My beautiful wild flower garden......

My wildflower garden....... Happiness happens every year in the summer when it blooms. I smile when I see all the flowers growing. I see all the birds that come and take a bath in the bird bath and I feel happy. 

I plant the seeds each year and each year I see slightly different flowers. 

I am always amazed how such small things can bring such a smile and such a true happiness. 

I hope these pictures of the beautiful flowers make you smile too.

Smile...... Let happiness in................💚💛💜💙💞😀😀🌸🌺🌻🌼🐞🐦
 

... Tulips....

Todays happiness is found in these beautiful tulips.

It was a gorgeous day out and these tulips were in full bloom just soaking up the sun! So pretty!!

Here's to more gorgeous sunny days!

Stay happy.............Enjoy the day!!

.......Spring

Spring is year on long island.... warmer weather... Yay!!

The first dandelions🌼 are coming up as well as other little flowers....

I know ..I know... We all want to say that they are just weeds and we should just get rid of them.. but to me they say that spring is really here. Try to remember that these little "weeds" are also very important to honey bees and bumble bees. 🐝

It makes me smile to see these little "weeds" as they are just a nice bright yellow. That may seem a bit silly but I will continue to smile.😀

Happiness is..... National Pet Day!

Happy National Pet Day!!!!

Here are some favorite pictures of my babies.💗

Hope everyone got to enjoy the day with their pups. 😄

......Daydreaming on a sunny wintry day.....

A bright sunny winter day. Enjoying the sunshine even if it's a bit chilly out.

Seeing a plane go over head.....daydreaming of all the places we could go...............
to see beautiful wondrous sights....

Sometimes it's fun to daydream. 
Brings a little happiness.........😁💚✈🏨🏯🏰🗼🗽🗾🗿⛩ 

I hope where ever you are you can daydream a little too.....

...Watching dogs play....

Watching these three dogs play in the yard definitely brings happiness. It makes me happy to see them play together. They are certainly happy about it.

Playing fetch is also a happy thing to do.....

All while listening to this. 😁

What makes you happy??🐩

Smashing my Disney Trip part 1

Hi... I had written in a previous post that I was going to be documenting my Disney World trip in a smash book. Well I did just that. I put together a personal "smash kit" and took it with me. I was able to smash in my book most evenings before going to bed. I'm going to now share my trip and my smash book here on my blog. I'm going to start with planning and go through the whole trip. I'll show my smash book pages at each step and maybe some other pictures from the trip as well. I hope you enjoy.

My trip was back in Sept- Oct 2012. The planning however started way before the trip. First we had to decide what resort we were going to stay at. We decided on......

After deciding to stay at the Pop Century resort, we started to decide on what ADRs(advanced dining reservations) we wanted to make. Disney allows you to make these 180 days in advance of your trip. We decided on a bunch of great restaurants we wanted to eat at during out trip. This would change a few times prior to our trip. So these pages are when we decided to stay at the Pop Century resort and then of me making our original dining reservations. 

These pages are when we decided to cut back on a lot of our dining reservations. We cut back due to cost considerations. The other page is about getting my lines pin, which is a Disney chat I belong to through touringplans.com I also had to show pictures of our Disney trip countdown. I love going to Disney and drive everyone crazy when we plan a trip to go. 

The next pages are reminder pages... I wrote down little reminders for the trip. I also made a pocket to keep all the check lists in. i always write out tons of lists, packing lists, shopping lists, lists of things we want to do etc... 

Well that's it for now. Next up will be packing and arrival day. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think. 

A new friend

Hello again, I"m here to announce that we rescues a dog. So now we have a new little black and Tan dachshund in the house. Buster is slowly getting used to the idea that she is here. Actually i think it took both Buster and I a little bit of time to warm up to her. But I think she is here to stay. We adopted her from a rescue group that found her after she had broken her back leg. She had surgery to fix that and now has a pin in her leg. She was also heartworm positive and had to be treated for that. 

She is 4 years and has lots of energy. She is obsessed with squirrels in the yard. She also gives Buster a run for his money when they play. She really is a tough little dog. So I present to you our little Jill...

Isn't she adorable?!

My happiness shattered--- the loss of a beloved pet and friend.

My idea of happiness was shattered when i had to make that dreaded decision. You know.. that decision that every pet owner dreads. it is possibly the hardest thing in life to do.I had to have my beloved pet and dear friend put to sleep. now i know she lived a full and happy life.. she was 14 years old. but that sentiment alone does not make it any easier to make that decision. It shattered my own little bubble of happiness. I am still having problems looking a pictures of her. That's her in the picture above. She was the sweetest little dachshund you could ever meet. She was loved by my whole (small) family. She was the best dog you could have. I miss her so much.
Now i sit here trying to find where my happiness happens again. I have tried to plan my scrapbook or to plan a vacation to get my mind off of thinking about how much I miss her. So far i can honestly tell you that it is not working. Not at all.
i do believe that i will have to find my happiness in the thoughts and memories of her for now. i am going to try not to focus on how sad i am and focus on how precious that time was that we had together.
Will I find where my happiness happens again..... I'm sure i will but it's going to take some time.