Does anyone have any good news?

[warrior1]

It's getting pretty depressing around this joint.

Or as I like to say, Thursday at DU.

Anyway for whatever it's worth.

Have a great day everyone.

[dawg]

1. I just saved fifteen percent on my car insurance by ...

Oh, wait. No I didn't.

[Common Sense Party]

2. Yes, we got a puppy.

Cute lil' thing, got her from the shelter.

[Tikki]

21. Pictures PLEASE...

It has been over two years since sweet Tikki Marie (the doggie) crossed and we are just a few months
away from adopting a shelter pet.

It is all I can think about and I love to look at pictures of the fur babies others have
made part of their family.


Tikki

[Common Sense Party]

22. I'll have to take some. She's been keeping me so busy I haven't

thought about taking photos yet. Border Collie/Aussie mix.

[snooper2]

3. good news, well, Lindsey Stirling released a new track a couple days ago

Beyond The Veil - Lindsey Stirling (Original Song)

[Wait Wut]

4. No.

The car I was going to buy is gone. Now, I have to start the car search all over again. This is not good news, at all.

I guess some good news would be that spring is trying to get to my son's house in MO. My DIL is sitting at the window waiting 'patiently'.

[mainstreetonce]

5. This week snow melted

No shoveling.....first week since early Dec.

[PoliticAverse]

6. Good news and free drinks in the lounge... n/t

[In_The_Wind]

19. Imma too tired to party today.

Cause I went back to work yesterday. (guess that qualifies as good news)
Thinking about hiring a helper for next winter so I won't have to take the time off.

[steve2470]

7. my family is healthy, knock on wood nt

[polichick]

8. Daffodils are peeking through the snow in Virginia!

[upaloopa]

9. Yea my Alma Mater is in the sweet sixteen

tonight.

[Rex]

10. They should bring back meta...so we can all yell at each other in semi-private again.

GD is turning into an embarrassment.

[NightWatcher]

14. We should get Meta for a Month a few times a year

Just to get some things off our chest

[PoliticAverse]

24. And remind people how bad Meta was. n/t

[NightWatcher]

11. Baseball Opening Day is Monday!!!

[cherokeeprogressive]

28. And the Dodgers are already 2-0.

[frazzled]

12. New Mexico is rolling in pecans

That's about the "best" news I read today, even though I don't eat pecans very often, except at Thanksgiving. I guess it's good news for New Mexico pecan farmers:

For months on end, the Southwest has been in the clutches of an unrelenting drought, one of the worst in New Mexico’s history. Earlier this month, the federal Agriculture Department declared six counties in the state as natural disaster areas because of the drought, including Doña Ana County, where Las Cruces sits.

While the lack of rainfall has left many ranchers and farmers reeling — and has earned the Rio Grande the nickname “Rio Sand” — pecan growers here have been able to thrive.

Thanks in part to the foresight of farmers who installed sophisticated irrigation systems and in part to the arid climate that helps ward off crop disease, the pecan business has been booming in the farmland around Las Cruces. The prosperous harvest this season has been all the more precious because pecan crops in other states — like Georgia — were ravaged by heavy rain and fungus, leading to high prices and shortages just before the Thanksgiving demand for pecan pie.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/28/us/new-mexico-reaps-pecan-bounty-as-other-states-struggle.html?hpw&rref=us

[napkinz]

13. how about "Second Hand News"?

[FreeJoe]

15. I just got my annual bonus

It should hit the bank today.

I have a three day weekend starting tomorrow and it looks like it will be a good one.

[2naSalit]

16. The sun is shining

even though it's snowing hard enough to lay 6" on the ground... we call it snowshine, always happens in early spring... besides, it's been above 0 degrees F for a week now. And that means it's springtime!

Cheer up, don't let others' baggage and bad moods weigh you down, think of something that makes you smile and go in that direction, you'll feel better.

[KansDem]

17. It's a wonderful world...

[GoCubsGo]

18. The storm debris is finally being removed from my neighborhood.

We had a bad ice storm about a month ago. Lots and lots of downed trees and branches. It's taking forever for the city's yard debris recycling trucks to take it all away, Because there's just so much of it. But, at lest one of the streets in my neighborhood has been cleared away this morning. Hopefully, they'll get to my pile today or tomorrow.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

20. Don't let the Republicans in here passing as Democrats let you know. Read this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1102&pid=15862

[11 Bravo]

23. Ann Romney needs to sign up for a tour in order to see the inside of the White House.

Still makes me smile!

[justhanginon]

53. Oh thank you! That brought a smile and then

an outright laugh maybe coupled with a sense of relief. And we taxpayers won't get tiffed with paying for installation of a car elevator or a stable at the White House.

[sakabatou]

25. I'm recovery from a shoulder injury

[HughBeaumont]

26. If it bleeds, it leads.

Until I start seeing some redistribution, bankers in orange suits and better weather . . . . nope, not happening . . .

[cherokeeprogressive]

27. My Dad hit the Powerball lottery for $1 Mil.

77 years old. He and my Mom were living fairly thin. Everything changed for them yesterday.

[kentauros]

30. Wow!

That's great news! And great for them

[randome]

33. There is encoded fine print in the DU rules now.

You need to turn over one tenth of all family income if you want to continue posting here. I've been deputized by Skinner to see to the transfer. No charge.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A 90% chance of rain means the same as a 10% chance:
It might rain and it might not.[/center][/font][hr]

[cherokeeprogressive]

43. Send me your bank account #. I'll get right on it.

[11 Bravo]

59. Well played!!

[hfojvt]

29. I guess this guy is making lots of money

[kentauros]

31. I've been decluttering my apartment,

partly in preparation for my GF visiting in May. I've got seven lg. boxes of paper-products to take to recycling in a bit

[randome]

32. My ex complained to a court that I was allowing my daughters access to 'pornography' on Tumblr.

They're 16 1/2 years old so the judge laughed it off again. Ah. Good times.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A 90% chance of rain means the same as a 10% chance:
It might rain and it might not.[/center][/font][hr]

[Tommy_Carcetti]

34. Here you go. Repeat as necessary.

[MerryBlooms]

35. After a long hard winter here in NE IL,

my hyacinths, crocus and other bulbs are coming to life.

I see green things!

[Puzzledtraveller]

36. My wife will be giving birth to our baby girl in April.

My first child, at 41 years old.

[mainstreetonce]

37. Wow

You win!

[Motown_Johnny]

38. Lex did the entire ACA signup process in 45 minutes

(from another thread)



That seems like pretty good news, not just for Lex but for everyone else out there trying to get in under the wire.

[roody]

39. It is raining in California!

[TlalocW]

40. I didn't pay a lot for my muffler

Yay!

TlalocW

[Victor_c3]

41. My coworker is convinced that our office pool is going to win the lottery tonight

She read it in her horoscope so it has to be true! It'll be about $80,000 after taxes for each of us when we win.

That's good news, right?

[warrior1]

42. wow

I didn't think this thread would get any hits.

I just got back from Costco with some Healthy Choice Fudge bars.

[steve2470]

44. PSA: We do have a Good News forum here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1267

[warrior1]

45. thanks

[RainDog]

46. I cleaned my stove top

and lifted up the works and cleaned under it, too. It's sparkly now. That makes me happy.

I've also been washing walls with clorox clean up. Just a wall here and there. I regret that I never hardly ever talk on the phone anymore because I used to get a lot of stuff done while I talked to people on the phone.

[Skidmore]

47. I started my spring cleaning.

Now the house looks messier than ever.

[Broken_Hero]

48. My mother in law

has passed all of her medical tests, and will be put on a kidney transplant list. At least we know its a viable option. To me, this is great news.

[Glassunion]

49. Hemorrhoid cleared up.

You're welcome.

[roody]

50. I had a greywater system installed

two actually, and my washing machine and shower water take care of 12 fruit trees.

[Octafish]

51. For all of us...

...are children still.



"Every second we live is a new and unique moment for the universe, a moment that never was before and will never be again.

And what do we teach children in school? We teach them that two and two make four and that Paris is the capital of France.

When will we also teach them: Do you know what you are?

You are a Marvel. You are Unique. In all the world there is no other child exactly like you.

In the millions of years that have passed there has never been another child like you.

And look at your body what a wonder it is! Your legs, your arms, your cunning fingers, the way you move!

You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything.

Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?

You must cherish one another. You must work. We all must work to make this world worthy of children.

-- Pablo Casals

[RKP5637]

52. I recently repaired my laptop and mouse and they are working fine. I'm a techie. Fortunately

with the internet I was able to come across an excellent tutorial on how to split the case open. It was a complex repair to some internal cabling, but it went extremely well.

My friend put some minor stuff on eBay and it sold for $500.

I managed to get a grumpy lady to have a smile on her face!

Some guy backed out in front of me today, I blew my horn and he slamed his breakes on and just missed me.

That's all for today!

[progressoid]

54. Spring is here and Cardinals are making whoopie in my back yard.

[pipi_k]

55. Hmmm...well...

Good news for today is that I didn't embarrass myself by sending off a fire and brimstone email to the little publishing company that sends out the weekly regional newspaper that I subscribe to. It didn't come in the mail.



It comes every Friday.


Today is Thursday.

[djean111]

56. I spent 15 minutes with Geico and saved 60% on my car insurance. Seriously.

The cool thing is that this totally covers the increase in my mortgage escrow amount, plus $10!
My coverage may consist of a box of cute green lizards, but I do what I need to do!

[warrior1]

57. Just saw this on Buzzfeed, you might need a tissue.

Joanne Milne suffers from a rare condition called Usher Syndrome. The 40-year-old has been deaf since birth, and lost her sight to the disease in her mid-20s.

[seaglass]

58. I just got my ebook settlement so I have $58 to spend on ebooks :-) n/t

[B Calm]

60. My boat is ready for Spring Crappie Season

[bigwillq]

61. Have a great day, warrior1!

Don't really have any good (or bad) news to share. I am in a good mood and having a good day, though. That has to count for something!

Hope your day is going well!

[warrior1]

67. u too

[DryHump]

62. Cancer GONE-

-just go an all clear from docs re my Lymphoma!

[B Calm]

63. Great news!

[CFLDem]

64. It's finally FRIDAY!!!!!!

[One_Life_To_Give]

65. It is above freezing!

It is above freezing!

[napkinz]

66. remember ...

[dilby]

68. It's Friday!!!

[Beacool]

69. I count my blessings.

First of all, I have some minor things, but overall I'm in good health. Second, I have family and friends. Life would be lonely without them. Third, although there's been a lot of lay-offs, I still have a job for now. Fourth, I have a roof over my head and my basic needs are met.

What more can one ask for?




Oh, it's spring, it's 57 degrees (it was 22 yesterday morning) and it's pay day.

Drinks for all......