5 Things that make me happy

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a news junkie. And although I am usually up to date and insanely informed about the state of the world, being aware of all the "icky" things that happen on a daily basis can occasionaly leave me a little depressed and/or anxious. So, I've decided to randomly post blogs about things that make me happy....in 5's. Hopefully this will keep things in perspective and help make us realize that it's not all that bad....

So, here are my 5 happy things for today...
1. Rainbow traffic- yesterday I was driving into Chicago to my blues class at Old Town School of Folk Music. It had just stopped raining when I left my house. As I got closer to O'Hare, the biggest, brightest rainbow I had ever seen in my entire life stretched right across I-90. Apparently, I was not the only one to notice this, as traffic came to a hault because just about everyone else on the road saw it, too. It did take me 2 hours to get to school, but I can't complain about rainbow traffic- because usually when traffic is that bad, someone has gotten hurt in an accident. (I just told my mom about this and when I said 'rainbow traffic' she thought I meant I was stuck in a gay pride parade. no joke. I love her. She's getting an honorable mention for making me happy today)

2. Unashamed laughter- My 5 year old (6 tomorrow!) was watching TV the other day and saw the newest Burger King commerical where a man and his son are actually dressed as Whopper and Whopper Jr. As my son sat there and watched it, he started laughing hysterically and yelled out "AHAHAHA! They're Hamburgers!"

3.Simple games- my 20 month old daughter has a new game. She calls it "Woah" and asks to play it by name. We put this bumble bee bean bag in the middle of the floor and she runs and flops on it and yells "WOAH" as she rolls off of it. She does this about 42 times until she gets tired and asks for water.

4. Terry Christianson- I found him on myspace. Let the fun begin!

5. Melissa and Justus' card- i got a card from these two friends last week when I graduated college. I put it up above my desk at work, so i can see it every day. it says:
"Congratulations, Fina! We are so pround of you. Now that you are done with college, there is so much to do.
1. Get Married
2. Have beautiful children
3. Run a family business
4. Star in a huge, long running show
5. Sing blues on a legendary stage
6. buy a house
7. buy a boaat
8. be a model
9. Go to Disney World
10. Retire
i guess there's only one thing left to do! Love, Justus and Melissa"

Thanks guys!