52 Weeks of Happiness, Week 5

It's been a tough couple of weeks here on my end. Stress. Work. Everything. And to top it all off, winter came back for a while. And brought rain with it. The weather was cold and rainy and generally miserable these past two weeks, and this week in particular.

HOWEVER, our good friend the sun showed up again today. And I snapped this photo of the tree right outside my office (though my office has no window, I often come sit by this tree when I get a sec). There is a bench right under the tree.

This picture shows the BEAUTIFUL blue sky and flowers on the tree, which only show for maybe a month each year.

It made me happy...



What I have come to do with my Hipstamatic obsession is find something worth taking a picture of, snap it, shake the phone (as this changes out your lens and film on the app randomly), snap it, shake again, snap it, etc. This was the best one from today. The most brilliant color. So this one made me happiest.

I hope spring decides to stay now!

52 Weeks of Happiness, Week 4

I had kindof a rough start to the week work-wise. I let myself feel the bad, negative stuff, so I could purge it and start over. (After all, tomorrow IS another day.)

I LOVE to color. It's very meditative for me. I have this book and the second one, too, and on a particularly taxing day, it makes me feel better.

This week I finally purchased an app for my phone that allows you to turn pictures to black and white and then re-color in a portion. On Monday night, I had SO much fun. It was my digital coloring.

Here is one of my "masterpieces." It also includes two things which bring me intense happiness...my son and the Beatles.



I KNOW this will bring me more joy and fun (and meditation) to come!

52 Weeks Of Happiness, Week 3

Okay, so I planned to do this on Thursdays. So I'm a day late. I'm on Spring Break.

I have a bit of a love affair with bags. What kind? Any. Not necessarily purses, but tote bags, reusable grocery bags (I have ones from Piggly Wiggly, The Fresh Market, Schnucks, Kroger, my school, Babies r Us, Toys r Us, Baggu Bags, and have ordered some Envirosax ones), and most recently reusable lunch bags. I recently bought these. How cute!!

I've now taken it to yet another level. I ADORE my Baggus, and have been eyeing their produce bags for a while. I absolutely abhor those flimsy ones in the store. Thanks to a very green friend, I was able to snag 9 bags and a carry-all from an Etsy seller at a much better price.

And this, my friends, is what made me wildly happy this week. I loved taking these to the store!! Just think how wonderful the farmer's market will be this summer with these!

52 Weeks Of Happiness, Week 1

It's Thursday. I have the first week's photo. I think I'll just always aim to post it on Thursday.

Today's happiness is brought to you by...

NEW RUNNING SHOES.



This signifies me time, health and exercise, and motivation. I recently completed my third half-marathon, but first post-baby. It is a thrilling accomplishment. My shoes were kaput, so hubby and I went to the best store to get them in Memphis. I love my Brooks shoes. And since they are so tailored for how you run, you can't choose a color. How lucky I am that it turned out to be a slightly darker shade of Tiffany blue!

Leigh Vs. Laundry's Happiness Project

It is definitely time for this undertaking...a happiness project. This book has just come into my life, and this blog, which I have been reading on and off for a while now, has had a year of her own happiness project. The two are unrelated. I have always wanted to join in, but honestly didn't because you link up with her, and my other family blog is private. BUT...this one is not.

So, first, go here. Leigh's blog is full of awesomeness. Her Happiness Project (see button below) was a 52 week long project which began last March. She took it upon herself to take a photo weekly of the little things that make her glad, smile, laugh, etc. It was a way for her to be held accountable for remembering the happy things. I found her through my friend Erin Margolin, whom I know from college and who writes and blogs beautifully here.

If you read the above post, you learned that a new challenge has been posted. The Happiness Project is now the "52 Weeks of Happiness." Which I love. It implies that there WILL BE happiness throughout these 52 weeks! She has a new button like above for the change in project name, but hasn't posted the html code yet. When she does I'll link up!!

So stay tuned for the first weekly installment.