What made you smile today?

Drove 125 miles to the state piano competition with hubby, son & new doggie in tow. Son had qualified for the second year in a row. He was VERY nervous before playing...especially when he saw he would have to play on a Steinway grand! YIKES...but said later that once he started playing, it immediately relaxed him. That really made me smile.

Oh, and when the judge gave him a "1", I smiled even more! They're judged on a score from 1+ (highest) to 4 (lowest). Very proud mama here.

Congrats to the proud mama.

I smiled at Beth's friend Raymond.

I smiled at Raymond too...

beth, do you have the same effect on everyone ?

I do my best, PrincyPalOMine.

Are you coming back for another parade sometime?

if you promise to get me a date with "M"...

Actually Richard is kinda cute as well

woke up this morning and found out i was still alive and kicking (but not strongly); that sure made me smile. mrs h and i had a nice breakfast while watching television, that made me smile even more ! going for a walk along lake ontario now, it's grey but no rain yet, still smiling ! swimmimg pool is closed today - "victoria day weekend" - not smiling as much. hbg

I got an email this morning from an old friend from Paris
whom I haven't seen or heard from in 15 years. Needless
to say, that made my Monday morning quite pleasurable.

By the way, Raymond really looks rather charming.
I think he's more of a ladies man Prince.....

There are two kinds of men, gay men and men who havent met me...

Hmmm, G, maybe I should be talking to Mr.P?

THAT made me smile.

Raymond asked me to let you all know that you're making him smile

I can't possibly compete with you dahling !!

ehBeth,

We can make him moan (with pleasure) as well - but that is entirely upto him...

Ah, thanks, G, for leaving the way clear for me.

Raymond is a cutie, ehBeth... give him my regards, please. (and he looks so good in lime green... so few of us do!)

Will do, piff.

Raymond got quite a kick out of what he read earlier today.

(maybe he'll even come join us here sometime, if Daddy Duty allows any time)

I bought two flats of mums, and planted one today. Don't know when that other flat will get planted, but it'll have to be within the next couple of days.

My younger brother called me for the second time in about seven years. Miracles never ceases to happen - if we live long enough. Asked him when we'll have our next sibling brunch, and he said - maybe in the fall. Made me smile.

Had dinner with the hamburgers tonight.
They're in town for the 49th wedding anniversary.

We're planning to spend part of tomorrow together going to Doors Open Toronto.

http://www.doorsopen.org/

As I haven't been feeling all that well, it was decided that we should call each other in the morning to confirm that we'd all be at the meeting spot at the right time. The hamburgers have a new cell phone. It's a bit, errrrrrrr, feature-filled. After 20 minutes, I figured out how to make a call on that phone.

Then hamburger and I spent five minutes in the restaurant calling each other.

Hello. Hello. Can you hear me? Yes, I can hear you. I mean over the phone. Yes, I can hear you over the phone. OK. Bye. Bye. Signing off. Bye.

Hello. Hello. ....

Hello. Hello. ....

Two cellphones, one table in a restaurant. Two long-distance bills.

<shaking head and laughing>

Meeting the pdiddies and ebrown for the first time was very fun! Great people..... lots of smiles.

Oooh, you lucky Miss Thing!