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    Ten Things That Make Me Stupidly Happy

    Kat Bouska has a prompt on her blog that asks for ten things that make you happy. It was a really appealing idea as there’s so much going on in the world right now that make me angry and sad. Note: I try not speak of those things because if you need to hear about them, that’s what Twitter is for these days. I gave it the briefest amount of thought and decided I was going to make a list – a mostly shallow list – of ten things that make me stupidly happy. These aren’t momentous things, but little things that brighten my day. This is by no means…

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    What Makes Me Happy

    It’s been a long, cold winter, those of us not living in Florida would agree. Too many days cooped up inside. Bundling up to go outside, and dearly wishing we were inside. Frankly, it has gotten a bit depressing, this weather. But today when I woke up, something was just in the air. (Besides pollen. Lots of pollen. Gesundheit.)  I don’t know what it was, but I just felt…. Happy. Was it the sunshine? The tulips fighting their way up, despite last week’s snow? The three-day weekend we have ahead of us? I’m not sure. But I do know what does make me happy: Squeezey hugs from my 8-year old.…