{"id":352,"date":"2016-03-14T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/14\/dont-let-monday-get-you-down\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T16:37:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T16:37:11","slug":"dont-let-monday-get-you-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/14\/dont-let-monday-get-you-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Let Monday Get You Down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s Monday.<\/p>\n

It’s raining.<\/p>\n

It’s not spring here yet.<\/p>\n

But that is okay because for once in my life I am going for optimism and a positive outlook. \u00a0Just don’t place any bets on how long that positive outlook will last.<\/p>\n

Here are a few happy things that have happened in my life lately.<\/p>\n

My husband and I went out for breakfast. \u00a0It was midweek, we were both busy, but we met up and had a delicious breakfast and some nice conversation. \u00a0If I was a fancy blogger this is where you would get an arty picture of eggs. \u00a0Since I am not fancy you will just have to imagine the yumminess.<\/p>\n

My aunt and I spent the day together. \u00a0We are friends as well as relatives but we don’t get to see each other much. \u00a0Every few months we dedicate a day to thrift shopping and endless conversation. \u00a0It was therapeutic and surprisingly frugal since all I bought was a silver cuff bracelet for $6.00. \u00a0That is the thing about thrift shopping, you never know what you are going to find or indeed if you are going to find anything at all. \u00a0It was a good day. \u00a0I think I am talked out for the next month. \u00a0My husband might be grateful for that.<\/p>\n

I took my daughter to buy new sneakers and found a pair of leopard print flats for me. \u00a0I have been looking for comfortable leopard print flats for a year. \u00a0I finally found the perfect pair in the clearance section when I wasn’t even really looking. \u00a0This made me surprisingly happy. I wore them all day Saturday and they were just as comfortable as I hoped. \u00a0And yes, I did get my daughter the sneakers she needed. Bright blue Converse, so she is happy too.<\/p>\n

My teenage son told me that my husband and I are good parents. \u00a0I know, I almost passed out from shock as well. \u00a0A compliment from a teenager on parenting? \u00a0What is the world coming to? \u00a0I wish I could have recorded the conversation so I could play it over and over next time he is rolling his eyes at me. \u00a0Seriously though, it made my day.<\/p>\n

The last book I ordered showed up in the mail. \u00a0It is a volume of Jane Austen’s letters. \u00a0It is a nice fat book and I can’t wait to dip into it. \u00a0And yes, I might have ordered just a few more books. \u00a0I felt a little bad until I thought that some people buy coffee every day or eat lunch out. \u00a0I do neither, I just buy books.<\/p>\n

I ate ice cream and french fries for dinner one night. \u00a0After two weeks of exercising and eating right I gave in to temptation. \u00a0Maybe that shouldn’t be on a happy list because I am sure it wasn’t good for me but it tasted so good. \u00a0Now I am back to my boring health kick. \u00a0Which in a way, is also a happy thing because I feel better.<\/p>\n

What things have made you happy lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday. It’s raining. It’s not spring here yet. But that is okay because for once in my life I am going for optimism and a positive outlook. \u00a0Just don’t place any bets on how long that positive outlook will last. Here are a few happy things that have happened in my life lately. My husband and I went out for breakfast. \u00a0It was midweek, we were both busy, but we met up and had a delicious breakfast and some nice conversation. \u00a0If I was a fancy blogger this is where you would get an arty picture of eggs. \u00a0Since I am not fancy you will just have to imagine the yumminess. My aunt and I spent the day together. \u00a0We are friends as well as relatives but we don’t get to see each other much. \u00a0Every few months we dedicate a day to thrift shopping and endless conversation. \u00a0It was therapeutic and surprisingly frugal since all I bought was a silver cuff bracelet for $6.00. \u00a0That is the thing about thrift shopping, you never know what you are going to find or indeed if you are going to find anything at all. \u00a0It was a good day. \u00a0I think I am talked out for the next month. \u00a0My husband might be grateful for that. I took my daughter to buy new sneakers and found a pair of leopard print flats for me. \u00a0I have been looking for comfortable leopard print flats for a year. \u00a0I finally found the perfect pair in the clearance section when I wasn’t even really looking. \u00a0This made me surprisingly happy. I wore them all day Saturday and they were just as comfortable as I hoped. \u00a0And yes, I did get my daughter the sneakers she needed. Bright blue Converse, so she is happy too. My teenage son told me that my husband and I are good parents. \u00a0I know, I almost passed out from shock as well. \u00a0A compliment from a teenager on parenting? \u00a0What is the world coming to? \u00a0I wish I could have recorded the conversation so I could play it over and over next time he is rolling his eyes at me. \u00a0Seriously though, it made my day. The last book I ordered showed up in the mail. \u00a0It is a volume of Jane Austen’s letters. \u00a0It is a nice fat book and I can’t wait to dip into it. \u00a0And yes, I might have ordered just a few more books. \u00a0I felt a little bad until I thought that some people buy coffee every day or eat lunch out. \u00a0I do neither, I just buy books. I ate ice cream and french fries for dinner one night. \u00a0After two weeks of exercising and eating right I gave in to temptation. \u00a0Maybe that shouldn’t be on a happy list because I am sure it wasn’t good for me but it tasted so good. \u00a0Now I am back to my boring health kick. \u00a0Which in a way, is also a happy thing because I feel better. What things have made you happy lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happy-things","category-life"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2860,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions\/2860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}