Category: Happy Happy Joy Joy

This morning, about half an hour before my alarm was set to go off, I awakened and thought “I can’t wait to get to work today.” I absolutely love my job. Yes, I work long hours. No, I haven’t had a vacation in years. Yes, I take on far too much and keep adding new…

When I was in Junior High my mom would wake me up at 5:30a.m. to go jogging with her. While that may seem like a young teenage girl’s worst nightmare, it’s actually one of my fondest memories. Back then she was not only working full time but was also finishing her college degree, and while…

Today I’m happy that I stuck by my commitment and am writing for the second day in a row… Nah, that’s not why I’m happy. OK, maybe part of it. That and the morning walk and the soon-to-be smoothie are putting a little smile on my face. But there’s more! Today I’m having lunch with…

Ahem. I, er, seem to have slipped on this whole “30 Days Of Happy” idea. It’s not that I haven’t been happy. I have been. Very. I’ve just had a few things going on. One of them was hosting a very complicated event, but the big huge ginormous thing is The Boyfriend (TB) has moved…

My son is 17. We’re friends on Facebook, but since he’s in his late teens I often cringe when I look at his updates. Oh, we’ve had the talk about what’s appropriate and what’s not. It’s nothing terribly bad – just typical teenage stuff, albeit a bit more vulgar than when I was growing up.…

Today I got a Costco Business Membership. I didn’t have my parents add me; I got my very own. That may not seem like a big deal, but I’ve been living with hand-me downs my entire life and having my very own big box warehouse membership felt like a big grownup thing to do. Apparently…

Tonight I caught up with a good friend on the phone. It’s the last thing for today before going to bed (and writing this post, of course). I told her some of my good news; she told me some of hers. That’s definitely something to smile about. And with that happy thought, good night! (whew!…

It’s the tail end of a long, busy, physically exhausting, life-changing day. I’m so tired I could fall asleep where I sit, but I couldn’t exactly skip on Day 2. Actually, I’ve been thinking all day about what I would write about, and I couldn’t come up with a single topic. Rather, I came up…