Sing It Loud - Sing It Proud!

oh happy day!

today and even yesterday were just super,

duper days! i laughed a lot. had fun with friends. the students were testing so the health room was very slow. i caught up on paperwork. worked on a new greeting card line i just designed and have sold quite a few.

i just feel filled with happiness.

i was riding in my car after work yesterday and having my

conversation with God.

the sun had just come out and i was saying

"thank you":

• for the beautiful weather
• for the huge smiles i kept having
• students that had come into my life
• new friends
• summer trying to peek in
• flowers popping everywhere
• health
• blogging buddies
• art
• music

I know I talk about happiness a lot. But I praise God in doing it. It's this burst I get - this pleasurable feel of gifts of feelings. I know it's His grace. So I turned the tunes up in my car and danced as much as was legal in my car... and kept the conversation going. I don't ever want to stop being grateful. I also hope it doesn't bore you. Just me being me.

to the tips of my toes happy

giving myself the ok to be a healthy me.... and thinking of you flying!

so i said to myself...    self

you're not bathing suit ready

but who am i fooling, i wear one every summer

we're all talking about our "plan of action"

i'm asking GOD for HIS help

daily

i've gone down 4 jean sizes in 2 years
not too shabby ( the big butt is still there)

i'm giving myself the ok to not wear a bikini

for my boobs to not be where they used to be

to have a poof

i love the ocean and to swim regardless of what the label reads

so what if my beach chair sinks in the sand

summer IS my time of year

healthy is more important than skinny

i will not join a gym

i will exercise

i love yoga

i will never love working out

i'll drink more h2o

i'll laugh at life

i know what to eat (i prefer pizza, pasta, ice cream, vodka tonics)

treat myself to flowers once a week (or giving them to someone i love)

i work a full time and a part-time job

have a card business and a jewelry business

which i have yet to list on line

i'm looking for a reasonable apartment

(does that exist?) taking classes at night

all this should keep me away from the refrig right?

treat myself special (a massage, socks, a scarf)

because i am

and so are you (it can be an asian pear, a candle, etc.)

God gives us wings...

we have to believe we can fly.
what will help you through the day to a healthy life? tell me tell me!
                                                          jennifer

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly

Forever Young - The Love Of Wonder

May the good Lord be with you

Down every road you roam

And may sunshine and happiness

surround you when you're far from home

And may you grow to be proud

Dignified and true

And do unto others

As you'd have done to you

    Be courageous and be brave

And in my heart you'll always stay

Forever Young, Forever Young

Forever Young, Forever Young

May good fortune be with you

May your guiding light be strong

Build a stairway to heaven

with a prince or a vagabond

And may you never love in vain

and in my heart you will remain

Forever Young, Forever Young

Forever Young, Forever Young

Forever Young

Forever Young

And when you finally fly away
I'll be hoping that I served you well
For all the wisdom of a lifetime
No one can ever tell
But whatever road you choose
I'm right behind you, win or lose

Forever Young, Forever Young

Whether they are sixteen or seventy,
there is in every being's heart
the love of wonder,
the sweet amazement at the stars
and starlike things and thoughts,
the undaunted challenge of events,
the unfailing childlike appetite
for what is to come next,
and the joy and the game of life.
Samuel Ullman

Recipe.................BEE Happee!

the girlfriends and I were talking

last night about recipes...

what fun we have - whatever we do

a day at the beach

talking about decorating or movies or music

travel - tv or for real

blogland too!

but we have a recipe...

it's happiness - do you have this one in your files?

Recipe For Happiness

2 Heaping cups of patience

1 Heart full of love

2 Hands full of generosity

Dash of laughter

1 Head full of understanding

Sprinkle generously with kindness

Add plenty of faith and mix well.

Spread over a period of a lifetime

And serve everyone you meet

"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies." -- Gene Hill

flowers for YOU You YOU!

bee happee!

Pottery Barn - What I want - What I need - What I can afford!

I love bottles and glassware - greens and blues. So when I came upon these looks on the pages of a Pottery Barn catalog -

I knew what I wanted!

simple clean lines, tones, shapes, spirit, style

I know I need a new look - to simply

add lots of white, cream, glass

that's what I dreamed of while flipping

the pages of The Pottery Barn catalog

and many blogs too

as to what I can afford...

well, let me say there were not

 very many items available in said catalog

but then things have never been my

keys to happiness

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? John 3:17

I'm so happy, yes, I'm so happy, yes!

1. Summer isn't forever away.

2. Chocolate Chip Mint ice cream is in this world

3. I live close but not too close to a home-made ice cream shop

4. I remember wearing Earth shoes.

5. I don't wear Orthopedic shoes anymore.

6. My puppy pees and poops outside more than on the kitchen floor.

7. My 14 year old dog hasn't eaten my puppy.

8. I've learned to let things go.

9. I've learned to be so very, very thankful.

10. My husband gets sweeter every day.

And these are just today's happy, happys. (is that a word - who cares?)

What is your happy for this very moment? Hugs for YOU! Jennifer

Wedding Reception Family Fun!

Ravy's cousins.....


My son Matt and his girlfriend Connie
now living in Seoul, Korea






MORE COUSINS!

• PEKING DUCK
• CRAB
• ROAST PORK
• FILET MIGNON
• HAPPINESS FRIED RICE
• CRAB & ASPARAGUS SOUP
• GRILLED VEGETABLES
• CRISPY WHOLE FISH
• ROAST CHICKEN
• CONCH
• SPICY CABBAGE SALAD

THERE WAS MORE AND I WILL LIST THE MEANING OF EACH DISH AT SOME POINT.......... jennifer Momma Hey