#3GoodThings - amazing compliment from a colleague 😊 - long awaited parcel arrived and I’m about to open it 🥳 - no food in the house so heading out for some breakfast 🍳 🥓☕️

#3GoodThings - my online French teacher had flu today and I told her to leave the lesson and go to bed and rest (in French) 🇫🇷 - took part in a research interview about therapy animals and had a little cry for much I miss my boys 🐾 - just woken from a lovely afternoon nap (hope I’ll sleep tonight) 😴

#3GoodThings - someone told me #DickVanDyke was dead … and he isn’t 🥳 - a friend gave me their portion of Pavlova 😘 - my breakfast egg wore a jolly little hat 🥰

#3GoodThings - lovely phone chat to an old pal from #MadTwitter 👋 - called out someone being vile about refugees and made them think 🤔 - having a nap whilst ‘the staff’ do the washing up (the joy of being on a festive retreat) 😴

Plan for the day - survive again but wear fancy shoes

My FB feed is full of #HughGrant Christmas film clips to spread the festive vibe. So I thought I’d share my current level of seasonal joy 🎄#Heretic

#3GoodThings - accidentally given 2 vouchers for having my flu jab so spent them both on donations to the local food bank - first mince pie of the season 🥧🎄 - just watched #Madagascar and I’m totally a penguin 🐧

#3GoodThings - Christmas selection box from ‘new best friend’ who won a lifetime supply of chocolate 🍫 - packet of hula hoops from ‘new second best friend’ who has clearly understood me 😊 - managed to get on guest list for works Christmas Party 🥳 🎄😅

Seaside holiday not going great as the beach next to my accommodation is very, very slippery 🍌 Not sure if my insurance covers an infestation of bananas 😱

www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/emergen... I’m staying by a beach in Sussex which is inundated with bananas 🍌 😵‍💫

#3GoodThings - my new friend won a lifetime supply of chocolate many years ago. She hates chocolate but I don’t 😈🍫 - I deleted my social media to volunteer in 🇵🇸 so patients only find stories about my dog Mutley online 💔🌈🐾 - monstrous overnight storm seems to have passed 🤞🌪️🌊

#3GoodThings - the toilet roll holder is above the radiator at work - ooh the joy of warm paper ☺️🧻 - got 2 tarte au citron in my #TooGoodToGo bag 😋 - 3 people said they used to know someone with the same name as me and she was really nice (spoiler alert .. it was me 😈)

#EarwormOfTheDay ‘If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit … join our Club’ (I know it’s no longer chocolate because of the reduced cocoa mass but that thought has made the Earworm more adherent)

#3GoodThings - Occupational Health review determined I am fit for work and it is the door handles I can’t open which need to be changed 😆 - pizza for tea last night - going to choose my storage unit today

Just had an amazing 15 second telephone screening for depression from my GP practice …. - Can you hear me? Me - yes -Are you happy? Me -yes - Are you sure? Me - yes I think so - That’s wonderful, Goodbye 👋

#3GoodThings - first mince pie of the season 😋 - someone startled me today and I yelled ‘Oh my Giddy Aunt’ 🤣 been chuckling ever since - found all the necessary paperwork for my house sale 😅

#3GoodThings - unexpected free lunch 🥗 🥖🍗🧀 - accidentally bought a can of cream soda (not lemonade) it’s delicious 😋 - resuscitated the Duolingo owl just in time 🦉

#3GoodThings #Interfaith walk - the perfect combination of meeting new people and eating delicious food Took American visitors to see #Pocahontas’ memorial/burial site (in traditional British rain) Bought a giant #Toblerone for a friend in hospital (and I managed not to scoff it)

#3GoodThings - got a seat on the train 😊 - huge party of tiny school children caught the train going in the opposite direction 😅 - visiting my oldest friend tonight 🥳

#3GoodThings - perfect cup of tea to start the day - bins all sorted for collection tomorrow - washed, dressed and in a freshly ironed shirt to meet friends shortly

Don’t think I’m manic or grandiose but I may be able to solve all the problems in the world for just £100…I hadn’t realised that the Almighty was in a bit of a state. I asked for an oven cleaning quote and got this reply

#3GoodThings - did some chores I’d been putting off for weeks - first tutorial on my new course - my dog has had puppies but we’re 6000 miles apart 😍💔

#3GoodThings - sold sign up on my house at last 🥳 - my friend, Sandra, thought I was 45 years old 🥰 - I have a new best friend … her name is Sandra 😘

Ooh - my French lesson was a bit odd today - either I didn’t understand anything or I’ve learned a recipe for cooking a cat 🙀

#3GoodThings - flu jab today - I’ve made it home and I’m lying on the sofa - pasta for my tea

#3GoodThings - first video call to Congo 🇨🇬 - our dog Nikki is pregnant - we are getting chickens

#3GoodThings - found a new chip shop - they make homemade crisps - they deliver too

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

Wow just seen my first picture of Nikki my new dog that I will be sharing with my dear friends when I arrive in the Congo … getting excited 🥰

#3GoodThings - attended an inspiring #DialogueSociety event about building community - ate lots of Turkish pastries - invited to a Christmas celebration

Travelled on a busy commuter train yesterday morning - very shocked how many passengers smelled strongly of alcohol while on their way to work. Never noticed this when I commuted 15 years ago - this is not a good sign

Had a good nights sleep but forgot my alarm was set to 515 … back to catch a couple more hours 🥱

#3GoodThings - Vegetarian Tagine followed by lemon cheesecake for lunch - accidentally bumped into the daughter of some old colleagues and got invited to dinner (ok I invited myself really) - finished my course on Non Violent Communication… will miss the group

In the end course was quite interesting about using AI to record discussions and take consent … but I’ve just realised it didn’t cover how to obtain consent to be recorded by AI 🙄

Booked myself on to the wrong conference, got flustered and introduced myself as an ‘exhibit’. Given an ID badge for the wrong person and now feeling rather nervous and trying to carry off small talk in my new persona… 😬

#3GoodThings - online French lesson, my teacher is wonderful - ate a meal at the table - started to declutter

#3GoodThings - cooked myself a proper meal with vegetables and everything - nice time chatting with a friend - managed to identify 2 good things after a run of negativity

#3GoodThings - homegrown tomatoes from a friend - donated 4 sleeping bags to homeless centre - starting to relax … hope to sleep tonight

#3GoodThings - decluttering with #Olio - mowed the lawn - perfect house guest staying tonight 🩷🐾🩷🐾🩷

Why isn’t today, 9-25, national Dolly Parton Day?

Some people think that "Tylenol causes Autism" is an anagram of "Release the #EpsteinFiles".

#3GoodThings - my new friend/competitor on Duolingo turns out to be my lovely friend from from round the corner 🩷 - made a lovely mushroom stroganoff with my #toogoodtogo bag 😋🍄‍🟫 - collected 6 sleeping bags for the homeless centre 😊

#3GoodThings - booked my first French lesson for tomorrow afternoon 🥐 🇨🇬 - bins all out ready for collection 🏆 - 🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉 - about time but still pleased

Had a facial and the beautician told me I had some signs of ‘skin aging’. I explained that was a relief as it would be very weird to have teenage skin wrapped round my 60 year old face and body 😆