Day 6 happy

My parents came to visit.  Mom sewed up my pants that I ripped a little hole in when Rob and I went geocaching a few weeks ago.  It makes me happy to hang out with them.  No picture today but happy moments and happy memories.

On that note, I will be away from my computer for a week.  I will be taking a ton of photos over that week so I will post my happy pictures when I get back.  I probably wont have access to decent internet.

Day 5 happy

Nail appointment today.  Nice and simple. (excuse the bruise. I whapped it pretty good the other day. Still hurts after 2 weeks!)

Day 4 happy

Happy and powerful is how I feel when I wear my red heels.  Laura made me buy them when I bought my dress in January for our Sales and Service award dinner.  I had the opportunity to wear them again on formal night on our cruise in April and will again next week as well.  Yes, I have to practice walking in them a lot.  It is a powerful feeling to walk around the house, do dishes, clean while wearing them and practicing in them  ;)  Try it one day.  Trust me.

Day 3 happy

Today's happy is brought to you by FRUIT!  So simple.  After 4 weeks on a cleanse  with my nutritionist, I am finally able to have limited fruit (berries or green apples) a couple of times a week.  After craving it for 4 weeks, now that I am able to have some, its not a craving anymore!  Wonder if that will work on any other food?  LOL

Day 2 happy

I've tried multiple times to upload a picture of today's happy to no avail.  I will keep trying.  It might not be tonight though.

Today's happy is my empty suitcase on my bed....means another trip is on the horizon!  :)    Cant wait!

ETA - finally able to get my picture to load

Day 1 Happy

The Littles make me happy today (they make me happy everyday!).  How much fun they had together as we spent time playing with hula hoops, the bounce castle, basket balls, tug of war, face painting and making crafts.  I got to spend some time with them today.

  

 

#100happydays

100 days of Happy

I am signing up for the 100 days of happiness challenge. You can find it at www.100happydays.com and get more information. 

The challenge consists of submitting a picture of what makes you happy for 100 days in a row via Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.  I will be posting my pictures here on my blog.

It sounds easy enough doesn’t it? However 73% of people who have tried this challenge have failed citing lack of time as their reason to not complete the course. Am I going to be one of the 73% who doesn’t take time to savour what makes them happy? I hope not.

So why try the challenge? According to the 100happydays.com website people who have completed the challenge have reported that when they start noticing what makes them happy every day it resulted in them:

 - Being in a better mood every day;

 - Receiving more compliments from other people;

 - Realizing how lucky they are to have the life they have;

 - Becoming more optimistic;

 - Falling in love during the challenge!

I’m up for this challenge. Anyone care to join me? I hope I can buck the trend and make it to the finish line.  

The best weekend

You know when you need one of those weekends with friend where you laugh, you cry, you learn, you have insight, you try new things, you continue on things, you keep going?  That was this weekend with Laura.

We did tapping (ETF) webinars
We watched Wayne Dyer
She scrapbooked
I worked on Brave Girls class assignments
We had a visit from the Littles for a bit
We laughed together
We cried together

It was a wonderful weekend. I am so thankful to have friends like her in my life.  She is so amazing. 

Online Classes

I signed up for 6 online classes to go through this year.  So far, the 2 that I have watched have been amazing.  The videos have me wanting to be in my craft room all day long!  Oh how I wish I could be in there all day long - no interruptions, no prior commitments, just art.

I was so inspired to create
I was so revived to get back into my craft room
I was so ready to go

And I did.

I made an art journal page. 2 actually.
Paint, ink, water colours, masks, gesso, modeling paste...my fingers were all inky.  My nails are all coloured.  I have paint all over.  And it feels good!

I am excited to be back at it.

One Little Word 2014 - POSITIVE

Positive

From Dictionary.com

pos·i·tive  /ˈpɒzɪtɪv/ Show Spelled [poz-i-tiv]  adjective

1.  admitting of no question  (positive proof) 

2.  confident in opinion or assertion; fully assured  (She is positive that she will win)

3.  not speculative or theoretical; practical  (a positive approach to the problem)

4.  possessing an actual force, being, existence, etc.

 

For the past 7 years, Ali Edwards (http://www.aliedwards.com/) has shared her One Little Word. She has a great explaination on her blog about it. http://aliedwards.com/2007/01/one-little-word-3.html  She offers a class throughout the year to keep your OLW in your mind and ongoing. 

So, apparently my one little word from last year - Reduce - obviously wasn't that great for me.  The only thing I reduced it seemed, was my blogging.  LOL  I am positive that this year's word will rock!

This years mantra to follow - this will be around my house, at work on my desk and in my art.
Positive Thoughts, Positive Happenings!

Let's give this another try.  Wish me luck on a year of being, acting and doing POSITIVE.