The Positive Thread

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So, there has been a lot of negativity lately and I want to try to change that by doing something my boss suggested at my work(being we work in a Jail for a living, lots of negativity as well). Anyways, I want you to post something positive that has happened to you today, and I don't mean stuff like you woke up, etc.. Think of something that is really positive and post it.


I'll start. My FN 5.7 pistol that has been on backorder for over 3 months has finally shipped.

Not happened today, but I'm still feeling that excited/pleased feeling after getting new additions. :D The two hatchlings took f/t right off the bat too.

Only problem is the butter female on live but she'll come around. :rolleyes:

I got a dozen free brownies for free that I am snack'n on for lunch.

Had my first driving lesson yesterday!!

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

Not happened today, but I'm still feeling that excited/pleased feeling after getting new additions. :D The two hatchlings took f/t right off the bat too.

Only problem is the butter female on live but she'll come around. :rolleyes:

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Glad they at least went for it without having to deal with a stubborn eater.

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Originally Posted by Aztec4mia

I got a dozen free brownies for free that I am snack'n on for lunch.

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I wouldn't mind a brownie right about now. Especially with the little cosmic brownies.

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Originally Posted by LightningPython

Had my first driving lesson yesterday!!

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That's awesome. My ex is from UK and I know it's harder to get your license there than it is in the states.

My new 3 month bp FINALLY ate this week!

I like this idea!

My new little scaleless rat snake is eating like madness, I've got two more awesome scaleless coming my way, and I've found excellent caring homes for four out of five of my most recent hatchlings. :)

And to top it all off the fall colors are in full swing today!

Went to my first state fair yesterday and my little noodle is about to shed again! Yay growth!

Talked to my friend yesterday. She will be bringing over a truckload of materials to my place early next week. I'm showing her how to build a chicken coup.

A teacher at a local high school asked me to bring some snakes in to his Environmental Sciences classes yesterday to explain how each snake had evolved and adapted to where it is found in the wild. I took in a ball python, Savu python, and reticulated python. The classes went well and even the students who were scared of snakes managed to touch one. I've been asked to do it again this spring; think I'll take three different boa species (BCI, BRB, and Dum) next time.

Later today a friend who is thinking about getting into larger snakes is coming over to help with cleaning and feeding, which is good because my biggest female left a massive turd in her enclosure so I'm going to make him clean that up. :D

Last week I finally got a hatchling from a crestie pairing. Both parents are lavender with drippy white, and I've been wanting a baby from them for several years, but didn't put them together until this year. Neither have been bred before, so there weren't a lot of eggs, and the first one died while hatching. Well, this one started out a bit weak and didn't do the first shed for a few days. Early this morning I looked at it, and it's looking much stronger. :)

Met the haute volee tervuren puppy today, from who I will be getting a puppy from next autumn! His name is Batman. They are working line belgians.

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Batman and a euro working import named Story. They are both goofy, but Story is just insane (which is not shown in this photo). Her owner literally hunted through the europe tervs looking for a dog with this level of drive and intensity. I honestly can not handle a dog like her and I never want to. LOL

She's just calmly standing in this photo, it makes me sound ridiculous. But no, she's too insane for me.

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Put a down payment on a Fire yesterday. I know they don't cost enough to need a down payment normally, but the breeder was about to go to an expo and I didn't want her to sell if she went with him so I reserved her until I get the rest of the money next paycheck.

Gave my sister a hatchling cinnamon bp today as a belated birthday present. You should've seen her face light up after she opened the package. She's going to love him and I know he's going to a good home.

My husband came home after being gone on a week long work trip and we went out for a nice steak dinner (filet mignon). :hungry:

We just announced to everyone that my fiance and I are having a baby!

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Some really awesome stories. Lets keep them coming guys/gals.

I just found out I'm getting an $800 check that was apparently given to me and I misplaced it and never cashed it. Well, I'm getting a check recut rather.

Ummm, Rockstar tweeted a suspicious photo that everyone thinks is hinting at the next Red Dead game and that makes me SO EXCITED! 😁

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imma be in Portland, OR for 2 work days next week and i don't have to drive there. i'm flying and getting a rental. woohoo!

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We just announced to everyone that my fiance and I are having a baby!

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congrats!

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Bumping this, because a thread of good things that happened is good.

I had a breeding dream. First I dreamed that Blissey laid 14 eggs! And I was like WOAH I don't have enough tubs.

And then I dreamed that Blissey only laid 4 eggs, and for some reason I put them in an egg tub that only had a little piece of egg crate floating on water. And when I went to check on the eggs, two of them fell into the water and melted(???) and yolk came out? And then one of them hatched a half developed iguana

I was so mad, I was yelling in my sleep and woke myself up.

LOL

not sure if this is a positive thread kinda thing, but I laughed

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

I had a breeding dream.

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Hey me too! Only it didn't involve animals... :colbert2:


Hmm, today I slept in an extra hour and then snuck out of the office early ... does that count?

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Hey me too! Only it didn't involve animals... :colbert2:


Hmm, today I slept in an extra hour and then snuck out of the office early ... does that count?

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I'm screaming LOL

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Originally Posted by Sallos

Hey me too! Only it didn't involve animals... :colbert2:


Hmm, today I slept in an extra hour and then snuck out of the office early ... does that count?

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HA! 😂

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Not reptile related, but I got the tag and registration for my car today! And also, I got several items glazed at the pottery studio today.

A staff-favorite dog here at my shelter got adopted last night by a volunteer who loves him very very much. It's exciting to see him go out to a great home!

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We just announced to everyone that my fiance and I are having a baby!

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Congratulations! I LOVE your announcement! :D

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Originally Posted by Nellasaur

Congratulations! I LOVE your announcement! :D

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Thanks!!! Worked hard on it.

My baby purple passion has finally taken FT after 4 failed attempts.
But now I have a mouse named Mr. Rumples. :oops:

Thinking back, I'm suddenly aware of how risky it was to buy those grapevine branches from my local reptile store last year, and sticking them straight into my snake's tubs. That store was crawling with poor reptile care, illness, and the high possibility of mites. Thankfully there were apparently no mites on the branches.

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My baby purple passion has finally taken FT after 4 failed attempts.
But now I have a mouse named Mr. Rumples. :oops:

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Omg congrats. That can definitely get frustrating (at least it does for me).

My four-year-old son mispronounces some letters, I suppose it's common for kids his age – but I always get nervous that he's going to have some sort of speech problem. One that always gets me is that he pronounces L's like Y's, well tonight as we were going to bed he told me "I yove you, daddy" and I told him, for The millionth time it seems, "try licking the back of your teeth; L, L, love" and he just came out with it, "I LOVE you, daddy!" We spent the next half hour saying all the words we could think of that start with L; he was so incredibly proud of himself and I was nearly in tears.

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My four-year-old son mispronounces some letters, I suppose it's common for kids his age – but I always get nervous that he's going to have some sort of speech problem. One that always gets me is that he pronounces L's like Y's, well tonight as we were going to bed he told me "I yove you, daddy" and I told him, for The millionth time it seems, "try licking the back of your teeth; L, L, love" and he just came out with it, "I LOVE you, daddy!" We spent the next half hour saying all the words we could think of that start with L; he was so incredibly proud of himself and I was nearly in tears.

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That's awesome.

I sold one of my guns I had been holding on to, sold it for more than what I paid for it. I guess I just funded me a pair of Oakley's.

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My four-year-old son mispronounces some letters, I suppose it's common for kids his age – but I always get nervous that he's going to have some sort of speech problem. One that always gets me is that he pronounces L's like Y's, well tonight as we were going to bed he told me "I yove you, daddy" and I told him, for The millionth time it seems, "try licking the back of your teeth; L, L, love" and he just came out with it, "I LOVE you, daddy!" We spent the next half hour saying all the words we could think of that start with L; he was so incredibly proud of himself and I was nearly in tears.

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Holy cow that's a good one. Times like that would make it worthwhile to have children. Personally, I'm just waiting for AP to make an enclosure large enough for one...




Today, I drove across town to the better pet shop for a feeder; only to find out they were out of them until next week. I figured, might as well try the little guy out on f/t, even though it will only be his 3rd meal with me.

It was nerve wracking! I bought a little cooler and ice pack at the dollar store down the street so it wouldn't heat up too fast in the trunk. Spent the next two hours measuring thawing water temps in this takeout Pho container I saved for this day. Read a half dozen threads about what would and wouldn't lead to explode-o-rats. Prodded the poor little furry thing wondering just how squishy it should be, and shot him with the temp gun enough times to probably give it a tumor. Warmed him up a bit in front of a tiny space heater from a previously failed project and finally got out my hemostats remembering the video instructions on how to do the rat dance.


I lower it into his tub and tap the entrance to his hide to wake him up. A second later he shoots out so fast I drop the food item and my little unnamed BP is raised up 3 inches off of the tub surface looking around like an angry cobra. I grab the fuzzy by the tail and before I can move it an inch he's wrapped up.

Maybe I over prepared a bit... It seems he has a pretty good prey drive.

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Maybe I over prepared a bit... It seems he has a pretty good prey drive.

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Congrats! Being over prepared sure beats the alternative. :)

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Times like that would make it worthwhile to have children.

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There are so many of those times! Here are a couple of mine from today. We (my wife, daughter, and our two dads who went with us) spent the morning at a Pumpkin Party on a local farm. Here's a shot of my daughter throwing her head back to tell me all about the goats she was watching and talking to at the petting zoo. And then another shot of her sitting with a couple of pumpkins... because fall. So much fun!
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Positive of the day I have eggs :)



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Siamese fighters ? Paradise fish ??


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Siamese fighters ? Paradise fish ??


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Siamese fighters the spawn if from this pair

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Siamese fighters the spawn if from this pair

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Wow !!!

They have look of some of my Malawi cichlids or even Shubunkins !!


I've never seen Fighters like those EVER !


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Wow !!!

They have look of some of my Malawi cichlids or even Shubunkins !!


I've never seen Fighters like those EVER !


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Those are called Koi due to their markings resembling koi fish, show Betta are fascinating beauties many various ones from colors to marking to finnage.

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Gorgeous little fishes.

I spent the afternoon shooting my bow. It was super nice out today, was 93 here in Az.
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I spent the afternoon shooting my bow. It was super nice out today, was 93 here in Az.
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Nice shots, what kind of bow?

Got the news today that they will be discharging my wife from the hospital. She has spend the week in the icu, but is making good progress and they will be sending her home. I am a nervous wreck trying to make sure everything is clean and there is nothing she can trip on.

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Nice shots, what kind of bow?

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Compound Bow- Diamond Infinite Edge by Bowtech.

Earlier this year I got my 1st Javalina w it. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...e7cae34153.jpg

Normally, I am a rifle hunter. But, since I took up archery, I have decided I prefer it. Lets face it.. Easy apples sitting on a hill waiting to shoot a deer or other critter at 300 plus yards... But bow hunting, makes ya have to earn that freezer filler... Gotta get alot closer... For me..at least 60yards w my bow.

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Bowtech makes some good bows. I had one of their bows awhile back. I don't hunt or anything, I just enjoyed shooting the bow in the back yard.

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I got all the glaze and underglazes on the Harry Potter scarf mug today! It took me over an hour to get all of it done, since there's so much detail work and each part needs 3 coats. This one is the first one, and it's Ravenclaw.

I'm really looking forward to seeing it come out of the kiln next week!

Yeah they do make great bows. Altho, the strings they put on them in factory are crap... Mine stretched within almost 20,000 arrows shot.. In about a 3 1/2 maybe 4 month period for me. I ended up putting a set of vapor trail custom strings on it, they come prestretched and ready for use.. And have been on my bow for about 50,000 arrows now, and still going.

I target shoot and hunt.

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Got the news today that they will be discharging my wife from the hospital. She has spend the week in the icu, but is making good progress and they will be sending her home. I am a nervous wreck trying to make sure everything is clean and there is nothing she can trip on.

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Oh dang. Best wishes to both of you.

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I got all the glaze and underglazes on the Harry Potter scarf mug today! It took me over an hour to get all of it done, since there's so much detail work and each part needs 3 coats. This one is the first one, and it's Ravenclaw.

I'm really looking forward to seeing it come out of the kiln next week!

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Awe man, at first glance I thought that was supposed to be a Doctor Who mug, too bad.
NERD WAR!!!

My little peach tree seedlings seem to be holding their own. About a month ago, I bought some peaches from the grocery store and when I went to eat them, I saw that the seeds in two of them were sprouting! I packed the rest of the fruit around them and planted them in a cut in half whiskey barrel, hoping they'll make it. Today I plan to get some straw from the feed store to cover them and help keep them warm for the winter. Not all of Arizona is hot; it's been down to the freezing level at night here in Flagstaff for the past few weeks, and winter is coming.

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Awe man, at first glance I thought that was supposed to be a Doctor Who mug, too bad.
NERD WAR!!!

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No need for a nerd war, a Doctor Who scarf version is also on the list. I will do all four Harry Potter Hogwart's Houses first, then a Doctor Who scarf version.


Although I had a LOT of lousy stuff today, I also finished up the day with a day at a friend's house where we were doing a 'cast iron rehab and giveaway' day. During this day, we had a huge bonfire and two of the people who got my pipkin cooking pots FINALLY put them in a fire and cooked in them!

And they didn't explode!!! They performed beautifully. Over just coals, they came to a rolling boil in only 15 minutes(from cold jelly chicken broth to roiling boil!). The handle of the smaller one was used to lift it out of the fire with an inserted stick, worked perfectly! The strap lid handles were perfect for lifting the lids off with a stick.

I'm quite pleased, considering I've waited almost a year for ONE of the people to actually put one of the pipkins into a fire to use it and prove it won't explode.

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