I must apologize for my absence lately.  The space that my head has been hanging out in lately was a little unhappy.  I did of course have my true 'daily happys,' but some things in life are meant to be kept to yourself.  After all, I do not mind being an open book, but every author has to keep themselves in a place of some mild sanity.

As some of you may have read, my lovely daughter wrote her first blog from university about the profound affect that music has had on her.  It was a wonderful piece.  

Then of course my husband has started his Dubots, which I think are absolutely wonderful to read.  Reading about things that are in his beautiful mind make me so happy, especially when I see George write like George.  He is such a wonderful husband and father, but sometimes someone as intelligent as he is, his thoughts cloud his world.  He lives in his head, and the fabulous ideas that he has, get clouded by the insanity of knowing too much.  I am so happy that he decided to develop a forum for him to be just George.  The George that I know.  Very few people get to meet this wonderful man.  They find it difficult to (for lack of a better term) keep up.  Now George is letting you peek a little.

So really today, I have a lot to be happy for, but honestly my happy today is Bruno Mars.  I need my guilty pleasures and Bruno and his wonderful voice is my guilty pleasure.  Locked out of Heaven is such a catchy little tune, LOVE IT!!

:o)  Good Things in LIFE are worth waiting for!

I have to admit it I am a serial (or cereal if you want to be punny) breakfast skipper.  It is not that I don't like eating breakfast, but it always seems that I do not have enough time in the morning to eat breakfast, and before I know it I am at work doing my job.  It doesn't affect my work in any way. I have tested this hypothesis by eating breakfast and comparing the productivity of both eating and non-eating work days and there was no difference.  The biggest difference for me is that if I eat breakfast, when the clock hits around 9 am, I become savagely hungry.  I mean that I could eat someone's arm off and be okay with that action.  This is what happens when I eat breakfast; when I miss breakfast, I do not need to eat until noon.

So what this is saying to me, what it is that this is screaming at me; I may have a problem.

Being a person who is not the weight or size that I should be, having an irregular eating schedule is causing all sorts of grief to my metabolism.  I do not know when I am supposed to be hungry and on the flip side when it is I am supposed to be full.  It sucks; and it is a great way to overeat.  

The good thing is that I have been able to intellectualize that I need to eat breakfast every day, regardless of the discomfort that I feel mid-morning being hungry again.  At least I can feel hungry and I haven't destroyed my metabolism completely.  

I have to admit, when I do eat breakfast I do have more energy throughout the day and I sleep much better that evening.  So for today, I am going to be happy about breakfast.  

:o) mmmm...time to eat!

With our recent weather, I can not thank my husband enough for my warm socks.  Years ago, I asked George to promise me that I will never be cold, and so far he has kept  his promise.

I don't care about the brand of socks, so long as I can wear them on my feet during the day, and kick them off my feet when I go to bed.  I am not sure if I kick them; you can't really kick a sock off, so  I utilize my big toe to take off my socks.  I have sort of ape-like feet (without the fur).  Fuzzy socks make me happy.  My feet are warm, I am happy.

:o)  Fuzzy PINK socks!

So, you are probably wondering what on earth is she talking about, how can bad days be happys?  It is very easy.

I love having  bad days (yes I do have them, just like everyone else in this world.)  Bad days remind us of a very important thing: not everything in life can be perfect, but most important, you are still alive.  I do not mean the literal meaning of alive (breathing, pulse etc...). I mean that you are still able to get angry.  You are still able to become sad.  Things upset you.  Now you can choose to let the things that upset you ruin your day(sometimes I let it happen out of spite), or you can acknowledge that it happened and move on.

That is where the happy part comes in.  Since you are able to recognize that you are having a bad day, now you should be able to congratulate yourself for getting through it, and be proud of yourself for doing such a GREAT JOB!  We all get angry, we just need to know how to control our anger, sadness or whatever negative thoughts we have, and think of and do something positive to counteract the effect.

Happiness comes from all sorts of places; you need to open your eyes and just see.

:o)  I had a bad day today, but I made it through alright

Two  years ago, I decided that I needed a change.  The change that I took and the direction that I chose was to focus on the blessings that I have in my life, and share the blessings that I see all around everyday.  My choice was to use a venue in which I could best express myself, and that venue was through writing.  I write because it makes me happy, and allows me to be myself.  

The perfect cup of coffee that I speak of in my very first blog is still something that makes me happy.  My days of absolute nothingness still go on and I enjoy every moment of them.  What I have gained through writing my blogs is the awareness that I am a good writer and I have a lot of things to say.  It also allows me to let you know that we are all connected, and I think that this is interesting.  If something that I have written mirrors something in your life, perhaps it may let you know, just for a brief moment, you are not alone.  

2013 is just another year, and that is all it will be if you allow it to be just that.  For me, this is a year that I foresee a lot of opportunities and a lot of happiness.  I made a New Year's resolution this year; I am going to shed the weight.  Not the traditional weight. I am letting go of old ideas and moving forward with new ideas.  I am going to surround myself with things, people and opportunities that make not only me happy, but George as well.  After all, George and I are two free-spirited, flighty and overly-dramatic people, and we wouldn't want it any other way.

What are your plans this year?

:o)  A Kiss for good luck {perhaps seven times}