Things That Make Me Smile

Yesterday I had to run to WalMart.

As I pulled out of the property,

the classic song "American Pie"

came on my Pandora.

It's a pretty long song.

It ended just as I found a parking

spot at Walmart!

So... I now know it takes 8 minutes

to drive to WalMart.

LOL

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This morning Kyle and I went to Joanne's

fabrics to buy some cloth to recover

part of his door panel in his car.

It's gotten old and is falling apart.

As we were walking around looking at the

billions of options (none of which were 

exactly what he was looking for...)

I said "We are going to have to finish

up or I'm going to need to find the bathroom

cuz I had a way too much to drink this morning."

He replied (totally deadpan and with NO

pause) "The first step is recognizing you

have a problem."

Then I REALLY needed a bathroom.

He makes me laugh so hard on a regular basis.

And we found some charcoal grey fabric.

Wish us luck!

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After Sondra and I put some brown sugar

on the bacon we made for breakfast for 

everybody at Nancy's... I decided to give it

a try here... but without the "sugar" part.

I made my own substitute.

It's easy and tastes good.

I put some of my Pyure stevia/erythritol blend

into a small jelly jar.

Then I added some black strap molasses.

And mixed it all together.

I used a fork, but next time I'm going

to make a bigger batch and use my

immersion blender, cuz it was kind of a pain

using the fork.

I sprinkled it on Rod's bacon before I

baked this last batch. (Poured it into an

old spice jar and sprinkled it from there...)

He grabbed a couple pieces out of the fridge

and microwaved them for a second the other

night when he got home from work.

Came and sat on the couch next to me,

took a bite and said "WHAT did you do

to this bacon? It's DELICIOUS!"

SCORE!

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When I was at WalMart yesterday I was in a 

pretty good mood, and I've made it a habit

to try to ALWAYS smile.

I have a mantra I repeat to myself all the time.

I don't even really notice I'm doing it anymore.

"Ribs up, shoulders back, butt tucked, SMILE."

Anyhow.

I guess I was smiling.

Because all the little old men shopping

by themselves that afternoon commented

on how happy I looked today!

Hahahahahaha.

It really IS the little things.