Happiness 5

Happiness is...
        ...having your husband of 26 years make you breakfast on his day off.
        ...finishing Chapter 2 of your dissertation.
        ...staying in your nightgown until afternoon, because you don't have to go anywhere.
        ...getting a new Southern Living Magazine in the mail.
        ...contemplating reading a book that is not academic.
        ...loving the people who God places in your life.
        ...being ALIVE to see another day.

Happiness4

1. Lunch with friends
2. A WHOLE paycheck after 6 months of furlough days
3. Planning a vacation with Dan
4. Knowing that Summer School is finished.
5. Looking forward to a day off...

Happiness Part 3

1. Afternoon naps
2. Silly Meg Ryan movies
3. Fresh cantelope and watermelon
4. Cooking for my family
5. Planning some down time with family.
6. Planning a trip to a READING leadership conference
7. Hot tamales (the candy)

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.

- Denis Waitley

Happiness

1. Spending a morning with hubby.
2. Thought provoking quotes
3. Beer Can Chicken
4. Going to the beauty shop.

from the sweeterie

What Makes You Happy?

I'm always drawn to blogs written by really happy people. Those people who find happiness in the simplest things. It makes me feel like I'm missing something big in my life. So today I wondered what makes me happy.

1. Going out with Dan alone (I always have and always will enjoy being with just him)
2. The Boys all together
3. Reading a good book
4. Teaching when it all comes together
5. A clean house

Yet, I think I'm allowing certain things to dominate my outlook on life and rob me of happiness.

1. The failure to be able to lose weight
2. The failure to focus and finish this dissertation
3. The lack of finances

So basically these few things are robbing me of my life. So it is time to do something aggressive.

Everyday Living

These days everyone I know is looking for ways to save money. Yes, we are all thankful to have a job, but  5 months of furlough days are starting to take their toll. We've been told to expect 12 next school year. Makes for hard times to say the least! At my house the only place to cut seems to be in the grocery department, so for days now I've thought of this challenge ove at ALL YOU.

All You is putting forth a challenge to help people come up with creative ways to cut their grocery bills. The challenge involves spending $25 or less per person per week on groceries. I'm intrigued, yet tremble with fear at the mere thought of it!!! Is it possible to feed our family 3 meals per day (summer) on $75 per week. Do I get extra when Matt comes home from college? All very interesting and it does have me thinking!

Now  on $75 per week I don't think we will be drinking Diet Dr. Pepper, or having chips and dip. (Staples at our house). So what do y'all think...is it even possible to eat 3 meals per day at home (no going out) and stay on this budget?