Things That Make Me Smile: A Synergy Selfie

So I walk into Synergy this morning for Boxercise class and see the staff gathered together taking this selfie. The breathe strips are in support of California Chrome, the horse that is a nose length’s away from the Triple Crown. Apparently the Belmont Stakes said ‘No’ to the strips at first but are changing their … Continue reading →

Things that Make Me Smile: The View Outside My Window

This tree is outside my front door. I LOVE when it blooms in the Spring. At night, when my porch light is on, it looks like a blast of cotton candy. POOF!!! I had to take a picture.   Just wanted to share.

Things that make me smile: A date night with my son

That cute little boy in the picture is my Autistic rock star. We had a date night at the Baltimore Aquarium on Sunday night. And we had a BLAST!!! Our date night was courtesy of Pathfinders for Autism, a non-profit group dedicated to supporting people with special needs and their families. They invited all of … Continue reading →

Things the Make Me Smile: LGBT Acceptance

First off let me tell you I had an EFFED UP Valentine’s Day. I don’t have enough time to express the disappointment. But I move on since I am a resilient chick. But as I was feverishly searching for half off chocolate in the store today I came across this in the greeting card section. … Continue reading →

Things the Make Me Smile: One Brave Breast Cancer Patient

Now this is a great story to end the week with. A woman in San Francisco decided she wasn’t going to have a double masectomy the old fashioned way: like a funeral. She decided to begin the surgery with a dance party. Deborah Cohan, you are a SHERO to me. I. LOVE. THIS. Click here … Continue reading →

Things That Make Me Smile: Will work for love

Hey guys! Just wanted to share this (and I’m doing so from my phone so you know it’s a good one to me). Isn’t that a great quote? I find it to be oh so true. I haven’t had many relationships but the ones that I can say were great had two things going for … Continue reading →

Things that make me smile: A Smart Husband

I sent my husband to the store to buy groceries. I anticipated him coming home with crap that I wouldn’t buy because…well he’s a guy and generally they don’t pay much attention to food labels. My heart leapt with joy when I saw that he got whole grain products. Wooooo hooooo!!!! It may seem small … Continue reading →

Things that make me smile: Mushroom

Hmmmm…… Good things are growing in the E. Cott. I’ve seen many mushrooms in my life but I’ve never seen mushrooms that are so…erect. Most of the ones I’ve seen are short, stumpy and limp. Sorta like a Shar-pei dog. But the ones in The City (Ellicott City) are tall and strong and very…umm….focused. I … Continue reading →

Things that make me smile: Maryland, my Maryland

It’s been a rough week y’all. Very rough. I’m trying to hold it together. Thankfully today two things have put a smile on my face. One, I have been really checking things off my summer to-do list. Two, I ran across a list of things that are good about living in Maryland. I miss my … Continue reading →

Things that make me smile: The Power ofMe

Quick, positive post. Yesterday, I ran 3 miles in an obstacle run called Lozilu (see pre-mud photo below) In the evening, I did a pole dancing class for a friend’s birthday. (No photo of me for that one). And this morning I ran 7 miles with hills and heat. Normally the activities of yesterday alone … Continue reading →