Happiness is: A pup that likes to cuddle with a stuffed zebra named Churchill. Tell me this isn't the sweetest thing you've seen all day...

Brad: You know what we dont do often enough?

Me: What is that?

Brad: Get jiggy with things (said very straight faced)

Happiness is: Fresh flowers and windows indoors.

Holy cow, this week gave me two new nicknames! One was an old one that resurfaced and another was made up.

Smiles
Shooter

Smiles came from a new Photographer who very quickly noticed that when I am nose deep into my camera LCD that I am a very serious/angry concentrator. He told me I need to smile more - I ironically laughed AND smiled and said I knew! Not sure I am entirely in love with this one...

Shooter was from way back when I did a cruise shoot and two lighting guys asked me what I was doing on the shoot and when I told them camera POOF! a nickname was born! It made me smile when I heard this one..

Happiness is: Long exposures.

Don't postpone joy. If in doubt put on your favorite song and dance till your heart is really into it!

Happy Memory: Halloween with Jess.

Now that Halloween is creeping up I need to think of a costume idea... even though I really want to reprise clark!

Happiness is: New Shirts. I love the smell of new shirts. Mmmm.

One thing about work that can always make me smile is hearing the british toasts. They are almost always prepared, they are always heartfelt, honest, fun, and very very witty. I have on numerous occasions congratulated the best man on a toast well done. When you hear as many as me you kinda get to see the bad and the good. This was my happiness for today.

My new hair cut has been feeling a lot more sassy. It's either that or the new chandelier earings... either way there is sass all around.

P.S. Can someone ask my finger what it is doing...

Before and After. A new hair cut/style FOR THE WIN!

Happiness is: late afternoon walks.

Happiness is: going for a walk and having your puppy constantly checking to see if you're still along for the walk and if you are as excited as he is to be out in the Florida sun!

Happiness is: Homemade Shiny Birthday Presents! Thanks Brad!

Happiness is: laying in the grass with a Tom Sawyer Purpose. "Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and. play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."

Happiness is: Birthday mail.

Happiness is: Photobooth Pictures.

This crazy brown eyed girl is going to be 24 years old tomorrow! Where has the time gone since picking flowers in the woods and skipping down stone driveways.

Steps to Achieving Instant Happiness: Find a puddle in a parking lot.

Smile back!

That first signs of Halloween are upon us!! Everyone jump for joy!!
(you can thank the Starbucks on 192 for this! (you did it once again starbucks, there's that smile of mine!))

Steps to Achieving Instant Happiness: Stick your head out the window of an open car, pucker your lips fabulously and snap a photo!

Ridiculous laugher and happiness to follow.

Dear ripped jeans,

You have been worn many days (many consecutively), and you have made me so very happy. I am writing to please ask you to not take offense now that I have dreaming of sun dresses and twirlng in pools of sunlight.

You are still my favorite.

I love you with all my heart.
Mishtelle.

New Experiances: Michal brought huge Spa waffers back from Europe for the office to share. It was about as big as my head and extremely yummy!

When I wear my Truck Stop ginormous belt buckle I feel like I can do anything... and a ting of fashionista!

Happiness is: Yellow cake with chocolate icing and walnuts!! And of course the mandatory glass of milk.

My view for the majority of the day. A sleeping puppy in a sea of many different blankets.

The house is buzzing today with computers and ideas to get projects finished. Deadlines are upon us, but listening music is serenading, coffee is brewing, the sun is playing peek-a-boo in our windows, puppies are snoring, and I am completely Inspired.

Brad and I just talked about evenings surrounding a record player listening to the needle sing out notes, dancing barefoot, eating grilled fruit filled toast desserts and drinking home made espresso.

Perfectly bohemian. Perfectly perfect.

Happiness is: Awesome new shirts that make me want to dance around in bare feet and sing Buddy Holly's That'll Be the Day!

Having a dog has made me so happy. He's my little computer time companion. My running through the grass buddy. My walking pal. I help him spot squirrels and he helps me remember to laugh a little each day.

AND great news! He leaned on me yesterday! and for those of you who don't know Great Danes lean as a sign of affection. My dog loves me! Smiles all around!

Sometimes the absolute best days off are the ones where you keep your hair messy and you don't put on a smidgen of makeup!

Yard Sale Wish List:
- Vintage cameras (still and/or video)
- an old record player
- an antique china set

Next week I am going to walk around my neighborhood and see what I can get off my wish list.

Happiness is: New coffee cups!! I used it as soon as I came home with it.

I'll never how it's possible that just by wearing a pair of earrings I can feel that much prettier.

Oh Starbucks, you know just want to do to put a smile on my face.

Happiness is: pups that drink from the hose.

Happiness is: Wooden swings under palm trees.

Happiness is: getting dressed up for work every once and a while and realizing aviators go with everything!

Happiness is: sunshine yellow toe nails that make me happy every time I look at them.

Happiness is: Cozy dogs that don't mind getting eaten by a blue couch monster.