Do what makes your heart sing.

This may be my favorite quote. My grandma tells me this almost every day when I visit her. (sometimes it is translated into "buy what makes your heart sing" when we are shopping...) But I believe it is true. You have to do what makes you happy. You have to do the things that give you butterflies when you think about them. The things that you find yourself thinking about all the time...
Most people make their decisions based on money, what other people think and what will make so and so happy. I understand there are some exceptions such as your children etc. I think that what makes your child happy should make you happy. My main goal in life is to have happy kids. I want my kids to know they are allowed to be whatever they want. They don't even have to be good at it. I don't care if that includes dressing like a pirate everyday or swimming in the bathtub.
The point is, people should do more things that just make them happy. When you find happiness and are happy with yourself, all those other people in your life will feel it and be happy also. And if they can't, then they don't really love you. After all, isn't unconditional love the most amazing love there is?

Do something that makes YOU happy today. And the next day...and the day after that...

Some of my happy things :)
-Kings of Leon concerts, songs, anything..
-rocking a baby to sleep
-toddler giggles
-puppies
-Martha Stewart Blue
-My goddaughter
-kittens
-A chat with my best friend who is 4 hours away
-crying while reading a book
-Anything Tim Burton
-driving with all the windows down and the music waaaay up
-naps outside
-shopping...for anything!
-helping someone feel better
-a reaaally long talk with a good friend
-getting a random sweet text
-compliments
-remembering why I love my friends
-making a new friend
-vacations
-when people read my blog
-reading Martha's Cooking School before bed
-waking up happy
-watching my swim lesson kids do it on their own :)
-a good hair day
-happy sports movies, my current fave is The Blindside
-birthdays
-being suprised
-avacado
-getting out of class early
-when things go my way
-good change
-being in water
-astrology
-feeding people
-amazon wish lists!
-old pictures
-sweet boys
-swinging....
-loved ones being happy <3

Above is the first time I met my Godbaby, Aly. One of my happiest moments :D














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Stressed is desserts spelled backwards...

This is the first time I can remember not having anything specific to write about. At least nothing I can make public. Things are weird right now. I'm in that winter/spring tying up loose ends for school time. Before school ends I have; a mega birthday party to throw, a standardized state test for education, finals, papers, changes at work, getting my lifeguard certifications renewed, scheduling private swim lessons (if they are allowed this year..grrrr) 50 observation house at the high school and applying for the education program and scheduling classes. Phewww. And I have to save money for an iPad, my yearly trip to Minnesota with my grandma, Bonnaroo, and KOL concerts. (yes, these ARE priorities, single girls do what they want :D) I cannot wait for summer. I have applied at the MAC for assistant manager and even though I don't expect to get it, it is a goal I have and will be a bit crushed if I don't get it.
Soooo bring on the happy pills, sweet teas, chai's, long baths, power walks, Kings of Leon CD's and Martha Living magazines that I'll need to make it through because here I go....

I guess I found something to bitch about, after all :)

Martha, Martha, Martha

I feel the need to explain to ya'll why Martha is a superior being, and why I love her so. Here it is;
1.) yes, she was sentenced 5 months prison time for lying a bit...about some dumb stocks. Was it wrong? Yes. Everyone lies sometimes. Also, I give her mad props for doing her prison time instead of being a sissy and getting out of it. Look at the great Nelson Mandela; he was in prison for 27 years and went on to become a great leader. Also, who else could calm the harsh female prisoner attitudes and teach them how to be domestic and knit? Only Martha the great.
2.) Her signature color is the most perfect form of blue in the entire color palate. Fact.
3.) She can do everything. She is a domestic godess and is not thought of as being weak, overly feminine or too mushy. She is a master seamstress, decorator, cook, baker, cleaner, designer and business woman. She was even a politician before becoming Martha the great.
4.) She allows her daughter to have a show that solely makes fun of her. Any woman who can permit a show that is nothing but jokes of herself and still claim her daughter is a badass. I'm sorry. It's the truth.
5.) She's old and still looks amazing. Martha is 68 years old, people.
6.) She has a magazine, a few tv shows, a radio STATION, and numerous lines of products
7.) She makes up her own rules, even though they are OCD. So don't you dare use the white washcloths to take your makeup off while staying as a guest at her home...there are ones emboidered "makeup" for that shit.

And that is why Martha is better than us.