happiness is

Happiness is: breakfast for dinner

March 28, 2012

Any excuse to eat bacon, I’ll take it. I’ve even figured out how to incorporate it into our healthy diet. I just couldn’t say goodbye. I’ll put one strip on a sandwich, or crumble a strip onto a salad. Or, my new favorite is pictured above. Three strips of pre-cooked bacon only has 80 calories. [...]

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Happiness is: being home

March 27, 2012

I’ve been away for a couple of days at a conference that I helped organize. I’m exhausted. My belly isn’t happy. And I really (really) missed my family. I don’t have an adorable photo of the girls to post here because I was too busy squeezing them all evening. And not many clever words are [...]

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Happiness is: a unicorn parade

March 26, 2012

I’ve been trolling Etsy for the perfect piece of art for a spot in our house that’s just begging for something pretty on the wall. I came across this one, and it made me smile: screen print art by Viva Sweet Love

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Happiness is: fitting into my clothes

March 25, 2012

I climbed up into the attic with a pit in my stomach and found the big blue bin. The one with my warm-weather clothes. Most of which haven’t fit in a couple of years. Of course the last time it was warm, I had just given birth to a baby and had no intention of [...]

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Happiness is: Sophie’s “I’m finished eating stop feeding me now” face

March 24, 2012

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Happiness is: my girls at the park

March 23, 2012

These two are cuckoo for the mall park. When the weather is yucky, we head over there. And despite all the germs and obnoxious kids (not mine, of course), I’ve learned to love it. Lily can’t get enough of the slides — up and down and on her belly. And Sophie’s a climber. Marc has [...]

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Happiness is: discovering new music

March 22, 2012

So this post reveals how incredibly un-hip I am because until today I had never heard of Kimbra. This video makes me want more. I love how she creates her music on the fly, then sings on top of it. So neat. Yep, I say words like “neat.” Oh so un-hip.

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Happiness is: these sillies

March 21, 2012

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Happiness is: Dear Photograph

March 20, 2012

Dear Photograph is one of those exceptionally beautiful websites that keeps me scrolling and scrolling. And smiling and coming back for more. I want to hug this website, I love it so.

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Happiness is: Lily, covered in moon dust

March 19, 2012

I could see the glitter before we even locked eyes across the preschool playground. There, at the top of the slide, was my four-year-old sparkling in the sun like a little Cullen. “Mommy! We played with moon dust today. It came all the way from the moon!” And somehow landed all over her face and [...]

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Happiness is: Carolina and State in the Sweet 16

March 18, 2012

I graduated from one university. And I’ve worked for the other for 10 years. I love them both, in different ways and for different reasons. Today they both earned their way into the round of 16. Both games made me giddy. March Madness has special meaning for me. I grew up in a basketball home [...]

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