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by ck on May 28, 2010

(Things that Made Me Happy this Week)

Waiting for my turn.

Duct tape making a comeback and saving our much-anticipated slip-n-slide playdate.

Future Blackmail’s PROJECT MAYBE post.

“Help-a-me! My leg is tuck!”

(Forgive her, Sandra Boynton. She knows not what she does.)

Becoming a bazillionaire when the late Piotr Nurowski, 64 years of age, made a fixed deposit (Certificate of Deposit) of fund valued at USD$12,500,000.00 (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a Finance Company in Europe and unfortunately lost his life a plane crash. Mr. Jozef Kucynski, Mr. Clive Fullerton and EUROMILLIONES all emailed me personally this week to let me know I could be next in kin if I shared the profit with them 50/50. Peace out, yo.

Being trapped in a grocery trip gone to hell and finding my sanity on sale.

My favorite drink in my favorite city.

Driving shot-gun in an otherwise quiet car and stopping at a red light. The windows roll down. And lock. The radio volume gets louder and louder and louder. I close my eyes, sensing some form of passenger-side humiliation. “COME ON SHAKE YOUR BODY BABY DO THAT CONGA!” The girls shriek. My husband butt-slaps the steering wheel, while somehow blocking me from the volume button. I slide down in my seat. He grabs my hand and makes me butt-slap the steering wheel. And all three of those !!!s start yelling, “CINDY KANE IS IN THIS CAR!”

Curling up next to her during a night of unwakable terrors, and being there until it all melts away into sleep.

What makes you

Intentional Happiness

What is all this !!! about?

Check out the new !!! Page

or head on over to

Momalom

for a peek at our new community project!

Come join us next week and link up (!!!)

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{ 45 comments }

Christine LaRocque May 28, 2010 at 7:24 am

CK, I love this! How is it that someone else’s good times can make us so happy?

My own !!! was having my 15mo son take the mini hockey stick from his daddy and bring it over to his 4yo brother who he REALLY wanted to play with. It filled my heart forever.
.-= Christine LaRocque´s last blog ..Am I there yet? =-.

ck May 28, 2010 at 9:34 am

There is little more !!! than siblings loving on each other.

Yvonne Moss May 28, 2010 at 8:00 am

1. Talking to someone who feels all locked up inside and during our time, seeing their perspective change to see a way out. I describe this as the ‘being in a house with all the doors and windows nailed shut’ mindset. Watching the doors fly open in someone makes my heart leap.

2. a good makeup over. Be it a person’s appearance, their heart, or a just a room.

3. Watching my kids do something that they used to be afraid of.

4. A good musical performance.

5. A superb meal cooked with love or expertise. I’ll take either!

ck May 28, 2010 at 9:35 am

What I wouldn’t give to feel the !!! of #5 right now…

The Mother May 28, 2010 at 8:08 am

Duct tape makes my day regularly. This oft-maligned item of household necessity is getting its due from Mythbusters, creating a new generation of duct-tape professional handymen (women–not sexist here).

Best use of duct tape ever–keeping a kid in his carseat. Please don’t tell CPS.
.-= The Mother´s last blog ..Don’t Ask for a Divorce in Victorian England =-.

ck May 28, 2010 at 9:37 am

Duct-taping a kid into his car seat? You rock my !!!

Gibby May 28, 2010 at 8:34 am

!!! watching my little girl grin ear-to-ear as she went tubing in barely-thawed Wisconsin lake water last Sunday !!!

Hooray for summer weather!

Love the car one, oh, to have seen that one.
.-= Gibby´s last blog ..Friday Foto =-.

ck May 28, 2010 at 9:36 am

The fact that you have equipment for tubing = !!!

Futureblackmail May 28, 2010 at 8:37 am

!!! Thanks for the link love!

Passenger seat humilitation – I just had that LAST night. He asked me to quit touching “his” volume button, I asked whose name was on the loan for the car – thankyouverymuch.
.-= Futureblackmail´s last blog ..I CRIED OVER A PILLOW =-.

Tiffany May 28, 2010 at 8:44 am

!!! to a lot of things this week…Olivia in her diva sunglasses that look just like mine…the boys with their new summer haircuts…Gabe playing awesome in his first baseball game!!!
.-= Tiffany´s last blog ..Confused and Exhausted =-.

ck May 28, 2010 at 9:38 am

Kids mimicking us (in a GOOD way) – so very !!!

Aging Mommy May 28, 2010 at 9:24 am

Thank you for sharing your !!! happy moments of the week and bringing some sunshine to us all this Friday morning. My own favorite !!! of the week has to be watching my daughter and husband playing in the pool for the first time this year. What was I doing? Watching from the side, it needs to get a good few degrees warmer in there before I will put more than my toe in!!!

ck May 28, 2010 at 9:40 am

!!! to “sitting this one out.”

Jenn M May 28, 2010 at 9:56 am

Hooray for !!! I need some this week. My !!! this week is teaching my older son how to play Memory. He got so genuinely excited when he found a match, giggling and yelling about how he got to keep the cards. So very, very !!!
.-= Jenn M´s last blog ..Warning: Your Mommy is Overheating =-.

ck May 28, 2010 at 11:04 pm

!!! for kids being old enough to play games. (As long as it’s not Chutes and Ladders, anyway. That game does dangerous things to my head.)

Jen May 28, 2010 at 10:18 am

!!! Love the foot through the book.

!!! My awesome, awesome boys who are adjusting nearly perfectly to my new work schedule.
.-= Jen´s last blog .. =-.

ck May 28, 2010 at 11:06 pm

That is wonderful, Jen. I’m SO happy to hear that they’re adjusting. Not just for them, but for you. Because YOU are !!!

Rudri Patel May 28, 2010 at 11:44 am

!!! – So Awesome. MY !!! this week:

1. Starbucks Chai Latte and twenty minutes (yes, uninterrupted) to read the paper;
2. Listening to the radio and singing out loud in the car. I am sure other drivers thought I was crazy.
3. Running 5 miles yesterday.

Thanks For the !!! reminder. This rocks.
.-= Rudri Patel´s last blog ..I Am A Tourist =-.

ck May 28, 2010 at 11:07 pm

Starbucks Chai = !!! all the way, baby.

Sarah May 29, 2010 at 8:20 am

Starbucks Dirty Chai = Double !!!
Try it!
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..!!! =-.

Jacqueline May 28, 2010 at 11:45 am

I love love love love your photos! Great job!! I may have to look into this: !!! ;)
.-= Jacqueline´s last blog ..A Little Story… =-.

Allison @ Alli 'n Son May 28, 2010 at 11:58 am

I love this idea of intentional happiness. My post today is all about the happiness I found with my son one day this week. Can’t wait to link up with you and Momalom next week.

http://alli-n-son.com/2010/05/27/stroll/
.-= Allison @ Alli ‘n Son´s last blog ..A Stroll =-.

Justine May 28, 2010 at 11:59 am

I am all about the intentional happiness. Because those are usually the ones that are right there, staring back at us wondering why we aren’t looking back at them as we set our sights far ahead…
.-= Justine´s last blog ..To see the summer sky =-.

Ink May 28, 2010 at 12:23 pm

Love it! And we duct taped a gingerbread house once. ;)

ck May 28, 2010 at 11:08 pm

The only thing more !!! than a duct-taped gingerbread house is sharing the photo of it. (Pretty please?)

Jen May 28, 2010 at 1:26 pm

The best.
.-= Jen´s last blog ..!!! =-.

Corinne May 28, 2010 at 1:30 pm

You guys are going to have a hit on your hands with the !!! link up :)
Love these!
.-= Corinne´s last blog ..Side by side =-.

Cranky Sarah May 28, 2010 at 2:05 pm

I had to rescue a stuck foot from Sandra Boynton so many times that I finally put the book away for a while! my !!! sprinkler time!
.-= Cranky Sarah´s last blog ..I don’t accept "Boys will be boys" =-.

ck May 28, 2010 at 11:11 pm

Sprinkler time = !!!
Cleaning them up because I didn’t catch swimming time in the soupy yard AFTER sprinkler time = ¡¡¡

Sarah May 29, 2010 at 8:29 am

Um, hi, you gotta share how you did the upside down !!!
¡¡¡ – oh looky there. I figured it out. So, should I still submit this asinine comment?
What the heck? Right.
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..!!! =-.

becca May 28, 2010 at 3:29 pm

You too???? I ALSO became a bagillionaire this week! All I have to do is travel to Zimbabwe to help the Prince who seems to have gotten HIS foot stuck in the Sandra Boynton book!

Love this. Love these pics and can’t wait to link up!

ck May 28, 2010 at 11:13 pm

With all this money I’ll just jump in my jet to meet you and Sarah for drinks next time you get together – my treat !!!

Maria May 28, 2010 at 6:44 pm

My favorite !!! moment this week was being “read” to by my three year old!

So delicious to see him do it, with such pride!

Count me in next week! I can’t wait!
.-= Maria´s last blog ..Are you my mother? =-.

ck May 28, 2010 at 11:14 pm

The moments when they shine with pride in their own accomplishments are definitely delicious !!!

Mrs.Mayhem May 28, 2010 at 7:42 pm

Love the shot-gun humiliation.

My !!! is spending the day hanging out with my 5 year old daughter, just listening to her ramble on about her opinions on life. Very entertaining.
.-= Mrs.Mayhem´s last blog ..Let’s Trade Beauty Secrets =-.

ck May 28, 2010 at 11:15 pm

I think my 5YO and I could use more days like that. I mean, she’s happy to ramble no matter what I’m doing, but we could use some intentional !!!. Thank you, Mrs. Mayhem!

Belinda Munoz + The Halfway Point May 28, 2010 at 10:10 pm

This idea of intentional happiness speaks to me on a deep level because I’m huge on choice. And if we make room for accidental happiness, then hey, anything else can probably be accomodated.
.-= Belinda Munoz + The Halfway Point´s last blog ..ALL CLEAR: FeedMedic Alert for thehalfwaypoint =-.

Kelly May 29, 2010 at 1:13 am

The car dancing made me spit out my water. Love it!
.-= Kelly´s last blog ..QOTD: On Wednesday =-.

Sarah May 29, 2010 at 8:23 am

My !!! for the day is the !!! I feel resonating off of yesterday’s post.
Writing the words, uploading the pictures, and sharing the !!! put me in the best of moods all day yesterday. And I do believe it is carrying through to today as well. (Or my smiley fact could be the result of 9 hours of sleep. NINE HOURS OF SLEEP = !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..!!! =-.

Unknown Mami May 29, 2010 at 6:12 pm

I have a feeling that heaven will have a never ending supply of duct tape.
.-= Unknown Mami´s last blog ..Fragmented Fridays =-.

Jane May 29, 2010 at 9:49 pm

Hey! Add me to the list that made a bazillion this week, too! Boy, it was our lucky week, huh? !!! to your holiday weekend. Hope it’s relaxing and you find a place to spend your latest bazillion!
.-= Jane´s last blog ..If You Give A Mom A Muffin =-.

Hear Mum Roar May 30, 2010 at 8:58 am

I love your intentional happiness posts! I will watch closely for your post next week and do a link up with you, for sure!
.-= Hear Mum Roar´s last blog ..Mr Three makes pea and ham soup =-.

Suzicate May 30, 2010 at 1:16 pm

It’s all about perspective and intention!
.-= Suzicate´s last blog ..ALL CLEAR: FeedMedic Alert for thehalfwaypoint =-.

Mama Zen May 30, 2010 at 11:24 pm

You’re related to Piotr, too?
.-= Mama Zen´s last blog ..A Dog’s Life =-.

WackyMummy June 2, 2010 at 1:10 am

Wow. You really know how to tell a story. Nice!!!
.-= WackyMummy´s last blog ..Oh, Yes… I Gone And Done It =-.

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