The Choice is yours - OM [one moment] meet up #55

I welcome anything that will make me laugh these days.  I've already seen Bridesmaids twice and this week's double episode of Modern Family helped me make it to today.  I even welcome the bodily noises and questionable humor my boys introduce on a daily basis.  Anything to make me laugh.

Last week, on our way home from a delicious clam shack dinner,  we experienced a family moment that made all of us laugh out loud.  We were cruising down the highway listening to various music I was DJing from my iPhone when M (14yo) asked if he could play a song of his own. 

The moment his song began, all 5 of us (a friend of the boys' included) began bobbing our heads up and down, gesturing and howling with laughter. 

Picture, if you will, a conservative SUV pulling up next to you with the windows rolled down and 5 heads bouncing to The Choice is yours by Black Sheep (a.k.a. the Kia hamster commercial). 



The moment was so fun we had to do it twice!  Do dot dippity!

What made you laugh this week?

Beware, I'm currently wound a bit tight

Hi everyone!  I feel like I'm completely out of the blog/cyber loop.  We are down to the last few weeks before we move to Reno.  27 days, to be exact.  I was fooling myself in thinking that I'd be anything but harried, emotional, overwhelmed, and nervous.  Simply put, I'm wound up as tight as barbed wire.  Watch out!

Last Friday, I decided to take my products off of my website temporarily.  It's too difficult for me to continue sales when most of my studio is packed away.  You can still access my site as well as contact me.  You just can't buy from it right now.  If you want to be the first to know when products are again available, please join my mailing list. 

I'm trying to tie up loose ends.  My great friends are organizing our goodbye parties and I'm still sorting, selling, and separating our clothes and household items.  As nomadic as I thought I was, I do not want to move again.  Ever.

I've seen Bridesmaids twice now because I've needed to laugh.  Nothing makes you laugh harder than a girl crapping her pants in a formal gown.  I'm trying to think of things I want to do before we move.  Funny how my brain gets stuck and simple decisions get harder to make.  I find that I just get up and go without actually thinking about it.  I may head to the Lizzy Borden Bed & Breakfast in Fall River later this week for a tour.  It's something I've wanted to do.

What's going on with you currently?  I know some of you are renovating and gearing up for summer.  I'd love for you to share what's on your plate.

Vintage Maker app - a fun iPhone movie editing program

We have so much going on right now that it seems hard for me to narrow down my "one moment" this week.  It's been busy.  However, this is something I want to share with you that made me laugh (as well as my husband...at me) over and over again.  To me, a good laugh is priceless.  It's cathartic and healthy.  It provides a great deal of release.

I came across this iPhone app called Video Maker by macphun LLC.  If any of you have dabbled in home videos (which has become so easy now that there are Flip cameras and video on many phones) you know that some footage is...well, boring.  Video Maker turns those "blah" videos into fun footage.  The basic app allows you to turn your video into old fashioned silent movies with piano music, 60s reel video with projector sound, black and white, or sepia.  You can even add your own music.  Here's what tickled my fancy this week.  I hope you enjoy them.

Sophie's Walk

M skateboarding

Me and my shadow

The app is currently $1.99.  I'm not sure if this app is only for iPhone but it is so worth checking out.  I may even upgrade mine for more bells and whistles.

OM is a weekly meet up that promotes living in the moment.  Whether funny, sad, ridiculous, or banal, actively looking for and sharing these moments will promote balance in our lives.

Share in the blog comments here, on your own blog (and link back below)  or on my Facebook fan page. If you are on Twitter,  use hash tag - #omMeetup so we can converse if we'd like. We'd love to hear your moment this week!

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Laughter and sunshine - OM [one moment] meet up #39

I went back and forth on which of two moments I'd share this week until I found this quote.  It touches on both subjects, so I'll share both with you.

"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."                                           -Victor Hugo

Laughter:
I mentioned, a few weeks ago, that the family has been enjoying episodes of Lost together.  During one episode this week C fell asleep and the kids decided to have some fun with a marker.  They drew a thin mustache under his nose.  We snickered and continued watching the show.  After some time, we forgot about it.

Bedtime...kids routinely ran upstairs....

C and I proceeded upstairs to our room as the kids readied themselves for bed.  C started to tell me a story about his day (most certainly death related) and when he turned to me with seriousness written all over his face, there it was...the thin red mustache.  I gasped and told him to go look in the mirror.  I was laughing so hard tears welled in my eyes.  It was the kind of laugh that releases (ding, ding, ding, my word of the year) stress and makes time stand still.  It was laughter I needed.


Sunshine:
I grew up in South Bend, IN,  (home of Notre Dame) just 80 miles east of Chicago and 20 or so miles east of Lake Michigan.  If you think Chicago winters can be bad, SB is the tundra by comparison.  SB gets lake effect snow.  Right now, we have maybe 20" of snow on the ground here in RI.  SB has 42".

Growing up, we would have 15 foot drifts and piles of snow that would allow us to dig caves and build forts (fun when you're a kid).  

Living in Chicago for so many years, I came to really hate winter by January.  The snow is dirty and the sky often gray.  There are many days below freezing and getting to work by public transportation was a *itch. RI winters have been mild by comparison, but none the less tiresome.  It is safe to say that I'm sick of winter, cold, and gray.  Certainly by mid to late January, I'm over it.


Although we've just weathered two storms, it has been relatively bright...cold, but bright.  Today, as I drank my morning coffee, I snapped this photo with my iPhone.  I am grateful for the sun this January.  It has saved me from the winter blues.

OM is a weekly meet up that promotes living in the moment.  Whether funny, sad, ridiculous, or banal, actively looking for and sharing these moments will promote balance in our lives.

Share in the blog comments here, on your own blog (and link back below)  or on my Facebook fan page. If you are on Twitter,  use hash tag - #omMeetup so we can converse if we'd like. We'd love to hear your moment this week!

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