happy thoughts

i recently watched finding neverland (fantabulous movie!) and was reminded that peter pan and his cohorts used an unexpected method of flight. happy thoughts. 

once upon a time i had a roommate (or maybe a neighbor, the boundaries were pretty fuzzy over there at pine ghetto) who had this thing with happy thoughts. she used to ask us what would be the one thing that day that would allow us to fly if necessary. the point was to be more aware of the little things that are good in life and be grateful for them rather than focusing on the unfortunate events of the day or waiting for some big ta-da kind of thing.  i was pretty good about recording my happy thoughts for a while there, but lately i have been lax. i think it is time that i got back in the habit. since i have this wonderful forum for voicing my thoughts, opinions insights and lists (and lists, and lists, and lists) i figure this is the perfect place to share these thoughts too. here's the deal; i will record one happy thought per day (most likely on a post-it note since i am kind of addicted to them), then chronicle my fairy-dust free flight inducing moments in a weekly blog post. here are my happy thoughts from the week of february 28-march 6

sunday: no marriage talks!!!
*february was the month of marriage talks in my ward. come to think of it january kind of was too. i guess that's what i get for being in a byu ward. lame. i'm so tired of hearing the same (ineffective) "encouragements" over and over and over again. today we finally made through 3 whole hours without a word about marriage or dating. that's like a record
monday: storytelling over a fake fire at home evening
*i told the couch story
tuesday: double dutch
*i teach a little jump rope class at work and we did double dutch today. i suck at it, but it's still fun
wednesday: cornbread
*i just really like it especially with honey on it. mmmm
thursday: no van
*thursday is the only day of the week that i don't have to go to work early to drive the van and pick the kids up from school. that changes next week, but for now i enjoy the day off from that duty
friday: sammy's infectious giggle
*sammy is this girl at work who has the most hilarious and infectious giggle i've ever heard, and once she gets started, she might laugh for days :) today she was on one, i think she was giggling every time i saw and/or talked to her. so great!
saturday: bubble bath
*no explanation needed