Category Archives: Happy Things

This blog is subtitled “All the things that make me giggle…” These are those things.

Christmas Gift Tags

Categories: Family, Happy Things

Kika tagged me for these Christmas questions. 1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Bags. They are reusable, and they get through airport security easier. And the corners don’t tear. 2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial. And you buy them after … Keep reading

Christmas Music Box Party

Categories: Happy Things, Relationships

The story goes that when my family moved to our new house in 1982, there was a shelf above a staircase that my parents didn’t know what to put on when Christmas came around. So they decided to put a … Keep reading

The stars align

Categories: Happy Things, Science & Tech

Every so often the stars align and everything magically falls in to place. Except it wasn’t the stars. It was the moon, Venus, and Jupiter. But this was the closest they are going to be for another five years or … Keep reading

Graças eu darei

Categories: Books, Education, Exercise, Family, Gospel, Happy Things, Health, Quilting/Sewing/Knitting/Crafting, Relationships, Science & Tech, Work

I will give thanks. Being grateful is one of the keys to happiness. So with that, here’s a small count of some of my blessings. family testimony gospel life experiences friends, those now and those from the past a nice … Keep reading

Manda ao triste e aflito

Categories: Happy Things

Send to the sad and afflicted A list of things you could send to someone having a bad day: flowers a card something yummy to eat a hug an escape a phone call an email a compliment fuzzy or shiny … Keep reading

Sabe confortar

Categories: Happy Things

You know how to comfort. Comfort comes in many forms. It could be a comforting cup of hot chocolate or a bowl of soup. It could be a comforting blanket to wrap up in. I have plenty of those. But … Keep reading

No violento mar

Categories: Gospel, Happy Things, Remembers

On the violent sea. I’m not such a huge fan of the oceans. I think they make pretty pictures and it’s fun to walk along the beach, but I much prefer mountains to oceans. With one exception. And that exception … Keep reading