Why are you happy today?

Post by **Chroelle** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:32

I am happy because I get to spent the weekend on the lawn with my two favourite girls in the world. It has been hard being away from them during the week, so I am looking forward to sitting outside in the lovely weather and just kick back.

Had a barbeque with our neighbours and a friend yesterday and that really made it feel like weekend.

Pager · Post by **Pager** » Wed May 02, 2007 18:57

Well, I got turned down for a job earlier this week, so I was feeling down.

So today I marched into the Director's office and asked how I can get a job doing UNIX here.

He seemed more than willing to figure out a way to make that possible, so I spoke with the Team Lead for the UNIX team and he suggests a transition role that they might be hiring for in a few weeks...

Looks promising!!

spanek · Post by **spanek** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:56

Good for you pager!!!

I am happy today, because yesterday I finally took the keys of my new apartment!!! (Now all I have to do is fill it in...)

Post by **Chroelle** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:30

Congrats to both of you.
I am happy today because tomorrow is a holiday and as such when I go home from work today it is a three day weekend, and the weather looks very promising so I can sit on the lawn again with my girls. I really love doing that.
I am also happy because I can see that the site has taken off once more. More games are being added and that generally means that we are on the move again. Gotta love that...

eMTe · Post by **eMTe** » Sat May 05, 2007 0:09

Because I'm back, fresh and ready to submit 10 new games a day and validate some more?

Post by **Chroelle** » Sat May 05, 2007 13:03

Sounds good.

Well I must say that my morning started out in a way that would normally shout I WONT BE HAPPY ANYTIME TODAY. Anna woke me up by screaming at 6.15 and I got up and walked around with her a bit. Then I was way too awake to go back to bed, so I decided that I should begin some of the many chores I have for today.
And at 10.00 I had gotten laundry from the basement, filled, run and emptied the dishwasher, put Annas close together and in place, wiped dust in the entire apartement, and the only reason I didn't vacuum was because Tanja is ill and was sleeping then.
Whenever Anna awoke I would sit with her and she would smile at me almost as if she was saying "Good to be here in your arms. Now I feel safe!" and then she would go back to sleep. She woke up around 10.00 and Tanja woke up shortly after that. And I had the most of the day left for doing stuff I want to instead of chores.
I still have to vacuum though, and go shopping for food too, now that Taja is ill, but still I have until 4pm before we have to go to a birthday party.
That is the ONE good thing about getting up extremely early in weekends.
(By the way I am sitting here with a good broad smile on my face, and lots of kiddy-throw-up on my t-shirt. I finally look like a real dad

)

Railwaymodeler · Post by **Railwaymodeler** » Thu May 10, 2007 3:11

I'm happy because I replaced a bad IDE hard drive with four SCSI hard drives. These are 10,000 RPM drives, suited for servers. I like these drives. Nice and FAST!

Pager · Post by **Pager** » Thu May 10, 2007 4:38

I'm happy because it's payday tomorrow! I can finally eat again!!!

Pager · Post by **Pager** » Thu May 10, 2007 23:37

Last night I finally beat the freakin' Croatia level in Command And Conquer 3!! I have been stuck on that level ever since the day the game was released...I think I may actually continue to play the game now, instead of taking it back to the store...

Railwaymodeler · Post by **Railwaymodeler** » Fri May 11, 2007 16:16

I completed a difficult model kit this morning- a Pacific Fruit Express 40 foot steelside refrigerator car. Took me all of three days. Now I have three more to do for the train. It was actually pretty fun, too.

Also am going up to camp later today to do some work, and this evening, a customer is stopping by to pay the rest he owes on a laptop.

Post by **Chroelle** » Sat May 12, 2007 15:47

I am having my first day off from everything since last weekend. That is just fantastic. I have an extremely busy 3-day week coming up, so I am trying to get the most out of today. Tanja was sent shopping after a tough week with Anna for her, and I once again find myseelf writing in here with one hand, and with a sleeping Anna on my chest.

Pager · Post by **Pager** » Sat May 26, 2007 18:25

I saw Styx live in concert last night, it was phenomenal. By far one of the better concerts I have ever been to. And I am thankful the they did not play Mr. Roboto.

Post by **Chroelle** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:42

I get to spend the day outside with my girls today since the weather is finally sunny today.

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 0:07

For approximately 16 years I have been hoping to be able to buy a gun with both shotgun and rifle barrel. (I do not know the english term for it). At last weekend I did. Yes, you read right, last weekend. The guy from the gunshop was so nice, he came to his shop at sunday in order to sell me the gun.

Today I tested it for first time, I shot approximately 15 shots with the rifle, and after the first correvtions done for the aiming system, I started to hit a 0,33 l lemonade can from 120 metres. Without any optical aiming systems that is

The shock was like it was made to match my cheek. The gun lifted up correctly for proper aiming without even thinking of it, and 14 of 15 clay pidgeons I shot were hit

So Yes, I am happy for that. (I know it is a bit shallow to be happy about some material, but after waiting for it so long... Well, I just feel - if not happy - damn glad then

)

spanek · Post by **spanek** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:36

The maniac with the gun!

I am happy because tomorrow my vacations for one week start!

Pater Alf · Post by **Pater Alf** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 23:08

One of my best friends gave birth to her second child today!

Everything went well and cute little babies are always a reason to be happy...

Post by **Chroelle** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:33

ALWAYS!!!!

Post by **Chroelle** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 19:20

Well I have been happy more than once since Augusrt 18th. I just forgot to write it in here...

I just wanted to share with the rest of you that due to me sacrificing myself for my workplace, there is a good chance that I will get permission to work from homw on fridays, and that actually means that I can saty home and do nothing, since I do a lot of work during the weeknights anyway, and just write the hours later on...
So now I got more time for my girls. IF this passes....But thats a 95% certainty...

Post by **Chroelle** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 18:28

I did get the fridays off, so I ahve been doing alot of stuff with my girls on fridays.
Yesterday I got an email from a customer for my webdesign company. That happens from time to time, but only a small portion actually answer the mail I send to them in reply. I think it is mostly because they either found a better offer, or they wrote the first mail, being totally psyched, and now they have cooled off, and I tell them it will cost them some money, and all of a sudden they loose interest...

Well I am actually THE cheapest in Denmark (based on my own research through searching common searchwords).
But this client seems very interested and would like me to be their webmaster (a "service" I offer, where I offer to make so and so many updates on their site a month for a certain amount of money). This actually helps them run a website since many of them dont know anyone who can do this, and I can do pretty many updates in very short time, and earn an ok living off it. But since they have the service of me as their webmaster, they are sure I can do it fast, and I get paid regularly (small amount each month) which makes it alot easier for me to promise I can do updates fast.

If I get 4-5 customers like this, then I can really start to cut down hours at work. Also I have always said that a certain amount of what I earn on Connect-webdesign goes towards hosting and advertising CWF, since this is a great learning area for me, so this benefits CWF a great deal if I can get this client. (I get about 35 € a month on the deal offered, and that means approx 10€ for CWF a month - That covers hosting and some advertising as well).
Right now I am just waiting for a second mail from the client.

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 19:29

It's a great day! I got off two hours early from work (canceled trains, yay!), and this morning and all day long I was thinking and plotting for the LoB RPG, and I'm going to sit down right now and implement some of those ideas. I'm in the groove, baby!