1000 happy days - Day 212

Good Saturday!

Laundry - check!

Ate breakfast - check!

Ate brunch with my BFF at Le Select Bistro - check!

Suuuuuuunny day....chasing the...clooooouds away! - check!

Yorkdale shopping with my brat - check!

Dinner with my 'rents - check!

Gabbing with my fam - check!

Pic of my baby boo - check!

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1000 happy days - Day 211

Happiness is when my mom and dad send me on with a cup of tea in hand.

Happiness is making people laugh. :)

Happiness is leaving work while the sun is still out.

Happiness is getting to Friday!!!

Happiness is anticipating all kinds of fun stuff this weekend. :)

❤ :)

xo

1000 happy days - Day 210

We watched "the nature of things" tonight about the monsoon in India.  Pretty cool, actually.  

What made me happy inside was when my Dad pointed out the song playing in the background - the raga for rain, or, "Raga Malhar".  I was vaguely aware of music playing in the background, but of course my Father's keen and vast knowledge of all music/poetry/language in Urdu and Sanskrit brought it to the forefront of my awareness.  I like learning these things from my Dad.   I really do love it, in fact.  ❤

I've been admittedly cynical lately, but this raga made me feel that feeling of happy pure romance again.  I love Indian classical music, and this made my heart soften a little.....

You can search for this raga on YouTube and listen to it, though it looks like there are variations of this out there.

Legend has it that singing this Raga will cause the rain to fall in great amounts.  Appropriate choice of music for a show about the monsoon in India.  

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:)

1000 happy days - Day 206-209

Some happy day moments over the past couple of days.  I need to be more consistent!

Sunday:

When I got to squeeze my baby girl Ariya.  Nothing like a beautiful chubby baby girl with the cutest cooes and laughs to fill my heart with love and happiness.  I love kids!!!

Monday:

That moment when, after you've worked a long day, had a full dinner, laying on the couch and slowly drift into a deep, thick sleep.  I love that feeling of letting go.

Tuesday:

Waking up later than usual because I just have a 15 minute commute to work!  I had to attend some training to attend.  Sweeeeeeeet!  Also, 7 episodes of Serial and 1 showing of "Muneeza in the Middle" was great.  The latter was actually so easy to relate to.  I loved it!  I felt it was a real portrayal of the life of a western practicing Muslim desi woman!  I happen to know the girl and her friends in the documentary as well.  I feel that my challenges are similar to hers, so it was very satisfying to see it.  

Wednesday:

I wore black tights, light black sweater and boots to training today.  It's so simple but so great.  Also got some great news from my favourite sister.....!  I'll tell you when I hear more!  :) AND!  A lady I know very little lent me 50¢ for a coffee this afternoon.  How kind!  There are so many more good people in the world than negative people.  Thank God for that!

With love and wishes for your happiness,

Me!

:) xoxoxoxo

1000 happy days - Day 205

Rubes and I watched some clips from the jimmy fallon show this past week. A couple of guests were awesome!

Bill gates and his poop water! He got some engineers together to design an easy way of cleaning sewage out of water and can be used inexpensively by poor countries to produce energy and clean water.  He's also helped irradiate Polio from Africa.  Whoa!  When you can affect entire countries and continents with your resources and reach, you are a certified BALLER!  That might be a cool 15-25 year goal......hmmmmm!!!!

Blake Shelton was also hilarious.  YouTube it. Adorbs.  Tall men.  Yes.  

The best part was laughing with my lil' sister.  :) The BEST. :)

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1000 happy days - Day 204

Okay.  I'm sooooo cranky, and I don't fully understand why.  Jess said today is Blue Monday, and that's as good a reason as any to explain away my saddies.  But I must continue with my happy day posts! And eat properly!  And take all my vitamins!  And drink as much water as I can!  And hopefully someday start working out again.  ;) :)

In the mean time, today's happy moment was starting a new book called "Butterfly Mosque" as recommended by my friend UJ.  Just went through the first two chapters as available in the iBook sample.  Hope to get that book from UJ to move forward.  I like the idea of a mini mind-escape from the every-day.  It's just that kind of month/season.  Reading fiction is what feels good!  

:)

xo

1000 happy days - Day 203

Happiness is.......

Sleeping in because I can.

Doing nothing in particular on a lazy Sunday because I can.  I am blessed with a charmed life. Don't let me forget it. 

❤ :) xo

1000 happy days - Day 202

Strange enough (not really..... I'm a girly-girl from the 80's), One Direction's "Night Changes" played on the radio this evening.  I unabashedly sang along.  Totally changed my mood.  Definitely my happy moment of the day. :)

xo

1000 happy days - Day 201

My new favourite career:  http://www.wsj.com/articles/professional-cuddlers-embrace-more-clients-1420759074?mod=e2fb

My happy moment of the day:  speeding long lakeshore at twilight towards home, music blasting.  Feels good to speed past people and be in *total* control.

Favourite phrase of the day:  "billet-doux" - that's French for "love-letter". :) ❤❤❤

xo

1000 happy days - Day 200

Well...... Its official.  I've lapped all you 100-day-ers.  

And I'm gonna celebrate that with this hilarious clip of Jimmy Fallon and Nicole Kidman.  It's so awkward, so silly, so funny, and sooooo adorable. Loved it. :)

http://youtu.be/qtsNbxgPngA

Also, I miss this lil guy sooooo much that this pic really makes me happy:

:)

xo

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1000 happy days - Day 199

Woke up today after a 12-hour sleep.....awesome!  

Prior to this, I had been awake for over 24 hours..... Not awesome!  

I found this posted somewhere many years ago and it definitely rings true for me!:

1000 happy days - Day 198

Happy Moment of the Day:

Walking outside where it is frigid in my Mooseknuckle coat.  And not.  Feeling.  A thing.

Yesssss.  

:) ❤

1000 happy days - Day 197

I've had this sweatshirt since I was in university.  A certain crush of mine happened to be on the varsity basketball team when we were in undergrad together.  He got lots of free stuff since he was on the team and one day, he gifted this to me. ❤ 

I still wear it now, more than 10 years later.  Usually when I'm sick and need an extra layer over my sweats.....!  I love it still.  I'm wearing it now, hoping to stay warm and kick this last bit of sickness soon....

:) xo

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1000 happy days - Day 196

Happy moment of today:  

Both my nostrils cleared almost simultaneously.  BOOM!

Breathing is awesome!

:)

1000 happy days - Day 195

Happy New Year!  2015, I'm anxious to know what you're going to be all about!

Today, I'm thankful for the comfort of my bed and my home.  It's so much easier to be sick in the comfort of your own home.  No matter how gross I get, or what hurts, or how I feel, I can just relax here, let it all out here, recupe the way I want to here.  I'm happy about that.  Means more to me than you know.

:) ❤