Tuesday, March 24, 2009

It's a Decision

So I picked up the latest Good Housekeeping Magazine with Michael J. Fox on the cover. I have always been a fan of MJF but I picked up the magazine because of the quote on the front. "Happiness is a Decision"!

Though I read the entire article I could not find that exact quote, but the gist of the article was that happiness is a decision. You can decide to be miserable or you can decide to be happy. MJF and his lovely wife, Tracy, have decided to be happy. I knew I liked them for a reason. :-)

My last post expressed my frustration with moving and adapting to new places. I don't enjoy it. It always comes with some solitude. I admittedly am not a person who needs a lot of friends. I have my few very close ones scattered about the WORLD, but sometimes you do need to interact with someone above the age of 10 on a face to face bases.

But you know what, life is pretty good. OK life is better than pretty good! I am a glass is half full kind of gal, 99.9% of the time. I had a bought of it being half empty there, but it is full again. The sun is out and the boys are happy. Yes, Blunoz is working a lot, but he is alive. He isn't deployed. Well, OK, so deployment can sometimes be easier because we aren't expecing him home for dinner and finding out at 5:30 that he isn't going to make it. ;-)

So when life is throwing you lemons, please make lemonade. Read that article about MJF and see how even during trying times, life is fun and happy! Let's not pity ourselves, but see the joy in life that God has given us!

Let us ALL decide to be HAPPY!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Wild Olive

So, is anyone looking for a birthday present idea for me? I read about this military wife over at Pioneer Woman. PW said that Stefanie was a military wife who had her own t-shirt business... I was intrigued! I am always curious about what other military wives do since it is so hard to move jobs as frequently as we move. This has been particularly on my mind as I anticipate YB heading off to elementary school in the near future!

Anyway... I followed the link to Wild Olive and was happily surprised to find they are CHRISTIAN t-shirts! So cool!!!

I think my favorites are Consider it Joy and Transform Your Mind, but I do like them all!

I need to get back on WW so I can look great in one of these awesome t-shirts! :-)