What makes you happy? If the size of my smile in the picture above is any indication, my sisters and husband definitely make me happy.

Need some help reminding you how to find "happy?" Check out this video on The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun. We all need a little reminder now and then.
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Every year, instead of resolutions, Jim and I come up with a word that we want to work on for the year. Last year was "calm," this year it's "simplify." We're taking stock of all the things in our lives, physical and emotional, and finding that some of them add more weight then they're worth.

It's been different so far having to question the necessity of everything from relationships to buying trends. Not that, in the end, we don't end up buying things...we just make sure to question why we're buying it before we do.

I guess I never realized how much I impulse bought before. Very interesting.
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And to end this with something funny...I would love to buy some of these "I Park Like An Idiot" bumper stickers. I seriously think that 90% off my stickers would find themselves on nasty over-sized trucks. Ugh...don't even get me started.

Heh, I thought I was going to end this with something funny...oh well.