Fresh Air

Day 14 of 31 Days of Happy

Fresh-Air Happy


The boys didn't have school today, so we made our annual trek through the outdoors.  It was a little chilly, the perfect kind of chilly.


Boys conquered trails...steep trails.  Us girls admired (and prayed for safety) from down below.  We played.  And soaked it all in...because the farmer's fields are quickly emptying of beans and corn...and every Iowan knows that empty fields mean:  Winter is coming.  *shudder*

Do you see the cloud shaped like a duck through the nasty dirty windshield?  That was our happy ending to the trip.

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Happy Bedtime

Day 13 of 31 Days of Happy

Bedtime for my children makes. me. HAPPY!


I love them.  Like crazy.  But by 8:00 Mama is done.  Really, really done.


I need the time between when they go to bed, and when we go to bed to just wind down...in quiet.  And by quiet, I mostly mean catching up with the DVR or Netflix, with my husband.  It's what we do.  Happy.

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Happy Pictures

Day 12 of 31 Days of Happy

So the other day, on my Big Earrings post, Leah asked what the thingy in the background was.  Kudos to Leah for paying attention to details...or maybe she was just trying to look at anything other than the weird expression on my face...I don't blame you Leah.


Here's the picture.  Again.  Because I have no shame.

See it back there?  I took a better picture of it for you...without my face in front of it.

It's a metal thing with little clips on it.  I've had it a few years. I bought it at a store in a town fairly close to me.  If you're local and you think you need one, email me and I'll give you the location...they still carry it. ;) It makes me happy.  At Christmas time I stick everybody's Christmas pictures on it.  Fun stuff.


Leah had mentioned that she was thinking of making something similar from the metal thing from a crib...you know, that thing the mattress lays on.  And I think that's an awesome idea!  So now, when the time comes to move Lucy to a big girl bed, I won't be so sad...because I'll secretly be glad to get my hands on the metal thingamajig.  Thanks Leah!  


So, this also brings me to another thought...if anyone else has any questions for me, I'd be happy to answer.  Just leave me a comment.  

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Blogging Happy

Day 11 of 31 Days of Happy

Blog Happy

My own blog makes me happy.  That's probably not politically correct, but it does.  I've been at it for over 3 1/2 years now...never dreaming that I'd stick with it this long.  Lately I've been having fun flipping back through my archives and re-living some of those days, weeks, months...years.  


Which really, is the whole reason I write.  To document our journey.  I should, in the very least, look back and enjoy it. 


I haven't networked to make its readership grow, I haven't honed in on my audience, no advertisements, and certainly no money made.  I like it this way.


Just me writing what's in my head, on my heart and in my life.  That makes me happy.

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Day 10 - Happy Tracking

Day 10 of 31 Days of Happy

Happy Tracking.


Back in April, I was introduced to My Fitness Pal.  It's a FREE website that you can use to track your food intake for the day, exercise, and set weight loss goals.  You also set up a profile, so you can sort of social network with friends (or strangers) along the journey.  It's SUPER easy to use.  It even lets you know when they haven't logged on for awhile because they need "encouragement" which is code for "they've fallen off the wagon"  I know this, personally.  


It does not show them what you weigh.  I know you're all thinking it.   Only how much you want to lose (if you choose to share.)  It's been completely eye opening for me.  I've lost 15 pounds since April, and have four more to go...how on earth it can be SO HARD to lose four pounds, I will never understand.   


Also, just so you know some more useless information about me, I was eating more than twice the recommended calories for myself every. single. day.  And the sugar...about 4-5 times the amount I needed.  Yep, that bad.


I love myfitnesspal.  


And, if you decide to join it, and want a friend, I'd be happy to stalk have you.  Just email me and I'll give you my profile name.  


lifeintheparsonage@gmail.com  It's my blog name, all smashed together with  gmail at the end...in case you didn't notice.

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Day 9 - Enormous Earrings

Day 9 of 31 Days of Happy


Accessories are like the happy of any outfit.


Today I wore big earring to church.  I love big earrings...on other people.  I usually just have boring old studs in my ear lobes.  


Now that my hair is longer though, and it doesn't make me feel so awkward with big earrings, I thought I'd give them another shot.  


Me likey.  Even my boys liked them.  Which is hilarious, because they never really notice anything I wear. 

The last picture is an outtake...but it captures my love for the swingy earring. ;)

My love for the big earring goes back to 3rd grade.  I went to a parochial school, and my mom wouldn't let me wear dangly earrings.  Lucky for me, my friend Jessica, would sneak her moms big, long  earrings, bring them to school and we would put them on in the bathroom before school started.  


Rebels.


We eventually got found out.  Of course.  But it was fun while it lasted.  

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Happy

Day 8 of 31 Days of Happy


I'm happy for...

• A 9 AM flag football game rather than 8 AM
• Another beeeeautiful day.  Picture perfect weather.  Still!
• The quick nap I took on the couch.
• Lucy's super long nap she took all afternoon.
• A husband who did his yearly handiwork of "unclogging my washing machine pump that fills with gunk and then no longer empties" gig.  It works again.  For free.  Happy.
• The kids hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa while Ben and I used a gift card for our date.  
• Kids bathing at G&G's so that when we got them home they went straight to bed.  Can I get an amen?
• A house that is clean.  As clean as it gets around here, anyways.
• The sound of my washing machine running as I type this.  Seriously, I love that machine.
• The Caramel Macchiato I had at Starbucks.  
• Church tomorrow...and the man in the other room who's preparing the sermon.  
• The smell of my pumpkin spice Yankee candle burning.
• Caffeine 

The End.

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