A Pocket Full of Sunshine

Yes, this is another meme going around the internet from blogger to blogger. It came from Dara at Readily A Parent and I’m passing it on to Renee at Canamgirl, Chantelle at SixthandElm, and Susie at NewDayNewLesson to see where they take it.

I’m starting with five today and five more another time. In no particular order, things that make me ridiculously happy:

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

1) Funny movies, especially anything produced by Judd Apatow (e.g., Superbad, Anchorman) For example, from The 40 Year Old Virgin:

2) A warm breeze. I know how cheeseball this sounds but I’m dead serious. Picture a warm spring day when the sun is shining. You’re wearing a cozy sweater but no coat and a warm breeze is blowing gently across your cheeks. How awesome is that, really?!

3) Being right. I know, I’m not supposed to admit this but it’s true. It may not make me ridiculously happy (that’d be a stretch) but I do really like to be right. Case in point: Two days ago, we tried giving the babe blueberries again because the first time he had them 3 months ago, he got a little rash on his cheeks. I said at the time, “No more blueberries. They’re causing that rash.” My hubby thought I was nuts, that it was just dry skin. He’s reiterated that point a few times since. So we tried the blueberries again. And guess who woke up with a rash on his cheeks. (For the record, being right is certainly A LOT less fun when it means something bad or uncomfortable for someone else [esp. the B!]. This just happened to be a recent example.) Update: The rash is quickly going away and there will be no more blueberries for the little guy!

4) A good book that I can’t put down. My current favourite won’t likely be supplanted from its first-place position for a long time: The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

When I first read this for a book club I’m involved in, I didn’t love it because I think I read it too fast and didn’t take it in the way I like to. But after the discussion, I read parts of it again and loved it.

“…few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those first images, the echo of words we think have left behind, accompany us throughout our lives and sculpt a palace in our memory …” The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, page 8.

That first book for me was The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I also loved A Little Princess by the same author. I remember imagining the foggy, grey hills and valleys of the moors and the pruning of the old rose bushes against the old brick wall. And who doesn’t love the idea of a secret place that no one but you knows about?

5) Glee!! 

http://www.tvovermind.com

This t.v. show wasn’t a winner out of the gate for me because I’m not a huge fan of musicals. However, it got such rave reviews, I wanted to give it a shot. And what a fun show– a good plot, great music, and uber-talented singers! I may even buy the soundtrack for the car and chalk it up to a guilty pleasure.

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