What was your happiest moment today?

Curbside pick up, got everything I ordered and no substitutions! :)
And a beautiful sunny day to boot!
 
When I rebuilt two hose bibs (outside faucets) and nothing broke down, blew up, or wrung off. Didn't have to make any extra trips to the hardware store, everything needed was in the kit for once. And when I was done, both worked and didn't leak!:dance:
 
Picked a ton of tomatoes from the garden. Now plan to make some spaghetti sauce. YUM
 
statsman said:
You do know we brought the California drought weather with us, although the first year here it was quite rainy. Much more of a pain maintaining a landscape given the temperature differences in summer without the natural summer rainfall. I'm surprised I haven't seen homeowners north of Austin rip out part/all of their lawns and replace with shrubs, ground cover, rock, mulch, etc. It's probably discouraged by the HOAs.
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I recall that around the time we moved from San Antonio, we were in one of the worst droughts on record. One of our friends that lived about 30 minutes west of downtown had to have their well re-drilled and they spent almost $20,000 to dig deep enough. The neighborhood down the road from them had their own well system that dried up and they entire neighborhood had to get bottled water for a long time. So, dead, brown, dried up grass would really be the least of my concerns living down there. I don't miss seeing the aquifer level reports that were on the news every single day.

Anyway, happiest moment today was waking up when I felt like it and enjoying a brief rain shower while sitting on the patio enjoying coffee. Oh, and not having to w*rk and/or commute is obviously a bonus. Ah, how I *love* Mondays. :)
 
ExFlyBoy5 said:
I recall that around the time we moved from San Antonio, we were in one of the worst droughts on record. One of our friends that lived about 30 minutes west of downtown had to have their well re-drilled and they spent almost $20,000 to dig deep enough. The neighborhood down the road from them had their own well system that dried up and they entire neighborhood had to get bottled water for a long time. So, dead, brown, dried up grass would really be the least of my concerns living down there. I don't miss seeing the aquifer level reports that were on the news every single day.
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That's what can happen when you live on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert and depend on well water for hydration - as I've told myself many times.

Fortunately at that time (2011, when the 2010-2015 drought was at its worst) we were able to solve our no well water problem by lowering the submersible pump another 150'. We could do this because our well is 800' deep but the pump was at the 500' level - which was 120+ feet below water level when we drilled the well in 2008. In 2011 the water table dropped below 500' and anyone without a deeper well had to drill a new one to reach water. Two of our neighbors had to go that route, waiting almost a year for a driller and paying almost $30K. And that doesn't include the cost of having a truckload of water hauled in to fill up their water tank every couple of weeks.
 
This actually counts as yesterday's happiest moment. I was sitting in a reclining chair at the infusion center, looking up at four bags of "stuff."

I was also eating a free egg salad on white bread. We haven't had white bread for like 10 years at home. The choice was wheat or white, and white bread became my happiest moment of the day.
 
I was called for jury duty, and waited 2 hours in near silence (with about 50 other prospective jurors who were masked, and socially distanced) waiting on some information. The judge finally showed up to say that the defendant changed his plea to guilty, so we were free to go.
 
Watching my DH, son, and grandson install our new zoned HVAC system. It was great to watch them work together. Now our second floor has its own t stat. The heating and cooling has been uneven for many years.

My son has a heating and cooling company.
 
As of today, DH/me still healthy. Am I jinxing myself if I say that?
 
Wonderful, loud thunderstorm and some rain last night! Some lightening, so hopefully no new wildfires.
AQI is currently 87!! So much better than the almost 500 at the worst of the fire and smoke.
More rain is coming this week, anything to help with the fires!
I have always loved the rain (you need too if you live in the Pacific NW--LOL), but SO Thankful for it now.
 
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Stepping outside at 6:00 pm to admire the new roof (which was put on on Tuesday) and the new seamless gutters and gutter guards (which were installed today) and taking in a big gulp of deafening QUIET after a week of constant din and drilling and nailing overhead. It was impossible to get much w#rk done this week, but the end results were worth it. My little abode is much cozier now. Next up: painting the entire exterior and replacing all the 1970's vintage windows.
 
We went for a long walk on the creek near our home. It's finally a nice temp in Houston. Fall, winter & Spring are our reward for the half of the year that's a sauna.
 
Picking up the four books I ordered from our (newly virtual) library bookstore, swinging by to pick up take-out from my favorite Italian restaurant, and settling in for an afternoon of continued blissful silence. (see my post 540 above)
 
I picked up some rent from a tenant and deposited in bank, filtered and bottled some Niagara (for DD) and some Chilean Sauvignon Blanc (for DW &me) and a 2018 Grenache,Syrah, Mouvedre, and Cinsault Rhone blend (for me). Just came in from pitching my yeast in my 48 gallons of 2020 Sauv Blanc from California. I'm going to grill some octopus and chorizo for dinner in about an hour.
 
tflannery said:
watched 3 squirrels go at it in my backyard
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We have quite a few black walnut trees in my neighborhood and lately I've been seeing squirrels everywhere carrying those great big nuts home. It's always fun to watch them.
 
Calico said:
Picking up the four books I ordered from our (newly virtual) library bookstore, swinging by to pick up take-out from my favorite Italian restaurant, and settling in for an afternoon of continued blissful silence. (see my post 540 above)
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I just picked up a bunch of books & dvds at our library as well. Everything is ordered online and p/u curbside, they are sanitizing & holding books for 4 days b4 recirculating, so I see no risk. I just love free stuff and less to dust... We gave away a packed library of books when we moved to our current home. Now, I only keep rare items or books that mean something to me.

tflannery said:
watched 3 squirrels go at it in my backyard
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Them's fightin' words! :D We have just recently begin to see squirrels in our front yard. Our neighborhood was build in 2006, so it has taken forever to lyre them in. The only reason that they are coming here is that there are a lot of new neighborhoods going in nearby & they're destroying habitat galore.
 
Saw our new Penta and Purple Shield plants starting to really blossom.
 
Sunflowers that DS and DGS planted are in full bloom.
So happy to see the row of bright yellow blooms and will be fun to harvest some of the seeds for local squirrels and DGS little hamster.
 
Yearly blood work came back, Yey! All good. Now all I have to worry about is getting Covid.
 
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