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I'm going to try to diligently write on this blog. I know its been a while.
Alright maybe its been a whole year.
Oh well, better late than never right?

Life's A Happy Song

My new favorite song of late is Life's a Happy Song from the new Muppet movie. I love it. Its just kinda awesome and it pretty much sums up my life! Life is so good. It knows how to treat people right. 
Everything is great
Everything is grand
I got the whole wide world in the palm of my hand
•Everything IS great. And grand. And most of the time I feel like I do have the whole world in my hands. I control my life. I can do what I want, and my decisions determine who I am. 

Everything is perfect
It’s falling into place
I can’t seem to wipe this smile off my face
•OK, I admit, not EVERYTHING is perfect. But its just one of those days that I am so happy to be alive. All the good vibes are with me. I mowed a lawn. And I cleaned the pantry, with music. I was sorta belting it out SO loud. But it made me so happy. And then on top of all of that, I went boating. And I dominated the knee board.

Life’s a happy song, when there’s someone by my side to sing along
•BEST LINE EVER!

When you’re alone, life can be a little low
It makes you feel like you’re 3 foot tall
When it’s just you – well, times can be tough
When there’s no one there to catch your fall
•I don't know who wrote all of these songs. But they know how to capture life. In melody and words. Bravo!

Life smells like a rose

With someone to paint
And someone to pose

Life’s like a piece of cake
With someone to pedal
And someone to break

Life is full of glee
With someone to saw
And someone to see

Life’s a happy song, when there’s someone by my side to sing along

I’ve got everything that I need – right in front of me
Nothing’s stopping me
Nothing that I can’t be
With you right here next to me

Life’s a piece of cake

With someone to give
And someone to take 

Life’s a piece of pie
With someone to wash
And someone to dry

Life’s an easy road
With someone beside you to share the load

Life is full of highs
With someone to stir
And someone to fry

Life’s a leg of lamb
With someone there to lend a hand

Life’s a bunch of flowers
With someone to while away the hours

Life’s a filet of fish, eh!
….yes, it is

Life’s a happy song, when there’s someone by your side to sing along
  •Everything is a lot easier when you're surrounded by supportive people who love you. I think that these shall be my new wall-quotes. All of them.

 Life's  a happy song, when there's someone by your side to sing along!

Summer.....I love you

I went outside today. I took a breath. Then I breathed in REALLY deep through my nose. Because it is here. Summer smells. Of wonderful stuff. Like grass. And sun.....I feel like its possible to smell heat. And no school for three entire months. Which equals pure joy. Oh yay. I have been waiting on you summer. And it looks like you are here. And it sounds like you are here. And it tastes and feels like you are here...hamburgers for dinner is summer. But the most noticeable thing is that you SMELL like you are here, my dearest summertime!

Little Moments with Hannah

Hannie Bananie. Pumpkin. Stinker, Nana, silly, goof ball, Hannah.
She makes me smile. In so may ways.
The other night, mom and I were sitting in my parent's room. My mom was sewing, and I was petting the dog. The little girlies were getting ready for bed.
Out of the blue, Hannah yells "Mom!"
Mom- In that 'I'm working and focusing so wait a second' voice. "Ya?"
Hannah- Not hearing her, "MOm!"
Mom- Still concentrating "Yes?"
Hannah-STILL not hearing her "MMMOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!"
Mom- "YEEEESSSSS????????"
Hannah- "I'm not going to wear any pants tonight OK?"
Me- I start laughing my head off. Hannah goes to a whole lot of stinking trouble to tell Mom and I that she isn't going to wear any pants tonight.
Mom- Rolls her eyes and continues to sew.

The other day Hannah told me that we were going to "play"
I didn't know that playing involved a photoshoot. It was great fun. She is a cute model.
Hannah, you have my heart. For "really reals".

Mysha does not like the Cone Of Shame......

    Don't worry Dug. You are not alone in the statement "I do not like the cone of shame."
    Mysha doesn't like the cone of shame either.

At least her's is stylish. ;)

Thank You Ted

      This post is dedicated to one of my favorite authors of all time. Maybe one of everyone's favorite author. He provides insight to real life problems through wacky stories about wockets in pockets and made up Lorax's and randomly colored eggs and ham. And yes I'm sure that anyone who has read any children's literature ever knows who I am talking about. The One and only beloved Dr. Seuss. Also known as Theodore Geisle.
      Dear old Ted's birthday was on Friday and I remembered as I read to a darling 3rd grader the joys of silly books. I know that Oh Say Can You say isn't exactly as educational as we all would like it to be. But nonetheless... ITS FUN!!!
      Oh dear, the memories of childhood. Technically I am a teenager now, but I still can't resist reading Green Eggs and Ham. Don't know who can... but anyways I love his books.
                                                   Favorite Memories of favorite books.
•Green Eggs and Ham- My favorite line off the top of my head is 'I will not eat them in a house, I will not eat them with a mouse. I will not eat them in a box, I will not eat them with a fox.' Good moral though, don't judge a book by its cover. And I'm sure that when it came out, people were like "I am not sure if I should look at this book, it looks like it was written by a deranged lunatic." But look at that it is now considered by me (and hopefully more than me) as a classic children's book.
•Oh The Places You'll Go- I think that Dr Seuss believed in us. I think that he wanted all little kids that read that book to know that there are great and wonderful things in store for us. He had faith that we all could do extraordinary things, go to fantastic places and think brilliant thoughts. as Christopher Robin so aptly put it,
"Promise me you'll always remember:You're braver than you believe,stronger than you seem and smarter than you think."
•The Sneeches- I remember reading this with my neighbor Nita. I love Nita. Everyone loves Nita. And I love this book. Its really awesome and fun! We are all different, and the Sneeches FINALLY figured it out that we are all cool and fun in our own way, we don't need the 'star' stamp of approval from society.
      Theres more. But I just wanted to say, I love Dr. Seuss. He was a good ole boy that wrote good ole books.
Thank-you, Ted.

Cabin Fever

Oh. I don't like it. We don't have snow.  Ahhhhh cabin fever when will you go away. When will this nasty winter go away and we can have summer again. When???? There are a few catches though.
•No snow means no slush, no slush means no wet shoes and socks and no wet shoes and socks equals a happier me.
•No snow means that I can walk barefoot down to grandma's without getting too cold.  This saves the time of getting shoes on.
•No snow means that I can take the puppy on a walk on the semi-nicer days.
•We actually have had a pretty wonderful winter temperature wise, however no snow bummed me out on Christmas.

So REALLY, I don't have such a severe case of cabin fever, but can winter be done. Can Spring...spring?  Haha I know that that was not so funny, but it was supposed to be punny. And lets face it, most punny jokes are not funny. They are...um corny. and cheesy.

Not so funny, but that was worth a shot.