Life According to Cassie: Everyone Smile

Monday, September 8, 2008

Everyone Smile

Yesterday, as I sat in church, I flipped my scriptures open and saw a quote inside the front cover.

"Are you happy? Then tell your face."

Do you love the movie Elf? My family sure does and I love the line..."Smiling is my favorite". Someone once told me to go find a mirror and smile at yourself at least once a day. Try it. It is kind of goofy, but sometimes it is just what I need.

Here are a couple of things, off the top of my head, that slaps an instant smile on my face:

*Little kids laughing.
*Baby kitties.
*Canning lids sealing.
*Padlocks. (I can not explain my strange reaction to them.)
*Love letters.
*An awesome sale.
*Friends and family.

What makes you smile?

14 comments:

Becky said...: This post made me smile!! I love when Jayce says something new and out of the blue, Fridays, going on dates, my kids swinging, Toby being goofy... I could go on. It's nice to remember all these awesome things!!; September 8, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Mardi said...: I'm with you on the awesome sales. Tonight I found Chex Mix on sale at Walgreens for 99 cents. I had 6 $1.00 off coupons - hooray for FREE Chex Mix. I haven't stopped smiling. I smile when my husband comes home from work and most things that Eli does makes me smile too. What a happy post, Cas. It is making me smile now. :); September 8, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Lucy said...: You know what made me smile yesterday at church? When the sign up came around for our ward party.....I signed up for BUTTER! I can't believe I finally did it. I didn't sign up for rolls or mashed potatoes....I signed up for butter.
What makes me smile for real?
* Like you, the laughter of children...gets me every time.
* A clean house.
* An early evening with not much to do.
* My flower boxes in the summer.
* Corn on the cob.
* Being home on a snowy day.; September 9, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Cassie said...: Had to tell you that I found something today that made me smile big. I found a bag of my favorite Easter candy (Sweet-Tart jelly beans) in my sock drawer that I had forgotten about.
I'm so lucky.; September 9, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Lataun said...: Love, love, loved this post. I'm like your mom...a clean house makes me smile, my kids sleeping in their bed, cookies, summer..(I'm mourning the end of it...), mowing the lawn, boating, and my kids walking in the door after school.; September 9, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Becca's Blog said...: What a great post Cassie...sometimes it is good to be reminded of what makes life enjoyable. Here are a few of my favorites...

The smell after a warm summer rain (sort of a mix between water, dead worms, and dirt...I love it!)

Tiny tiny babies

Plane tickets

Millhollow pistacio and white chocolate almond frozen yogurt with cookie dough mixed in

Seeing my tulips come up in the Spring

A super clean house and nothing to do but enjoy it; September 9, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Audrey said...: Wanna know what makes me sad??? It has taken me 2 days to figure out what makes me smile!! someone help me out of this funk!
I really do have a list and here are a few....
-Doing hair! I love making other people smile!
-Getting a good haircut myself!
-Road Kill (jk)
-Kids playing outside
-buying new makeup
-road trips
-Cafe Rio
-a new born baby
-hearing from an old friend
-lunch with the ladies
-dates with my hunka burnin love
-kids bedtime
-the dishes done, by someone else!
-my siser (cassie) sharing her amazingly big and tasty canned food!
-comments on my blog!
-a Sunday nap (hopefully someday)
-having family visit us from Ohio!
OK I will stop for now..... thanks for bringing a smile to my grumpy face!; September 11, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Becky said...: Your padlock thing makes me smile, and a few other things, too. Today "playing" soccer outside with Micah put one on my face - first of all because I was actually outside playing with him, and secondly because he was having so much fun with it. I love to hear him laugh.; September 11, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Bobbi said...: Let's see...what makes me smile??
-little boys (boys are so goofy)
-brownies
-clean house
-Primary
-Friends
-a good movie
-my ipod
-a new zip-up hoodie
-there's more but it's late and I'm tired!; September 12, 2008 at 12:20 AM
hmmm said...: "i love smiling. smiling's my favorite."
it's funny that you mentioned that about the padlock because there is one on my locker in the women's locker room at school & every time i go to aerobics i have a little giggle as i twist in the combination.
and the kitties! i LOVE! (& i itch, & i sneeze, & breath really gross-like through my mouth)

we have so much in common.
(maybe not the allergic reactions so much.... but the padlock & kittie thing yes.); September 13, 2008 at 12:55 AM
Lucy said...: Hey, I like your blog's new "do". Very stylish, I'd say!; September 13, 2008 at 2:54 AM
Battfam said...: I'm late to comment on this post and a lot of things previously listed make me smile too. Here are just a few that I don't think anyone else mentioned:
..A little boy in a white shirt and tie.
..A little girl carrying a purse.
..Finding money in a pocket.
..Eating the perfect raspberry right off the bush
..An old couple walking hand in hand
That was a fun post, Cassie. It made me think about a lot of life's little pleasures.; September 14, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Miller Family said...: Thanks for the reminder. I have had a very hard time smiling lately. Here are a few things that make me smile:

A clean house (although I almost never get to smile because of this!)

My kids playing nicely together

Our soccer team scoring a goal! (We did this for the first time all season yesterday and my heart was so proud of my "boys".)

Just a few, can't think of any more right now. Thanks again for reminding me to smile!; September 14, 2008 at 3:10 PM
Debbie said...: What a fun post. I found myself smiling as I read the different things that make others smile.

What makes me smile

Kids coming home from school.
My husband home from work.
Birthday presents from my boys.
Somebody else cooking dinner.
Being close to family.
Things kids say.
Hearing my children laughing.; September 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM

The funny things kids say.....

Last night Todd was filling out a job application and asked, "Who should I put for contact incase of emergency?" Layne said, "Put your mom." Mitch said, "I'd put the police."

(November 20, 2013)

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Todd just came up from putting away some things in the basement. "Why do you still have all of those fake dolls?" No wonder Josie didn't play with dolls that often. All I bought here were the fake ones.
(August 14, 2013)
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While ordering dinner at Texas Roadhouse tonight, Justin (in all seriousness) asked the waitress, "does this corn come with salt on it?"
(March 16, 2013)
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Back story:Justin smashed his finger in the car door this past weekend.
Justin had the flu yesterday and was laying in bed and he called for me to come. I hurried in there and he looks up at me and says, "Don't you hate it when you have the flu and one of your pinkie fingers hurts?"
Yes, I do hate that.

(Feb. 21, 2012)
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We were at Layne's cousin's mission report while in Idaho. There were lots of family we hadn't seen in years. Justin asked who one lady was. I said that is your Great Aunt Debbie.

Justin asks, What makes her so great?

7-10-11
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His list is growing...
Judd & myself were driving in the car. Out of the blue he says, "Mom, when you die I call the house."

2-10-11
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We were driving home from school today. All was quiet. No one was talking. The radio wasn't even on.

Out of the blue Justin says, "When I get married I call the wii."
I guess when you're the youngest you have to be a forward thinker or you'll end up with nothing.

(1-4-11)
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Justin & I were babysitting a new little baby. (4 weeks old) Justin came to me and said, "Mom, I can't get this baby to laugh at my jokes."

(8-25-10)
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I was throwing away a large handful of watermelon rinds and Justin yells out, "Wait! Don't throw those away. The pigs will eat them." We don't have pigs.

(5-22-10)
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Justin wanted his way on something and I wasn't giving in. Finally he comes up with his own threat.
"If you don't let me...I'll watch TV all day long."

(1-26-10)
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We were leaving for church and in the rush I didn't remember my coat. In the car I commented that it was SO cold and I forgot to put on my coat. It was quiet for a few seconds and then Mitch says, "Well, at least you smell good."

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This morning (today was a Fast Sunday) Justin came in my bedroom and asked me to get up and get him some cereal. I told him I would but that I just needed to wake up first. He laid by me for a few minutes and then said that he thougth I would have been quicker since it was FAST Sunday.

(10-11-09)
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After lunch today I asked why I am always so tired after lunch on Sunday afternoon. Justin said he was never tired after lunch. I asked him how he could not be tired. He told me, "I just blink my eyes closed and then I blink my eyes open all day and I don't get tired."

(9-19-09)
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I asked the boys what they wanted for dinner tonight. As usual, Justin yells SPAGHETTI! Everyone else yells, NO! (He'd eat spaghetti forever if we'd let him.) So Justin says, "Ok, lets just have pasta with some sauce with meat in it."

(8-13-09)
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Yesterday the boys were at the neightbor's house playing. Kelli, the mom, asked Justin how old he was. He told her he was 4. Then she asked, "When is your birthday?" Justin's responded, "When I turn 5."

(7-16-09)
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Our friend Becky P. was trying to pay Josie some money for somthing Josie didn't think she needed paid for. Becky made the comment, "You are as bad as your mother." Josie replied, "No, I'm as good as my mother."

(5-9-09)
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How old does this make you feel?

Todd was calling someone the other day and keep redialing and finally said, "Mom, there is something wrong with the phone. It keeps making this beeping noise." I went over and listened.....it was a.....busy signal. Our children live in a world of voice mail and for the first time called someone without it.

(2-18-09)
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Today Mitch had an interview with the Branch President because he'll be baptized this coming Saturday. He came out of his office and walked over to me smiling so huge and said, "Mom! I passed!"

(1-25-09)
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The other day Justin and I were in the van together and he said something not very nice. I asked him why he did didn't choose the right. He responded with, "This time I chose the left".

(1-17-09)
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The day after Halloween I noticed that Justin was gathering up all the candy from all the Trick-or-Treat buckets. I asked him what he was doing and he told me, "We've got to get this stored for winter, Mom".

(11-1-08)
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Today Josie was on the phone leaving a voice mail message to a girl in her class at church. At the end of the message she finished up with..."In the name of..."

(10-08)
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A couple nights ago our friend, Mitzi, came with her three youngest little girls. When we were getting everyone out of the car Mitch poked his head in the open door and said, pointing to the youngest, "Is that the zero-year-old"?

(9-08)
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This morning Mitch got up and told me, "I can't believe I've had all my dreams. I'm only seven." So I asked what on earth he was talking about. He said, "I already had the dream I had last night so I guess I'm just starting over."

(9-08)
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Today I was getting the two youngest boys ready to go to a friends house so I could take Todd to the doctor. My friend isn't feeling very good right now so I was telling Mitch (7) that he needed to be on his best behavior because Becky isn't feeling 100%. He looked at me and asked, "Is she at least at 90%?"

(8-08)
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We went swimming today. When Layne got home from work Justin went on about how fun the 'cat pool' was. For the life of me I couldn't figure it out. Then finally it came...I call it the 'kiddy pool' - not the 'kitty pool'. LOL

(8-08)
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Today Judd told me that it would be too dangerous to go to Heaven in a rocket so it would be easier to die first and then go there. My answer.....'okay---go play now'.

(7-08)