Flipping through the pages of the "happy book", I look over the lists on both pages and then decide on one item to pick that makes me happy. I do this until I have ten things on my list. I then add these to my journal and write a small bit about why these things make me happy. To really think about happiness and about the happiness that is in my life. Here is my list for today.

chocolate pound cake Strong, thick pound cake, no fluff, no frosting and chocolate, of course! ribbons as bookmarks I never seem to be able to use a bookmark, let... more

Sometimes, when it seems like I can't think of anything to be happy about, I turn to 14000 things to be happy about.by Barbara Ann Kipfer. I practically kept it in my purse after I had my miscarriages. It helps to remind you that there ARE things to be happy about, regardless of the situation you may be in. Yes, they may be small, but they are reasons to smile none the less.

Today when I picked up the book, I saw a photo of Chris, Ivy and myself that I had stuck in the front cover when Ivy was about 10 months old. We were all going to a wedding so we are all gussied... more

I was wandering around some trying to conceive blogs and came across this link for www.thepregnancyplace.com. This website helps you to create your own ticker for many different occasions, including charting your cycle. There are many different backgrounds for the countdown part of the ticker. Then you choose an indicator. You get to name your ticker and then set it to your time zone. I created the above ticker to show how long it is until our anniversary. I then created two more that showed the exact age of the kids. Today Ivy is 2 years,... more

I spent the day on Sunday in front of the television catching up on episodes of the series on USA called The 4400. I hadn't ever watched or heard of the series before I started to catch up on watching my unwatched episodes of Law and Order SVU. Chris teases me about my phases in tv watching and in food. Once I get hooked, I'm hooked. Until I get sick of the show or sick of the food that I had been obsessed with.

If any of you watch this emmy nominated show, you'll agree that it isn't easy to describe. Interesting pilot episodes that lead into many character developments and... more