After a somewhat hectic day yesterday, I wanted to really focus on the positive to start the work week. After all, I may get mad sometimes but I'm an optimist at heart and a pretty happy go lucky chick! So without further ado, here are ten things that make me really happy....
Having the opportunity to encourage someone I have a best friend who lives out of state that is working on losing weight and getting fit. While I have no need to lose weight, I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to be there encouraging her and rooting her on in her journey! I truly believe that the best way to show a person love is by encouraging them and telling them how wonderful and special they are with your words (and with your actions). I believe that this is why a lot of relationships fail...people aren't willing to keep courting their lover after they've secured them. Getting to encourage someone gives me incredible joy.
Doing random stuff with my kids My parents were Disney nuts. Scratch that: my mom was a Disney nut so we went to Disney World every year for several years as a kid. I know, I know...cringe at how under-privileged my childhood was, right? Haha I say that to say this...I have never taken my kids to Disney and I want to do it...but I want to do it ONE TIME. I have more fun exploring and just having a good time with them that the standardized theme park stuff. Yes, I do enjoy those things but I'd rather take a hike, pack a lunch and explore some crazy stuff.
Snuggling up in a good pair of yoga pants with a bowl of ice cream and watching a movie Yes, I said it. An active girl can be lazy too. There is little that I enjoy more at night than cuddling up in a nice pair of yoga pants and just watching a movie and relaxing. I'm not a big popcorn nut, nor do I like candy much and I think the price of movies anymore is OUTRAGEOUS. I'd rather spend my $20 buying it when it comes out so I can watch it another time. I'm a sucker for a romance but I have to be in the mood. I'm a comedy or horror movie chick and watching one of these with a big bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream is pretty much ideal. Favorites lately? "This is the End" and "House of 1000 Corpses" though "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" is also a great one for empowering someone. Hahaha
Quiet Time in the Morning A cup or two of coffee in the morning is how I like to start my day after a nice hot shower. It's extraordinarily quiet in the morning and the perfect time to enjoy some "woosah" time. You know the kind...the time where you can just sit and be alone with your thoughts: blog, surf the internet, send correspondence, whatever! Ideally I'd love to have a patio that I could sit at a little table with my coffee and watch the birds in a birdhouse or a birdbath while I blog or read the news. Quiet time in the morning is a must for a great day.
Watching sports with a crowd Okay, admittedly, I can be the loud obnoxious one when I'm watching sports, yelling at the screen . With that being said, there is nothing that compares with watching a game with a group of people who are just as into it as you are! Sports bar....party...or (best yet) the venue itself. I had nosebleed tickets to a pre-season Broncos game last year and it was the time of my life. I went to several hockey games this year and it was the time of my life. I'm going to a baseball game in a few days and my excitement is ridiculous! I love my sports!
Animals All types, really. I'm not a huge snake person ( mostly because I'm terrified of the venomous ones) but I love to observe them. I love going to the reptile store to see the turtles and the little lizards with their little personalities. I'm a sucker for the zoo and will go there a dozen times a year. Even more, though, I'm a sucker for domesticated animals like dogs and cats. I grew up in a house FULL of cats and dogs so I'm a sucker for the cuddling with these sweet animals, playing, running with them and a million other things.
Baking Now here's where the irony comes in. I love to bake but I'm not a fan of baked goods. One tiny piece of cake and I'm good. Half of a donut and I'm done. I love to bake though. I love to bake from scratch....cookies, pies, cakes, cupcakes..you name it. I love to bake it. Before I left Michigan, I had a ton of baking supplies including great cookie sheets and muffin pans and about every tool you could think of including fondant which I was only just starting to explore. It's all gone now but I hope to rebuild one day and start baking again. I love it!
My Family and Friends Okay some of my family and I aren't close at all and I'm fine with that. I have a select group of close friends and they are like family to me. The truth is, getting to be with them for any amount of time makes me ecstatic. Getting to talk to them on the phone soothes my soul. My family and friends make me incredibly happy.
Getting dolled up Quite honestly, most days I'm a jeans and ponytail girl because of my line of work. There is nothing more gratifying than getting all dolled up for whatever occasion. I love to get dolled up to go out to dinner or to go to a game. I love to get dolled up to go to church or whatever else. I love to get dolled up to go to an event at my kids' schools. I love to get dolled up just to feel sexy around the house. Sports-oriented as I might be, I'm still a girl at my core and I love getting dolled up to feel special.
and finally....
Holding Hands Yep, I'm a sucker for it. I hold hands with my kids as often as I can right now because they'll outgrow it at some point and I'll be left wondering what happened. I think the first thing that makes someone's heart skip a beat in a relationship is holding hands. I think that's the one thing I miss the most about relationships...hand holding. I love to see couples that have been together for years, decades...still holding hands. It's like saying "you still belong to me." And cue the lame romance movie music. Hahahaha
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