The Power of 10

1. I heard an "expert" say that only 10% of one's happiness is based on their life's circumstances.

2. I used that tid-bit of info to help Dave and me keep smiling through our tumultuous first week of the new year! I was very proud of us! I think we kept good attitudes, and attitude is everything, right?!?!

3. I realized that Dave was stressed when he, the best driver in the whole wide world, bumped, not hit, bumped (according to him) a parked car with our truck during one of our many pharmacy visits!

4. I don't like to eat my French Fries just one at a time. I have to eat two at a time, at least, and they must be dipped simultaneously in the ketchup before they hit my taste buds and make my mouth salivate from their deliciousness!

5. I don't like to have junk food in the house because when it is in the house I cannot, for the life of me, forget that it's there, which results in the debate of good vs. evil. On my left shoulder is a fat little girl with devil horns telling me to eat the chocolate chip cookie! On my right shoulder is a skinny little girl telling me to ignore the craving and that it will go away and I will be happier because of it. Unfortunately, lately, the fat little girl has been winning, thus the reason why I don't like to have junk food in the house!

6. I watched a lot of Rachel Ray when I was home. One afternoon she was cooking a Mexican food chicken dish. As she was explaining the steps to take she said, "Next, you're gonna need to add some Baileys." "Huh?", I thought, "What is she talking about? Baileys in a Mexican chicken dish??" It made no sense at all to me! Rachel walked over to her counter and grabbed the BAY LEAVES and then said again, "Now, just add some bay leaves..." Ahhh, so, I get it! No wonder I'm not a cook!

7. Watching a lot of Rachel Ray inspired me to start cooking dinners because 1) she makes it look so easy and 2) I am so tired of the same old things for dinner! So, I promptly retrieved my Rachel Ray cookbooks and excitedly went through them, scanning each and every recipe trying to find the perfect one for me to try. The perfect recipe equaled the one where I knew what each ingredient was. Yea... 100 pages later and there was not one Rachel recipe where I knew what every single ingredient was! (Don't judge, I'll get there!) So, I promptly retrieved my "Better Homes and Gardens" cookbook and I'll be darned, I knew almost every ingredient in those recipes and do you know what I love about that cookbook? The first part of the book gives you lots and lots and lots of guidance! It is a wonderful cookbook!

8. My little sister texts me every single day and night and when I tell her stuff like, I am whining because I don't feel good or I ate too many sweets today, she always, always encourages me and tells me why it was OK that I did those things!

9. When a dog looks at you like this:

How can you not let him sleep on your lap?

Awwww. Sweet Duke. He's such a cuddler. What? Oh, you noticed he was already on my lap when he was looking at me like that? Well, that's not the point!

10. I have now known Dave for almost 10 years. In fact, on February 19 we will have known each other for 10 years and I just learned this January that the man can make omelette's! Pretty, delicious, yummy and plentiful omelette's! I told him that he'd been holding out on me...and that he was gonna be our cook from now on!