in a nutshell

well, now that you know kind-of what im blogging about, maybe you should know more about what the book is about... Gretchen(the author) basically breaks down a year by the months and designates each month to an area of her life to focus on, has a list of , you could call them rules or guidelines, she calls them 12 commandments that she trys to live by, and tries to implement different things to help her be happier with her life. 

i unfortunately am not that organized. i would love to be, and think i appear to be at times, but structure was never my strong point in school, i couldnt take notes in a nice orderly manner, and really im still not. so, my goal with this is not to focus on something each month(at least not yet- maybe not ever), but more to take her experience and implement things in my own life that might make a little more happiness and order in my chaotic house.  through the few chapters i have read so far, i have realized that i take alot of the little things for granted that i never realized. 

So here is the big question  that was posed in the book- What is happiness?  Seems like a simple enough question... but in truth it is really really difficult for me to answer... i can say things that make me happy, or at least i think make me happy, and i can say things that might make me happy, but really what makes me happy?  (note: at times, i probably will ramble, and make no sense at all to you, but living in my brain the rambling makes a little bit of sense.)
-my kids make me happy...and crazy...but happy nonetheless
-a clean house makes me happy...it is rarely clean...but someday...
-the weather we have been having: warm, but breezy, and sunny, mild in general
-walking through the farmers market today made me happy...the colors, and smells
-books...i love books
-satin ribbons and tags like inside clothes...silly maybe, but rubbing them relaxes me
     there are so many more things, but those are just a few...

And now i ask- what makes you happy? i would love to hear comments and answers.

She ( the author) also has a list of secrets of adulthood that she made... basically like realizations...i love these... one of them is - Whats fun for you, may not be fun for other people... and in the same sense What make one person happy, may not make another person happy...

On my quest, i hope to come to some of my own realizations, and figure out more of what makes me happy.  along the way, i really hope this doesnt make me seem egotistical, and selfish, but if it does...deal with it...lol.

till my next rambling...