Working on the Happy

Can you believe next week is Thanksgiving?  Where did the month....the YEAR go?

Did you know we are entering the time where more people experience depression than any other time?

During my "happy" challenge negative thoughts kept creeping into my brain.  It was truly a challenge to turn those negatives into a positive.

Human nature bends toward less than positive thinking. Not everybody, but I'd wager the majority.  We are wired that way; let's blame Nature/God/Spouse/Children...or.....

We have a puppy that is full of vim, vigor, and vitality.  Nothing.....and I do mean nothing gets that dog down.  He's reprimanded and turns right around and jumps in your lap....or onto your tummy...or private parts.  Does that second reprimand get him down?  hell, no.  He's chasing the cat or chewing on my shoe or grabbing food off the counter.  I mean to tell you, he's happy as shit and I'm ready to open the front door and sing "be free, Big Puppy, be free!!!"

I guess I could learn from BP and take the knocks with the pats on the back.  I can choose to to sulk and hide under the couch (like the cats) or I can wag my tail and stick out my tongue and chew happily on a sock while ignoring the negatives around me.  I really think BP has the right attitude.  Who cares what others think or who I'm pissing off.  Maybe, just maybe those people will open the front door and sing "be free, Strawberry, be free."  Who needs the negative anyway?

So yeah, my "happy" challenge is still on, but honestly, can I pick a new challenge....like taking a vacation at the Happy Farm???

What Big Teeth and Eyes you have; that's because I'm a BIG puppy!!!!

 

Because I'm Happy

What business does an already scattered Strawberry have in taking on another business???  Not a paying in business, mind you.....NO.....another paying OUT business!!!

I love paper crafting and making cards and stamping.  Pinterest will be the death of my budget.  But now I'm addicted to Instagram.  If you think it is a bunch of holiday and summer vacation pictures, think again.  I found (thanks to a friend's recommendation-- we call each other "enablers") a planner site.  It would be wonderful if it was an actual help site, but alas it is more infomercial than move-your-sorry-ass-up-off-the-couch-and-get-those-plans-in-action ( or if you are an instagram follower: #moveyoursorryassupoffthecouchandgetthoseplansinaction).  I like being helpful that way!

So being the good marketing major I am and succumbing to every commercial or infomercial, I HAD to go out and buy myself a planner.  But not just any planner, no, I had to make from scratch one of my own and a planner to share.

Then I happened across the school supplies at Target and viola....utopia!!! The dollar section carries pens and scissors that match the pens and little post-it notes and....and...and stickers!!! and they are a dollar!

purchased notebook at Target in the notebook section and decorated!

Last night I watched The Walking Dead and went to my happy place with washi tape and stickers and stickers and washi tape.  Love Target's dollar aisle.

I'm addicted to fun!

What makes you happy?  Is there a happy challenge in store (get it...Target??  oh heck) for you?

I'm going to get my second cup of coffee and contemplate on today's happy challenge this morning.

Have a Happy week this week, Grainiacs.  Let's challenge ourselves to look on the bright-side all week long.

it's the great clean-up, charlie brown

did i mention the clean-up at the strawberry patch? the project to make all electricity run right? did i mention how overly stressed this is making me?

do you ever feel like throwing all your crap away and just starting over?

that is me today!

clean slate

clean house

no animal fur

no nothing

i am not depressed

just tired

i am still a happy strawberry

just an overwhelmed one

here's the good news

i have had success with cleaning out one aspect of my life

my insides have been cleaned out and checked out

all is fine

wednesday i had a wonderful meal

chicken broth

yellow jello

sprite

yum  yum

then i sat on the throne most of wednesday

and pretty much all morning thursday

the wonderful cocktail they gave me

put me right to sleep

then i watched a movie

and ate popcorn

and drank the largest water

the end

drugged up strawberry who still could still hold a camera steady but couldn't drive for 24 hours. bleh

oh, and i have colon pictures too but my family said "tmi."  sorry