Let me make you happy!!!

Happy Saturday night my Happy clan!  I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend so far.  It's been a very long day for us.  We've been up since 6am so we could make it to Johnny's competition for the Odyssey of the Mind regionals at Scottsdale Community College, which is a beautiful college by the way.  We were there until about 1:30pm and then we headed to U-Haul to swap out cars since we had appointments to get hitches installed on our cars today.  Once that was finished we had to run a couple errands and now it's a little after 9pm and we're finally home and ready for bed!  Well, I most definitely am anyways ;)

Since I am feeling as tired as I am I decided it was time to come online and write your Happy before I fell asleep and forget to do it.  But I noticed that not as many of you are reading your daily Happy and you should be!  Why don't you want to smile?  Why won't you let me make you happy?  Well, it's time to change that.  I am now making it my new goal to get more of you to read my blog so more of you can smile each day!  My resolution for 2015 was to make as many people smile throughout the year as I could and darn it - I am going to keep my resolution this year!

So, because of this, today I decided our Happy needs to be something extreme - something that will make you happier than the happiest man in Springfield!  Something that is just so ... well ... HAPPY!  I did a crazy amount of google searching for this "extreme happy" so I hope that I made the correct final decision (I think I did):

Yep, I so went there!  But, this really is the extreme happy - watching the men and women fighting in our military for us every day being reunited with their loved ones is just an amazing sight!  So, I hope you all enjoyed and I'm guessing you all cried a few happy tears as well ;)  Now, time for bed for me so until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!

Peace, Love and Happiness!

Karen :)

Just another day in paradise...

Happy Friday afternoon my Happy clan!  I hope everyone is doing wonderfully today!  It was a long and busy day at work for me but I had a fabulous day because I chose to have one.  There were plenty of opportunities for me to get upset but I just kept my smile on and kept moving forward!!  It's Friday the 13th, for the 2nd month in a row!  That's just crazy lucky :D

I have a lot that needs to get taken care of in the next few weeks, and a lot is kind of an understatement, but I don't care.  Tonight, Johnny's school is having a Mom-Son event.  It's a Freaky Friday Neon Night with a lot of fun events like dodgeball!  So, I painted my nails in neon green and orange (have to stick with the St. Patty's colors in case I don't have a chance to change them before Tuesday) and we're drawing cool little pics on our face with bright face paint colors.  I'm so extremely excited and cannot wait!!  Unfortunately though, we can't stay out much past when it ends because tomorrow morning Johnny's scholastic group in Odyssey of the Mind has their regional competition so we have to be in bed early so we are there on time.  But, we're so excited about that as well so it's all good ;)

Life can be so insane sometimes, but it still sure is fun!  We all live in this insane, crazy world together yet some of us are still choosing to miss out on the awesomeness and live in negativity and sadness.  For example, have you ever asked someone how they were and their response was "just another day in paradise"?  If I asked you to raise your hands, I'm guessing you all have your hands up.  I'm sure some of you are guilty of saying it yourself, don't worry - my husband is as well ;)  I think it's funny that the phrase "Just another day in paradise" is considered a negative thing.  I am guilty of using this phrase, but when I say it - I mean it!  I say it with enthusiasm and joy and love!!  My life is always another day in paradise!!  And it should be that way for all of us.  Yes, life is not always easy.  Yes, life can be very sad sometimes.  Yes, life can make it very hard to stay happy all the time ... But there is ALWAYS a reason to smile.  You just have to focus on that reason instead!  Life is paradise - so go out and enjoy it like it is!

Here is a song called "Just Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Vassar.  I found a version of it that includes the lyrics because that's what makes this song so awesome!

I hope you all enjoy your evening in paradise while I go enjoy mine with my son!  Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!

Peace, Love and Happiness!

Karen :)

Late Night Lovelies!

Tonight's Happy is a sweet simple prayer for all of you!  Goodnight and sweet dreams my Happy clan!  Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!

Peace, Love and Happiness!

Karen :)

Off to dreamland we go!

Happy Wednesday night my Happy clan!  Yeppers - another late night post from yours truly.  I can't believe how fast time is going right now.  I feel like it's bedtime as quickly as it's time to wake up...  But I take on each day with love in my heart and a smile on my face, because no matter what, the show must always go on!  And the show does go on with sunshine and flowers leading my way :)

For today's Happy, I just wanted to send something sweet your way before we all head off to dreamland.  It's a cute little gif I found online and I thought it was just too sweet not to share with all of you!

So always remember to

I love you all and hope you have a wonderful night's sleep with the sweetest of sweet dreams!  Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!

Peace, Love and Happiness!

Karen :)

Loving Life :)

Happy Tuesday night my Happy clan!  Can you believe it - tomorrow's already hump day!!  How quickly the time goes by ... Whether you're having fun or not ;)  I'm trying to make sure and enjoy every single moment of life now.  I always used to try and grab each moment of life but, like most people, I took life for granted.  Now that I'm older I know just how precious our time is and even though it is hard sometimes, I still make sure and enjoy every moment I am alive!!!

Life is such an amazing gift - without life we wouldn't have any of our family and friends, which is what makes this all worthwhile anyways.  And at the end of our earthly life we get to go spend an eternity with all these people we love.  And not just the people, but our furry family members too!  See what I mean... Best. Gift. Ever!

So, tonight's Happy is me hammering this reminder into your head like a nail into the wall!  Life is good!  Life is great!!  Life is wonderful!!!  So live your life - enjoy every single moment of it!!  Stop letting the negative and bad take control.  YOU are in control, so choose to be happy and love your life, all of it!!  All the ups and downs and insides and outs and one step forward but two step back times and everything's coming up Milhouse days!  Just love your life and love everyone around you and always remember to smile :D

Now, go get some sleep and when you wake up tomorrow greet the new day with a giant smile and go love the new day of life you've been given!  Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!

Peace, Love and Happiness!
Karen :)

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

Happy Monday evening my Happy clan!  I hope all of you had a wonderful day today!  I am watching Seinfeld with my Matty as we're laying in bed getting ready to fall asleep.  As I lay here I'm thinking about what would be a great Happy to share with all of you today (since I decided on an evening post again today).  Then, out of nowhere, an old school thought popped into my head and I knew exactly what I was going to share tonight.

Sometimes, all we need is just a simple reminder to just be happy.  And sometimes that reminder may be simple yet as tremendous as a thunderstorm!!  That's exactly what tonight's Happy is ... A tender thought that thunders through! ;)

Now, go get some sleep so you can get your "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" on tomorrow!!!  Sleep tight and sweet dreams to you all!  Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!

Peace, Love and Happiness!

Karen :)

Another Sunday Evening Sentiment

Happy Sunday night my Happy clan!  Congratulations on making it to the end of another week!  I hope you all had a wonderful day and a week full of happiness and love!!  I did!!!  But, I'm sure you already knew that ;)  I had a lot to take care of today but I feel quite accomplished and am feeling more and more weight being lifted off my shoulders every day!  Now, that's a fantastic Happy if I do say so myself!

I know most of you went through the daylight savings time change last night so it's quite late for my Happy, but that's okay.  Better late than never (as I'm sure I've said in other posts).  Tonight I have a goodnight wish for you all - seeing as how it is late and it is bedtime as well!

Sleep well, sweet dreams and I love you all!  Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!

Peace, Love and Happiness!

Karen :)