Exactly! Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!
Peace, Love and Happiness!
Karen :)
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015
Happy on a Monday night :)
Happy Monday night my Happy clan! I hope everyone had a wonderful day! I did - even though we had a lot to do today it was still such a nice day!!
However, since it's already very late, tonight I am going to share a quote with you that's all about being happy! This is just a great quote and I know it will make all of you smile like it did to me:
"Life is too short too miss out on being as happy as you can possibly be!"
And how true this quote is!! You don't need a reason to be happy, just be it! I promise, life is so much easier when you are wearing a smile! So, smile and go get some sleep! Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!
Peace, Love and Happiness!
Karen :)
Sunday, March 29, 2015
An unsuspecting but incredible Happy
Happy Sunday night my Happy clan! How was everyone's day? Mine was so nice! I got packing done, I baked 6 loaves of banana bread and Matt and I spent the evening with our awesome friends... I'm so going to miss them!!
This morning when I woke up I had a lot of anxiety running through me because of the move and I was not happy about that. So, I went outside with Duke to try and clear my head a little bit and I looked up at the sky, like I normally do, and I saw this:
Not sure if you see it, but that's a rainbow around the sun!! Talk about awesome! So, I decided to share this with all of you because how amazing is this site?!?! I've never seen this before and why should I be the only one who gets to enjoy this!!!
So you now have your bright Happy to surround yourself in before saying goodnight to the week! Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!
Peace, Love and Happiness!
Karen :)
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Smiling's a GREAT Idea!
Howdy hey my Happy clan! Happy Saturday Night! I hope everyone had a super day and your evening is just as awesome, if not better :) I had a really nice day, I didn't get as much done as I wanted to but Johnny and I did get to go have lunch with my girl and her amazing daughter. We went and saw my old boss so she could say hello and I could say goodbye. It was a really nice lunch and I'm really going to miss them! I'm so grateful for the amazing people I've been lucky enough to work with for the past year and a half or so. I'm glad I decided to go and visit him one more time before leaving, it was definitely a good idea because he was a great boss.
This makes me think about all the other "good ideas" we have in life. So many times we think they're actually "bad ideas" so we never do anything about them. But, in most cases, we only see them as bad ideas because they're difficult. Like, for instance, saying goodbye to someone we care about. However, I just look at it in a different way and instead of saying goodbye I now always say "See you later!". Because that's what it really is - no matter what, one day we will all see each other again! So, what could have been seen as a bad idea was easily transformed into a good idea. Another example of something that could originally be viewed as a bad idea - going out with friends and spending money when money is tight so we should probably just stay home. If we stay home, sure we save money, but we now just missed out on making memories with people we love and in the end it's the memories that really matter, not the possessions we stayed home to pay for.
See what I mean? Some of those bad ideas are actually good ideas - you just have to make sure you're looking at the idea properly. Now, don't get me wrong, there are most definitely bad ideas. I could list so many of them for you right now, and I'm sure you have your own list you could share ;) But instead, I'm going to turn these bad ideas around and make them our Happy for tonight! I'm sure a lot of you know the cartoon, Animaniacs. If you don't, WHY?!?! Well, it is a hilarious WB cartoon that ran from 1993-1998. It's one of my favorite childhood shows! Well, anyways, they used to have this little skit called "Good Idea Bad Idea" and to this day I crack up watching it. So, since it fits so well with my rant today, I thought I'd share with you a complete Good Idea Bad Idea compilation I found on YouTube. I hope you all get a nice laugh or at least giggle from this:
This makes me think about all the other "good ideas" we have in life. So many times we think they're actually "bad ideas" so we never do anything about them. But, in most cases, we only see them as bad ideas because they're difficult. Like, for instance, saying goodbye to someone we care about. However, I just look at it in a different way and instead of saying goodbye I now always say "See you later!". Because that's what it really is - no matter what, one day we will all see each other again! So, what could have been seen as a bad idea was easily transformed into a good idea. Another example of something that could originally be viewed as a bad idea - going out with friends and spending money when money is tight so we should probably just stay home. If we stay home, sure we save money, but we now just missed out on making memories with people we love and in the end it's the memories that really matter, not the possessions we stayed home to pay for.
See what I mean? Some of those bad ideas are actually good ideas - you just have to make sure you're looking at the idea properly. Now, don't get me wrong, there are most definitely bad ideas. I could list so many of them for you right now, and I'm sure you have your own list you could share ;) But instead, I'm going to turn these bad ideas around and make them our Happy for tonight! I'm sure a lot of you know the cartoon, Animaniacs. If you don't, WHY?!?! Well, it is a hilarious WB cartoon that ran from 1993-1998. It's one of my favorite childhood shows! Well, anyways, they used to have this little skit called "Good Idea Bad Idea" and to this day I crack up watching it. So, since it fits so well with my rant today, I thought I'd share with you a complete Good Idea Bad Idea compilation I found on YouTube. I hope you all get a nice laugh or at least giggle from this:
Wasn't that just great!!! Man, I miss that show. I hope it's available on DVD soon :) Anyways, I'm going to go snuggle with Johnny before he falls asleep so until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!
Peace, Love and Happiness!
Karen :)
Friday, March 27, 2015
Sunshine and Smiles!
Happy Friday night my Happy clan! Today was a really nice day - and I hope it was for all of you as well!! I got to go to the water park with my son, his friends and their moms. It was a goodbye gathering for Johnny and his friends, but I also got to spend the day with my Johnny pretty much all day and his best bud's mom. I've really gotten lucky with the friends I've made out here. They're really just so wonderful!!!
Anyways, before I get all sappy and turned around from what today's Happy is - we shall proceed forward. Since today was a day in the sun I thought it was a great day to use some Ella Fitzgerald for our Happy! And what better song than Blue Skies? So, without further ado, I give you the amazingly talented, Ella Fitzgerald singing Blue Skies (and right underneath are the lyrics):
Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see
Bluebirds
Singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long
Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on
(Scat)
I never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on
I love that song so much! And it always puts such a big smile one my face, I hope it did the same for all of you!! But now I'm off to dreamland so, until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!
Peace, Love and Happiness!
Karen :)
Especially Quick
Happy Thursday night my Happy clan! So, as you can see, it's another super late post for you all. And, since it is even later than usual, it's going to be another quick one. This Happy is just a sweet and simple message from me to all of you...
And I pray that you all do remember this because you are!!! But I need to go to sleep, so until "tomorrow" keep smiling and spreading that love!!
Peace, Love and Happiness!
Karen :)
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Creating Happy Memories
Happy Hump Night my Happy clan! I hope everyone had a wonderful Wednesday! Mine was really nice - really busy but really nice. The best part of the day was tonight though. We got to sit down and relax and watch an old school classic, Better Off Dead. Matt had never seen it before and, thanks to my awesome buddy from work for lending it to us, he finally got to watch it - and he loved it, of course!
What is it about old school movies that just put the greatest smile on our faces? And the most loving tears in our eyes? It's not just the awesome story lines that, in your own bizarre way, you connect so perfectly with. It's not just the corny love story that proved love was found in the strangest of places sometimes. It's not just the quotable lines that you can always manage to throw in to any conversation. It's the memories that are connected to these movies. And every time you watch these movies with someone new, you get the opportunity to create new memories, like I did tonight!!
Which brings me to your Happy for tonight. Tonight's Happy is the poem/song called The Way We Were. This poem/song also comes from an old classic movie that I could watch over and over again as well, Big:
I hope this brought a smile to your face, either as you are falling asleep or waking up to a new day (since I'm so slow at posting lately). Either way, enjoy!! Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!
Peace, Love and Happiness!
Karen :)
What is it about old school movies that just put the greatest smile on our faces? And the most loving tears in our eyes? It's not just the awesome story lines that, in your own bizarre way, you connect so perfectly with. It's not just the corny love story that proved love was found in the strangest of places sometimes. It's not just the quotable lines that you can always manage to throw in to any conversation. It's the memories that are connected to these movies. And every time you watch these movies with someone new, you get the opportunity to create new memories, like I did tonight!!
Which brings me to your Happy for tonight. Tonight's Happy is the poem/song called The Way We Were. This poem/song also comes from an old classic movie that I could watch over and over again as well, Big:
Memories, light the corners of my mindMisty water color memories of the way we were
Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
smiles we gave to one another
for the way we were.
Can it be that it was all so simple then
or has time rewritten every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
tell me would we? Could we?
Memories, may be beautiful and yet
what's too painful to remember
we simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter we remember
whenever we remember
the way we were.
Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
smiles we gave to one another
for the way we were.
Can it be that it was all so simple then
or has time rewritten every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
tell me would we? Could we?
Memories, may be beautiful and yet
what's too painful to remember
we simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter we remember
whenever we remember
the way we were.
I hope this brought a smile to your face, either as you are falling asleep or waking up to a new day (since I'm so slow at posting lately). Either way, enjoy!! Until tomorrow, keep smiling and spreading that love!!
Peace, Love and Happiness!
Karen :)
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