A list of secrets for you.

Well, we made it! 200 posts! Strike up the band and put on your red high heels! There is nothing more exciting than taking a time out and thinking about the path you have walked over the past 200 times we have met here in blog land.  I'm thinking, this might even be the highlight of your day!! REALLY!


ok, so not really, but it might be better than reruns of soap operas? or maybe not, who knows. However, I wanted you to know that I know your reading, and I consider it a privilege to share some moments of your already filled to the brim days. As a gift to you my dear tag-a-longs, I have composed a list. Tis the season right?  So, without further yacking on my part.. 

A List of Secrets 

• I still giggle when I think of this post written back in 2009.

• Most of you find Another Happy Day with the direct link button from networked blogs from Facebook. A feature that I started this past year. It's automatic when I push publish, so if you comment on a post in Facebook World, I seldom comment back there, because....

• this is my theory. A post that only took 4 minutes to compose. I think thats the fastest I ever composed and judging by the page views in my stats bar... it's the most popular post!  

• the Path is the only post that I spent days and days praying about, planning, and taking pictures for. It comes in a very very close second in page views. 

•  The most embarrassing post I ever wrote.. well, at least for the Lead Singer. It even tops this post... which I have discussed in public more than any other post.

• The Lead Singer isn't his real name.. ok, so maybe not a total secret, but no I don't call him that anywhere but here. I think he likes that. 

•  One of the best parts about telling you what I'm dealing with on a frequent basis is that when certain prayers are answered I get to tell you. Someday, I'm going to tell you the story behind this post. just not today. God is faithful.

• It's not always easy coming up with the words to put in a post. You can tell I'm having a hard time when I rely on just phrases and pictures, like this post, which is my most favorite of all time "post fillers."

• I'd REALLY like to meet who keeps popping in to read from Russia, Canada, and Germany. Perhaps the biggest secret of all to me.

• Have you noticed that I now try to punctuate and capitalize correctly? Gosh I hope so, it's the most irritating thing about posting! details.. I am learning to at least appreciate them.

• Comments make my day. Really. Truly. It helps me to know I'm not talking to myself, which maybe I still do....when your not around. 

There ya have it folks! A short list of the secrets behind the magic that happens here at Another Happy Day. Its been a fun ride and I really look forward to spending the next season of life with you. Kick off those red high heels and go dance a jig on the coffee table, or better yet... go kick a cat.. that will make you just as HaPpY!! 

A hush falls over the room...

A first, all the world changers trying to figure out their little corner of the world. Discerning the next step they would take in the creation of something beautiful. Reading. Studying. Contemplating their next move. 

They wanted no help from me at first, then the questions came.. " mom, can you open this? mom, can you find that piece? mom, I will be needing some glue" 

And of course, I helped them.  

When God created the world. One breath at a time.

God said it was good, He didn't say it would be easy.

When God knitted us together in our mother's womb'.

 He had to know that some of us would chose to not read

 the instructions He left for us...yet, He still knitted.

and I wonder how that much that grieves Him,

to watch something He created with such care and intention.

struggle alone, and without any hope.

I bet it breaks His heart.

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; 

I will counsel you with my eye upon you."

Psalm 32:8

if you give me a phone call, i'll start thinking about...

I was allowed pretty early to use the phone whenever I wanted, but it was  in 6th grade and I must have spent 5 hours every night on the phone to anyone who would talk. Three way calling was a brand new feature, and my friends and I would spend our evenings seeing just how many people we could dial in on our conversations. I also had a friend, Cortnie, that I would study hours on end with in school, yes REALLY study.. we'd make up sayings and memory joggers just to pass tests. She and I were phone talkers at all hours, about anything and everything.

In college,  it was far easier just to knock on the door of the person you wanted to talk to. In fact, our dorm rooms didn't even have phone capabilities in them. Each floor had a public phone. At any given moment you could hear it ring ring ringing.. and you never wanted to answer it cuz that meant you had to track down the intended recipient of the call. I can still hear " Karmen with a "K",  Maaaaannndy., or any know where Michelle is??"

A few years after the Lead Singer and I got married we lived in Kansas, and it was there that we first had caller ID. Being in the ministry, knowing which student was calling was a huge benefit, especially at meal times or days off.

Fast forward a bunch of years, and it's today. My middle world changer loves loves loves to talk on the phone now. She's the one who will call just to hear my voice, or process something out loud. The phone to her is still a blessing.

I guess thats all I think about when I talked to you for one hour and 4 minutes today... what a blessing a phone is when I can't be face to face.

and that makes me think about facebook.......

two brief moments...

 Is there ANYTHING cuter than a little posing for the camera 

wearing a newly made fleece hat by her auntie? 

seriously, I could just eat her up.

Apparently the middle world changer wanted to make sure I 

knew which of my lovers gave me the bread machine.

Happy Monday after Christmas!!!