August Happiness Challenge – Day 21

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Today's happiness: TCM. I had a lazy day. Not much to show for it. Watched baseball, went to one bank for the condo association's business and another bank for my own, dropped off a bag of canned goods at the food pantry ... It was a fine day, weatherwise, so I was happy to be outdoors for much of it. BUT there's so much I should do indoors. My home is such a mess and I can be so lazy.

 

Yesterday was Jimmy Cagney Day on TCM Summer Under the Stars. I scrolled through my DVR and found I'd recorded Love Me or Leave Me. I love that movie. I know it so well and have seen it so many times. I had it on in the background as I really washed the kitchen floor. Usually I vacuum and Swiffer it. Not today. With Cagney and Doris Day to amuse me, I was inspired to get on my hands and knees and scrub it first with Mr. Clean, then rinse it with white vinegar. I love how it looks and feels under my bare feet.

 

I know me. If I hadn't spent this evening scrubbing the floor, I would have felt I'd wasted the day. But right now I feel good. So I'm grateful I have TCM to be my spur, my amusement. For giving me movies that I have come to know so well that they are like old friends and make me so happy.*

  

Happy August Happiness Challenge!

 

Each day in August you are to post about something that makes *you* happy. Pretty simple. And, it doesn't even have to be every day if you don't want it to be. It's a great way to remind ourselves that there are positive things going on in our lives, our communities, and the world.

 *Which is not to say Love Me or Leave Me is a happy movie. It's about a very toxic relationship. But it's so real and well done!

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