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happiness is : collaborating

model + designer/stylist.  apparently if we go on to next week's challenge, they will switch roles.  i can only hope that it'll be warmer than 40 degrees by then.  they are such good sports.  xoxo

p.s.  girlygirl on the left recently donated a foot of her hair to locks of love.  holy cute bobness!

happiness is : new + same

morning walks down and around the lake have made their way back into the routine of my days, and i couldn't be happier.  i'm really enjoying the opportunity to get out bright and early, get moving, breathe fresh air deep into my lungs, and clear my mind before getting down to whatever is on the calendar.

each day i travel the same paths, see the same trees + same lake, wave to the same couple walking with their baby, am sized up by the same pack of sled huskies...

yet, each day there is something fresh and new and invigorating.  it's all how you look at things, how you filter it all.  enjoy your day.  be it full of new or same.  xoxo

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what i found

yesterday afternoon - on Halloween, how appropriate - a giant spider jumped out of my handbag and scampered across the kitchen floor.  after i caught up with it and gave it a good slap, i figured it was probably time to clean out my purse.  here's what i found:

[ note the lack of spider carcass.  you are welcome. ]

what i found was that i felt an urgency to arrange everything all scientific-looking.  i suppose that's what happens when you're home alone, sometimes.  you arrange your bits on a white table because the white table makes you happy.  and then you stand on a chair to get a nice overhead shot.  and while you're taking the shot, you lean up against the window frame. and because you are wearing handknit wool socks, you almost slip off the chair.  but you don't slip.  and you do get the photo you were after.  as you climb down, your heart slows down to a reasonable pace.  and for a split second, you ask yourself, "why am i risking my life to arrange my bits on a white table to photograph them just so?"

oh yeah, "because it brings me joy."  simple as that.

later, everything (except the spider) went into another bag, and i had enough room to tuck in a copy of Mollie Makes.  that makes me happy, too.

so...  what is in your bag?  what brings you joy?  xoxo

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happiness is...

words to live by.  xoxo

good times

the show was kickin.

load in + happy dog corner + horn section crib sheet (yes!  a horn section!) + giddy + celebratory dinner

i did kick myself for not taking a picture of the crowd while we were playing, but i guess i was too into the moment.  and that's what it's all about.  a big thank you to all who came out to the show.  what a fun night!  good times, indeed.  xoxo

p.s.  our celebratory meal of hot dogs + tater tots at 3am upon arriving home was amazing.  the happy dog has two items on the menu (hot dogs + tater tots) and then you pick as many amazing toppings as you like.  the hub had garlicky escarole and sriracha on his dog, i had sriracha + Brazilian chimichurri with my tater tots.  perfection.

p.p.s.  now i am obsessed with chimichurri.