Happiness

I saw an article relating to happiness in the LA Times. I thought I would share:
A guide to enhancing happiness
September 8, 2008
Count your blessings. Express gratitude for what you have privately and also by conveying appreciation to others.
Cultivate optimism. Keep a journal in which you write your best possible future. Practice seeing the [...]

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Girls love shoes

The beauties above were almost mine. We went shopping while in the hot desert. I immediately fell in love with them and they were actually 50% off. In the back of my mind I knew I shouldn’t because of the “Gentle Giant’s,” aka I only need and own three pairs of shoes, house rule [...]

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My Bestest Most Bestest Friend!

Oh the silliness. About a year ago I was invited by my wonderful friend BPM to join her birthday dinner. I didn’t know anyone else that came besides her and her husband DM. I sat next to her and we were all making small conversation when the last person in our party showed up. There [...]

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It’s my Birthday!!!

Yes, indeed, I graced the world on this fine day! My family, as they do every year, had a wonderful party for me this past weekend. We all had a great time and ate lost of yummy food! I am told I am going out to breakfast and I am told there is something going [...]

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Soccer rocks!

One of my students my favorite student, the wonderful-awesome-funny-nutty-kind CS, gave me a wonderful gift for Xmas: tickets to see the LA Galaxy on their season opener game against the San Jose Earthquakes. When DB was brought to play with the Galaxy there was, and there still is, such a huge hype about it. [...]

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Sizdah Bedar

Today marks the thirteenth day of the new year. We did not go on a picnic but we did throw away our sprouts in a stream –or we pretended that we did. I threw the sprouts in the water in a local park, but then took them out just a few yards down [...]

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Norouz Mobarak – Happy Persian New Year

Today is the first day of spring which coincides with the first day of the Persian new year. The official time of the transition from winter to spring was last night at 10:48. I made it home from school just in time to sit around and celebrate with J and Indi.
The picture above [...]

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Chahar Shanbeh Sury (the eve of the last Wednesday of winter)

Today is the evening of Chahar Shanbeh Sury. In Iran people gather around bonfires and jump over the flames while reciting a phrase which loosely translated means “give me your red complexion or coloring and take my yellow or sickly coloring.” This is an old ritual which always takes place on the eve of [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

It is St. Patrick’s Day and I must post to honor J’s ancestors. The other day while at TJ I found a cute little pot of Shamrock and bought it for J. I had never seen one up close; it is cute with really pretty white flowers that open during the day and [...]

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Spring flowers on a window sill

I love Spring time, not only because I graced the world on the 20th day of Spring, but because of all the flowers that bloom during this time of the year. I love flowers, even though, I am also very good at killing them. I should also mention that I love it when J gives [...]

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