Happiness

I am generally a happy girl. Lately though, there has been a lot of bummer stuff happening, some big and some small. I'll spare you the details and spare myself the time complaining but Friday afternoon I decided to take charge of the unhappiness I was feeling. I couldn't fix most of the things that were making me unhappy but I could do a few things that I knew would make me feel better. So . . . .

1. Friday night I made pasta primavera using a recipe from Cook's Country. My hubby helped me in the kitchen, which is one of my favorite things and it was yummy. I was still bummed but my tummy was happy.



2. Saturday morning I slept in a little bit. When I woke up I had a new resolution to improve my sleeping habits by moving the puppy to his crate (sorry Charlie!), buy some summer pajamas, and stop drinking Coke after lunch time from now on. I think this will help me feel better in general.



3. While I was getting dressed Saturday I took some time to play with the Puppy. Here's a video of what that fun looked like. He's so cute!
   
   
   



4. Then I went shopping. The day before I had considered shopping therapy but felt a little bit out of control so I waited. There were a few items I really needed though so I headed to Name Brand Clothing with a list and came home with 2 tops, 3 shorts, 1 pair of pants, 1 skirt, and 1 blazer for $81. Wahoo! Presto magico! I am happy again!

I know to look to Jesus to meet my needs and He does. I have been talking to the Lord about all this nearly non stop and I see Him working. This weekend I think He worked through time with my hubby, making and eating good food, sleep, playing with my puppy, talking and texting with my sisters and best friend, and shopping. Thank you Lord.

What makes you happy when you are really blue or just wrung out? I'm always looking for good ideas . . .

A Little Secret

Okay, I feel relatively safe telling you a little secret, dear reader (otherwise known as Cindy).  Okay Jackie, I'll let you in on it too.  Here it is - I have actually reactivated my facebook account.  I deactivated it last week because I apparently have an addictive personality and it was a HUGE distraction to me everytime I got on the computer.  Then I reactivated it because I remembered that I didn't know how to contact any of my old friends and wanted to give 'everyone' a chance to give me their contact information.  After a week and two (2) people contacting me with their contact information, I re-deactivated.  Then I needed to contact a friend about a meeting and didn't have any other way to contact him so I re-reactivated and I think I'm going to see if I can handle it. 

I might be able to stay off facebook though because I have a new addiction!  I spent about 2 hours last night net surfing and found all kinds of WONDERFUL sites out there!  Wow!  Some people are really talented! 

I found this gorgeous, refinished chair at www.centsationalgirl.com, complete with really good instructions.  This is probably my new favorite site!  If you love diy projects you will love it too.

 And at redletterwords.typepad.com/ I found about ten things I want to buy.  I love, love, love this:

And I'm going to buy something from this site THIS WEEK.   I just have to.  http://leenthegraphicsqueen.com/index.html.  I'm leaning toward this for my laundry room:

Or maybe this for my guest room.  Wouldn't this be a nice thing to sleep beneath when you are away from home?

Well, the fam would like for me to quit asking them questions about what people are saying at the Oscars so I think I'll stop blogging and let Micayla have the computer.