Things Making Me Happy

I've hit a few unexpected bumps the last couple of weeks...

I've been feeling really jumbled up,  slightly fed up and I admit a tad grouchy....

I know alot of it is just simply being tired and needing to refuel.

I know I am allowed to feel this way & I have reasons

BUT

I can't take a break right now and need to quickly re-align....

So I've been sitting here thinking on how can I snap out of this funk quickly?...

Perhaps I should take a pause, look around and....

Take in all the things that tickle my heart happy....

Things like...

Other artists and a wall of inspiring art in the bedroom that I wake up to every morning...

or the fact that I actually treated myself to this teeny tiny original by Juliette Crane

or that I won a print of hers ages ago which I'll soon be getting into a frame...

I get happy when I look at this greeting card by my pal Lori Portka

which is perched atop the living room armoire...

I love that we recently celebrated our Jinny's 5th year with us.

(which I am so grateful for, espeacially when my friend just lost her Sugie bun, who was not even 3 yet)

I am so grateful that our Jinster is healthy and happy and in her forever home.

Jin is 7 or perhaps older, we aren't quite sure but she's a sweetie-pie that's for sure...

and very soon we'll have oodles of time outside together.

It cheered me up to have a nice phone chat with my best friend Judit, 

I really needed her help with something and she gave great advice...

I must say I am so proud of my bestie whose oh so talented...

(I love having some of her wallpaper rolls hanging around my studio)...

And I love hearing about her itty bitty Bean.  Who I've not seen since last summer...

so this photo of him and I snuggling makes me smile and makes me happy.

I can't help but get giddy over these new soap dispensers...

I just couldn't resist...

they quench my beauty thirsty eyes quite nicely I find, ha ha...

and are tucked away safely to be revealed again when we finally remodel our 2 bathrooms this summer...

And I feel happy having spent abit of time this past Easter weekend with my family...

I just love this photo of me and my mom from last year, blurriness and all...

(Though I admit, as I sit in my chilly basement studio writing this post,

I do find myself missing my long hair which always seemed oh so warm, ha ha.)...

I feel happy that I have a honey who brings me awesome Indian food on Friday nights...

and who recently out of blue came home with 18 pairs of Fiskars scissors

just cause he thought I'd have fun with them.

A honey who will give our rabbit physio every couple of hours without any complaint

and a honey who just recently asked me 'So what will be my job in your rabbit sanctuary'

(ahhh swooning enters here, ha ha).

I could go on and on...

which is a really good feeling, ha ha...

HEH, This helped...I DO feel better...

It's all about slowing down in the muddle and re-aligning our perspectives isn't it...

What's making your heart zing and sing today???

XO Mandy and a very happy bucking romping Roo Boo XO