Just a short note

This is just a note to say I hope you had a great Saturday!! Best wishes to all! :)

Musicals

I find that movie musicals have always made me feel happy, I just like watching people sing and dance. Sometimes when I'm feeling really happy I wish I could start bursting into song and people would just as randomly join in. (Granted, I have been known to sing in random places when I feel especially moved to do so.) Anyway, for your viewing pleasure, here are some songs from musicals I particularly like.

Hushabye Mountain-I like this song because even if they didn't sing to me, my parents always made a point of tucking my siblings and I into bed each night just so we all could fall asleep knowing that we were very much loved.

Make em' Laugh-It's always good to make people laugh.

Pure Imagination -life is so much better with a lot of imagination in it!

All the beauty in Anne Frank

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." -Anne Frank

Anne Frank was born today in 1929. I like her and I suppose many do because she was so positive despite living in difficult circumstances. She shows me even now that happiness can be found anywhere. The fact that sometimes I have to really search for happiness somehow makes it seem that much better when I find something to feel good about. Like today, it was raining but then the sun came out and I actually did feel better. Something like that, that might seem so small on any other day, is literally a bright spot in my life. I like finding beauty in everyday things. Plus, there's always the hope for other things yet to come and all that keeps me going. With those things in mind I am indeed happy!

Must Haves

"Just living isn't enough, one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." Hans Christian Andersen

I like this quote and since ti's all about things that make life worth living, it got me thinking about other things that I feel like I must have in my life. The list is as follows:

•  My family and friends, my dog, and people in general-I don't know where I'd be without you as I care about all of you so very much.
• God-I like believing that something is watching out for us, it makes me feel good inside.
• Music (especially by Train, Bobby Darin, American Authors, Norah Jones, Stevie Wonder, Chopin, Beethoven, and of course the song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams!) 
• A wind-up radio-if all else fails at least I can listen to it! 
• Some good books to read (on tape or in print it doesn't matter, I just like reading!)
• Dark chocolate-hey-it's good for you! It's got vitamin something-or-other in it!
• Tea and/or hot chocolate-they're nice to wake up to in the mornings.
• Dancing-it's just so....fun!
•  At least one nice dress/outfit-just so I can have a sense of satisfaction (at least in my head) that people are wondering where I'm going, because I am  indeed going places!
• This blog-because I love it!

I love Judy Garland as she loves Michigan too!

It's Judy Garland's birthday and if she were alive today she'd be 92. I found a song today that she sang in the movie Easter Parade that I feel a special connection to as it's called "I Was Born in Michigan." It's so funny to me that I found that particular song because I was in fact, born in Michigan and my family still owns a farm there. As I've said before, I do love Boston but I also do love going back to Michigan as the song says. That song reminded me how Judy Garland helped make so many people happy and I always liked how she sang and danced. Now I have one more reason to like her, she reminds me of home!

If you knew you couldn't fail...,,

"What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?" – Robert H. Schuller          

To me the quote above is kind of like a challenge of sorts. I've decided right here, right now, just because, that I'm going to do my best to live each day with the idea in my head that I can't fail in doing whatever I intend to do.  It's true that things might not turn out exactly the way I want but at the very least I'll know that I did my best. After all, my best is something I know for sure that I can always do!

Maggie gets an accent unexpectedly

 I have finally found something that I can do without knowing that I do it.  Yesterday I was in the car with some friends who were driving me home and my mum called. I answered and just told her I was on my way home and would call her back. When I finished the call my friends were staring at me and said that I had suddenly acquired a very British accent when talking to my mum (as she's British) and it disappeared just as abruptly when I got off the phone and started talking to them again. It just seemed so funny to me that I didn't notice the change. I like the fact that I have that accent even if it only comes in short spurts. It reminds me that my family is always with me, even in the way I speak. I hope that everyone has the opportunity to find out something nice about themselves that's unexpected like that. To me those discoveries make life more fun!