Mission To Be Happy

I've been a Michael McLean fan for many years! I love to hear his music. He's funny and a very talented storyteller. I love to stand at the piano while Aaron plays and we both sing, especially Michael's music. It speaks to my heart.

Well, recently he wrote a handbook about his new mission, a mission he wants to share with everyone and hopes that they follow suit. It's called Mission to be Happy. It has a CD with music to go along with each chapter. Some of the songs are silly and I think that makes the topics easier to deal with, but some are amazing and touch my heart.

So, why am I posting about this? Well, I'm going to try to post about my reasons to be happy. I usually don't have a problem with being happy, but I want to make this a place where I can write a quick note about the blessings in my life that make me happy. I've been really good about writing in my journal, lately and I'm going to keep that up, but I want this blog to be a place where I can share my gratitude with the world.

And if you're interested, Michael blogs about his daily mission of joy! He's hilarious and at the same time insightful.
Check it out: Mission to be Happy Blog.

Baby Dancing

Doodle has become quite the mover and shaker in our house. She loves it when we sing to her. Usually, she wiggles around, but today she started doing this:



I thought it was too adorable to pass up getting a video of her.

She started getting around by scooting on her back around Christmas time. Now, she has added rolling all over to that and she can get into some decent trouble for a not-yet-six-month-old. It is pretty cute.

Tom's Diner

It is so funny what you learn when you do a little research into something.

This song is the song that I start to sing randomly. I have done it for ten or fifteen years. I don't know why, but this is the perpetually-stuck-in-my-head song! I guess it's just one of those songs!

It's called "Tom's Diner" and it was written by Suzanne Vega!

This is a video with the version of the song that I like the best, but it is only her singing with a static picture. (I usually only get the Da da da da part stuck in my head.)




And, I didn't know this song was by the same person! Where was I? Oh, yeah, I was nine! This song is so sad! I heard about it when I was single and had a bird I named Lucca. This one is called "Luka". Enjoy.



Wow! She's apparently the "Mother of the MP3"!! And here she is in Second Life. It's weird, but it's an interview with Suzanne. She explains how she's the mother of the MP3, even though she didn't invent it. At the end she sings the song in it's original form.



So, hopefully I didn't get it stuck in your head to.

I was told that if I did a "big finish" I could get the song out of me head. I haven't tried it yet, but I think to get a song out of my head that is there so much is going to take a huge finish!!