Smile and the world smiles with you!!!!!

Good bye outside decorations. It is strange to watch everyone take down their outside decorations. It isn't just Papa doing it... it is all our neighbors at the same time! There is a little breeze outside but not much and it isn't raining so I guess it is a good time! I am really dragging my feet on my decorations indoor. I love them. I am not ready to say goodbye. Doesn't matter, I guess. Our friends never come out here and our family only when dropping kids off or picking them up or a holiday. So I could technically leave them up until Easter! lol! And if I don't have Easter at my house.... I could keep them up all year! Works for me!

I need to color my hair. I am going darker. ooooooo!!!! We'll see how it looks. Everyone in our family has dark hair.... Doug and I have the lightest color hair. So I want to look like my family, not like I am adopted! (I just went and colored it and waiting my time to see the results! lol! So fun!)My picture of the day was taken 1-2-05 of a constipated Joshua!!! lol!

We did nothing yesterday. I will make up for it today. I need to do a couple things, I guess. I am in quite a good mood today! I know it doesn't sound it but I am!

I want to wish my cousin, Amy, a very happy birthday today!!! She is one of the kindest people I know. She gets it from her parents.... both kind and wonderful too. I am sure they are proud of the woman Amy has grown up to be! I am! Love you Amy... and many happy and healthy birthdays to come!!!!

Well.... signing off. Think I'll take my Christmas clock down. When it plays "Oh Come, All Ye Faithful" my cat knows it is 5:00 and time to eat!!! That's gonna stop! ;D

God bless you all as you start your year off with a smile!

SMILE QUOTES

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.” - P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr

A smile confuses an approaching frown. - Author Unknown

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.” - Denis Waitley

If you’re not using your smile, you’re like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook.” - Les Giblin

People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile. - Lee Mildon

The world always looks brighter from behind a smile. - Author Unknown

Start every day with a smile and get it over with.” - W.C. Fields

Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.” -Jim Beggs

A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.” -Charles Gordy

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” -Mark Twain, Following the Equator

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. - William Shakespeare, Othello

A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you’re at home.” - Author Unknown

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.” - Andy Rooney

Always remember to be happy because you never know who’s falling in love with your smile. ” - Author Unknown

Everyone smiles in the same language.” -Author Unknown

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.” - George Eliot

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” -Mother Teresa

A smile is the universal welcome. - Max Eastman

Keep smiling - it makes people wonder what you’ve been up to. - Author Unknown

You’re never fully dressed without a smile. - Martin Charnin

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. - Janet Lane

All the statistics in the world can’t measure the warmth of a smile. - Chris Hart

If you would like to spoil the day for a grouch, give him a smile. - Author Unknown

Smile - it increases your face value. - Author Unknown

Peace begins with a smile. - Mother Teresa

A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it. - Author Unknown

A smile is something you can’t give away; it always comes back to you. - Author Unknown

What's Next:

Drier weather is in the forecast for the first Saturday of the new year. Scattered showers during the morning are set to come to an end. Skies will stay mostly cloudy, but a few sun breaks are possible Saturday afternoon. High temperatures will be around the 50 degree mark.
The next Pacific weather system is on track to arrive Sunday afternoon, bringing increasing rain. We'll stay in a wet pattern through the middle of next week. 4 to 6 inches of new snow is expected in the Cascades on Saturday, changing to a mix of rain and snow Sunday.