Foto Friday: Smiles

It is week #3 of my incarnation of Friday Foto and not in true ADHD fashion or anything, I'm coming up blank.  Not blank in the way that I'm at a loss for all the things that make me smile, because clearly I am not!  I'm coming up blank in having a variety of photos to share that make me smile.  Therefore, I am going to postpone this Friday's post and maybe move them to bi-weekly and start to actually use my camera more frequently!

Last night I was online chatting with someone (I may post about that later) and my son was so intrigued as I kept smiling. 

Things that make me smile (sans photos):

*  Having a busy work week (where my clients actually maintain their appointments!)
*  Small conversations (a quick hello or warm thought from a friend, family member or...)
*  Grabbing the mail out of the mailbox and finding it bill free (or has movies or a check!)
*  Pickles - I LOVE good pickles
*  Every moment that I spend with my son (that includes the good, bad and ugly!)
*  A beautiful day (great weather, cool/rainy weather and staying in bed)
*  My friends and family

The list can go on and on and on, but today, I'm just feeling thankful for so much that I don't know where to begin!  After work I will be helping one of my dearest friends, JA move.  Her road to today has been hellacious in so many ways and she is much stronger for it!  I do wish her and her family nothing but happiness and success as she will literally be closing the door (of one house) and opening another!  I'm thankful that the move isn't drastically far - although selfishly can't I wish that she was staying?

Foto Friday: Smiles

It is Friday and therefore it is time for Foto Friday!  A post specifically posted on Friday of things/photos that make me smile!  Today's pictures are more of things that make me smile because they are about success.  Successfully cleaning something or achieving something.  About things that make me smile out of accomplishment.  Just for clarification, the purpose of Foto Friday is to share what makes me smile, not to advertise any ability or inability to take photos!

This first photo makes me smile, because when I enter the basement and I see a clean floor, that means that I am currently caught up on all the laundry!  No sorted piles waiting to go into the laundry and no baskets of folded clothes to be taken upstairs and put away!

No Laundry!

The next two photos also make me smile for a sense of accomplishment.  I have a hallway where I have been leaving all of my shoes.  I didn't think of taking a picture of the shoes - the mound of shoes - that covered the entire floor in the hallway.  I finally decided to do something about it.  I filled a laundry basket full of the shoes to transport them to my room.  I threw away eight pairs of shoes that were on my shoe rack that I either don't wear or that cause me days of pain after wearing!  When I look at the floor and the rack, I smile!  

Shoeless Floor - Except for lawn-mowing shoes!

Shoe rack - with almost all of my shoes!

Then there are more photos of the basement. A week or so ago, my son's five-in-one air couch contraption tore apart at the seam. It wasn't repairable. We began looking for a replacement or a couch. Last week Friday, we purchased a futon/double recliner/couchlike contraption. I also picked up a clearance Sauder television console. 3.5 hours later of 427 assembly parts, the console and room was reassembled. The room makes me smile!

New television console!

New Futon Couch (Back Left)

The last three photos make me smile at all times.  I love to hear Uncle Kracker's SMILE song.  It always makes me smile!  Then of course, I LOVE Coldstone's Peanut Butter Cup Perfection ice cream, but with peanut butter ice cream instead of chocolate!  Ymmmy!  The final picture makes me laugh and smile.  It wasn't until later when looking at the digital camera pictures that we noticed the expression on the deer.  My son and I know joke about Colbie Caillat's song, Magic and can only hope that my son has better luck with his magic touch with the girls than he does with the deer!  Smile =)

Coldstone Peanut Butter Cup Perfection

Litchfield Zoo, Arizona - August 2010

What photos and things have you smiling?

Foto Friday: Smiles

Not that my blog has any direction, especially with my lack of posting, but today I decided to have a Foto Friday post.  A post specifically posted on Friday of things/photos that make me smile!  Per my usual though, most of them are just random!

T & I returned from Arizona last Saturday evening!  We had a fabulous time and so many wonderful experiences!  We didn't even have any major mishaps (knock, knock)!  I'm still smiling from the vacation, so most are from the week in Arizona!

 

Grand Canyon: August 2010

We went to the Worldlife Aquarium & Zoo and enjoyed finding animals that were smiling.  Our two favorites:

Wildlife Aquarium: Smiling Turtle

Worldlife Aquarium: Smiling Frog

My ultimate chocolate craving and love that I can't seem to outgrow!  Of course I eat them plain & cold:

Need I say more?

My fifth and final picture, captures the beauty and serenity of Scottsdale, Arizona with my thirteen year old son, who for another moment, still thinks I'm cool and tolerable:

Scottsdale Arizona: August 2010

What photos on this fabulous Friday make you smile?