ive got like 40 cadian models, a tank and like 50 space marines to do

Niiiiiice.

[US-SSR]

Our teenage neighbor just gave us some dessert treats she baked herself, and her dad's workplace has been converted to manufacture air purifiers so he's an essential employee who will keep getting a paycheck.

[Reploid Productions]

Nice. Painting miniatures is actually a pretty awesome way to spend one's time. Pretty much the whole reason I got into Warhammer stuff a while back.

I finished them up there a few hours ago, man it gives you a good morale boost to see a fully painted squad of minis. I didnt do much highlighting on them (dont trust my hands) but im happy with the darker grimy appearance on them. All i need to do now is find my word bearer transfers and stick those on. Now ive got like 40 cadian models, a tank and like 50 space marines to do

One of these days I really need to get the supplies and paint my Hero Forge mini of my DnD character. I've done plenty of Gundam models over the years, but inking in panel lines on a 1:100 scale giant mecha is an entire different skillset from painting a little mini!

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

My happy place these days is my town in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I’ve been especially fond of the DIY feature. Now you can craft you own stuff, like nets, umbrellas and fishing rods. It’s more fun than I expected.

[Valrifell]

I recently purchased animal crossing, and am going to play jackbox with friends later tonight over wifi. So that's fun and good.

Also, I'm a nerd for saying this, but resuming my regular math and science lectures is definitely a good thing. I love my majors.