Why The Horse was one happy camper yesterday afternoon!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205134)
Walnut Creek, California
May 25, 2016 11:57am CST
As some of you know, I like to make coasters out of raw guitar sound holes, cut from the spruce tops of actual acoustic guitars as they're being made.
A month or two ago, Collings Guitars of Austin Texas, an elite manufacturer of acoustic guitars, sent me a box full of raw sound holes for free. I promised to send them some coasters once I'm done.
Only yesterday did I finally open the box. I've been kind of busy lately. I'll attach a picture of what I saw when I opened the box. To you, it may look like at bunch of Spruce disks. But to me, it looked like gold, or at least a bunch of tiny canvases for art.
Have you had any similar happy moments lately?
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@TheHorse (205134)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 16
No, I'm not a visual artist at all. But refinishing wood things and even making coasters gave me an outlet where what I made would be "material." Psychology is so abstract. So is teaching. But a pair of coasters is a pair of coasters.
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
25 May 16
Pretty substantial-looking holes in that carton (or box). Hearing that my mum was sitting up in an armchair and able to verbally answer most of the clues in the daily paper's crossword made me happy today. She suffered a stroke 5weeks ago, and is slowly regaining her speech and the strength in the affected side of her body, with much speech and physio therapy still to come.
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@celticeagle (158615)
• Boise, Idaho
25 May 16
Nice of this company to seen you these. Yes, I have had a few happy-happy-joy-joy moments lately. My daughter rode her bike to get a food box so we would have some food and she found a guy in the neighborhood who needs some work done and is paying her to help him demolish a house near by.
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@celticeagle (158615)
• Boise, Idaho
25 May 16
@TheHorse ....She is 44. She has a learning disability and is bi-polar. I live here to help her raise her son.
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@TheHorse (205134)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 16
@celticeagle That's great that something came up. What will her role in the demolition be?
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@annierose (18926)
• Philippines
25 May 16
I am glad for you because you are enjoying what you do. My mind has been baffled with many things. Well, those things are what makes me busy because I am too much excited for it. And actually, I hope it will be June soon. I try to be happy every single day. Life is beautiful and every day is a step closer to my dreams.
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@annierose (18926)
• Philippines
26 May 16
@TheHorse I wanted to be a writer and I have been practicing how to voice out my thought because I have been keeping it inside me for such a long time. Yes, it is very importanf to be very grateful everyday for too many blessings that come our way.
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@TheHorse (205134)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 May 16
@annierose I try to savor all of the little joys that a day brings.
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@vandana7 (98700)
• India
25 May 16
@TheHorse ... My princess ...she wants my computer the moment she steps into my home...she climbs the center table...and does ramp walk....it is glass..so we tell her not to do it...she looks into my eyes...and stamps her foot...well, are you going to hit me for that...I can only laugh..stands up on my computer chair...my heart comes into mouth...that she might fall..bends towards the monitor and tries to grab the color balls there..why do kids grow up Pony.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
26 May 16
LOL! I can easily see what made you very happy today, pony! I am happy for you, too!
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
26 May 16
@TheHorse You are getting something, all right, pony... I'm just not sure weepy is the word for it! (I'm thinking full of shiite, but I MIGHT be wrong! I doubt if I am, but anything is possible at this point!)
I think a pair of them would look very nice on my glass coffee table when you finish them... Just saying... (grinning at you!)
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 May 16
Have fun with the project!
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
26 May 16
@TheHorse we will get pics?
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@TheHorse (205134)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 May 16
@Jessicalynnt Oh, of course! I'll have MyLotters so tired of coasters they'll start rooting for the ground squirrels!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
26 May 16
Here's a happy one for you. I went to visit my doctor for an annual check in to see how my asthma is doing. After we talked, he added two prescriptions to my routine. One is for allergies and the other asthma. The allergy meds are working already. They are fantastic. I breathe better and sleep much better too. I just can't wait for the asthma meds to start working (they take a few weeks). See? Good news.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
26 May 16
@TheHorse It's nice not to have leaky eyes and a drippy nose each morning. 
@JudyEv (325264)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 May 16
@TheHorse I guess a start would be to check out others on sale. Then think about how long they take, how much 'stuff' - don't know why I'm saying all this. I'm sure you're perfectly capable of working it out! Note to self - engage brain before putting mouth in gear.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48865)
• United States
26 May 16
That is awesome that they sent them to you.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
25 May 16
Nothing special. It's pretty much business as usual here.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
26 May 16
@TheHorse - Oh yeah, it's a good thing.
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