Boo

Just another cute page to look at.. Boo is a dog on facebook take a look..

http://on.fb.me/eeqaki

Hope you aren't too stressed over Christmas, I was quite happy to hear the christmas songs on the radio last week, now though they are getting a bit repetitive! My advice is either make your own playlist of christmas songs you don't mind listening to or just listen to your favourite music with no anti-christmas guilt, there's still christmas cookies, movies and mulled varities of alcohol to enjoy :)

Miranda Hart

I have a little obsession with Miranda Hart, I love her. Her tv series Miranda makes me laugh so much and it's such a nice programme :)
Here is an article written about her..

http://gu.com/p/2yg27 

I think the appeal is as she says because "'I'm an idiot, aren't we all a bit like this, laugh at me.'"She makes mistakes we all fear of doing yet she stays happy.

"While the character is awkward, she is made admirable, even heroic, by her essential happiness. Miranda is one of the few single women in pop culture ever to truly enjoy their own company, constantly breaking into song while alone in her flat, or drawing faces on items of fruit."

Bonjour du Canada

Just a quick update! I think you should read this article from Steve Pavlina. He can be pretty out there sometimes but always interesting. How to Order is about asking for what you want out of life... check it oot!

Socially Positive

If  you have social anxiety I found a website that might help :)

It is -  http://www.sociallypositive.com/

From the main page you can look at the blog or various articles, here are some that caught my eye: Healing self doubts and social anxiety in my new job
The need to please
Self worth affirmations
Feel sexy and confident
Secret of inner happiness

That should start you off!

You should watch this!

Blog Action Day and Why You Shouldn't Use Water Bottles!

So it's Blog Action Day and I should be writing a post about water, but Blogger is annoying me quite a lot! So don't use water bottles, kids. A third of the water is just from the tap anyway. And did you know that people in the US drink an average of 200 bottles of water per person each year, meaning over 17 million barrels of oil are needed to manufacture those water bottles, 86 percent of which will never be recycled. Check out this post.

Some Good News Stories

Here are some good news sites and stories to cheer you up this Tuesday (ooh, Cheer Up Tuesday anyone?)

Happy News

Happy Happy News News

Good News Blog

The Happy News

Global Good News

Good News Now

Elated News

Ways to Lower Breast Cancer Risk, Despite DNA

Reptile becomes a father, at 111

The mystery of Ireland’s worst driver (An old story, but still funny)

Florida Sanctuary Home to Hollywood's Most Famous Chimps (maybe Rachel will be looking after famous monkeys soon?)

Study Finds Monarch Butterflies Use Medicinal Plants to Treat Offspring

I'm sure there are better stories so go have a look :)

Blog Action Day 2010

I can't quite work out how to put this on the side so I'm going to put it here:

Blog Action Day gets bloggers to write about the same issue on one day every year. This year it's on the 14th October and they are supporting the UN's work to provide clean, safe water for everyone . I will write a post on it on the 14th :)

Nice Mice

More cuteness can be found here from the Daily Mail Website.

OK Go - White Knuckles

Cute :)

Happiness Project Toolbox

This is pretty cool, I haven't properly looked around yet but Gretchen Ruben from The Happiness Project also has the Happiness Project Toolbox which helps you start your own. I'm going to start now :)

You are really dumb, for real

I know this is old but it still makes me laugh and it's super catchy too...

Jims Pancakes

 Who lives on a griddle under the sea? Spongebob Pancake!

 Just something interesting, what shape pancake shall we make next?!

Cheer Up and Love Yourself :)

Gala Darling's 100 Ways You Can Start Loving Yourself Right Now is worth a read. It's nothing all that radical but it has some good suggestions... A few highlights include know that you are good enough ALL THE TIME, change your alarm clock to something that makes you smile, and erm take a bubblebath wearing a tiara.

And for bonus points read her article 100 Things to Do When You're Upset (The Sad Trombone List).

And my personal suggestion to brighten up your day is to lock yourself in a room and dance to the following song:

Eat and be Merry

If you google 'foods that make you happy' you get plenty of results, here are some sites that are informative:

One - 10 foods that make you happy
Two - Yes its men's health but it's still true!

Happy Eatin' :)

Because I'm having problems commenting,
the second link in particular, number 8 :)
And Zoe might like 14.

Quotes

Today I found these two quotes quite appropriate and, I guess the word is inspiring, as I wasn't feeling too perky :) Something to help you do whatever it is you're scared of doing:

"It's okay to be afraid and take action anyway. The fear will subside as your mind observes you acting in spite of fear." - Steve Pavlina

And something to make you feel better about possibly making a mistake when you do it:

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw

Link - Beat those pesky negative thoughts

Angela Liddon writes a blog Oh She Glows, check it out!

Oh She Glows documents how I got my glow back, after years of deprivation, and discovered that food and exercise could be fun! I hope that I can inspire you to find your inner and outer glow in the process.

In particular, How to Beat Negative Thinking Part One

Naughty Vegetables

Maybe I have a childish sense of humour but I found these pictures quite funny. I especially like the suggestive parsnip. Have a gander: 10 Naughtiest Vegetables on Earth.

Inspiring people

I didn't really like Katy Perry when she first came out, but she knows not to take herself too seriously and she doesn't in this song from Sesame Street..

Amazing Idea

One day, I have to visit one of these or open my own. Cat Cafe:

Something nice happened

At work today an old man couldn't get his wallet out of his back pocket, he came in walking with two walking sticks (don't ask me how he can drive...) ANYWAY the customer behind him was asked to help him out and he very kindly did so, and made the man feel more comfortable by saying he also has that problem at times and then paid for his stuff and left, a few seconds later the same man returned asking if he needed help getting his wallet back in. I don't know why exactly that made me smile, but just the fact that he left the shop and felt the need to make sure that the man was okay, not just 'oh okay i'll get his wallet out so I can leave'.

Have a nice day :)

People are nice!

Something really lovely happened to me today. A guy at work who I barely even recognise (because he works out of the office) asked me about my trip to Canada. He asked where I'm going and when I said Vancouver he told me about his brother who lives there and told me he would send me his address in case I ever need it and said he could possibly ask about jobs for me! I thought it was super nice, even if he doesn't actually do it it's nice of him to offer :) It was also good because I'm starting to get scared and have a few doubts about going, and he was telling me about how he wanted to go when he was younger but things got in the way and he never did. Guess it's a sign I should go :p

What nice thing has someone done for you today? Your mum made you breakfast? Someone told you your breath stinks? :)

Link

Two posts in one day!

Brighten your day in 10 minutes :)

Worth a look and the rest of the website is a positive mindfield, good luck!

National Cupcake Week

Who knew there was such a thing?

Here's the facebook page here



Take advantage, grab your favourite recipe book and get baking! (and eating.. nom nom)

Cute

Another animal story!

Lazy Kitteh

I couldn't think of anything to post, but then I came across this. It's SO cute. And yes it's another tortoise/kitty related post :)

Also, yay for the people not burning the Koran!

Song

Oh how much this makes me smile :)

A Personal Achievement

So, I'm having a pretty crappy time at work at the moment, covering for a full time girl while she's away plus dealing with being the new person that doesn't know what's going on! It feels like people throw one thing after another at me and then line up to tell me I did it wrong. But I am proud of myself for sticking at it, and nearly every day (if not more) I complete a task by myself that I couldn't do before or that makes me nervous. I'm doing a good job for someone in my position, and I know I'm doing my best! That's what counts :)

Eye Candy

From mosippy

I was a little bit naughty and took this off Flickr when I don't think I'm supposed to. But it's cute! I linked it if you want to see it full size.

Something nice happened

I got a letter from Care for Wild, as I received an orangutan adoption for my birthday. The letter made me smile because Violet, the orangutan I adopted, is finally ready to be released into the forest :) The adoption updates have now moved on to a new orangutan rescue called Wenda, from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme. So if you're looking for a gift, adoptions for wild endangered animals where the recipient receives updates on their adopted animals, is an all year round gift! And helps animals :)

Something nice happened

Yesterday I went to my Grandma's funeral and although it was sad, it was nice to see family that I don't very often. The nice thing was when I realised, it's good to spend time with people that make you feel that they'll be there for you, no matter how odd they find you! Especially as everyone has an eccentric aunt or embarrassing friend to entertain you x

My favourite!

Hyperbole and a Half has a new post :) That's pretty much how I felt for 3 years at uni...

Happiness Guide

I thought this was an good link for this blog! It's a post on Think Simple Now called Positive Attitude - 5 Steps to a Happy Life. So no excuses now. It also has a link in there for learning how to love yourself so better get cracking on that :) It's a nice thing to read especially because it explicitly says happiness is a choice, so it's not that some people just are and some aren't!

Cute Pictures

I wanted to share this post by Alix. I think its cute and I feel the same about my cat Ozzy.

"Because, well, they make me happy and forget about what ails me. And they’re damn cute."

Happy story for the day!

This is from It Made My Day, an overall much nicer site than FML! A cute story I think, but I may be biased because of old Tommy the tortoise :)

"Today, as I was driving to work, a police cruiser in front of me put on its lights and stopped traffic on the road, for no apparent reason. I was starting to get annoyed until I saw the policeman get out of his car to rescue a turtle from the road. Totally MMD."

It's not completely happy, but happy all the same :)

Miracle Cuddle Brings Baby to Life

Also I'm making chocolate brownies :)
I went to paperchase and revelled all in their cute stationary
I found a bus that goes from Redbridge P&R to Brookes so no full car parks for me!
Aaand Russell wants to do pizza tonight! Bazzinga!

xx