August 8: National Happiness Happens Day

National Happiness Happens day is to celebrate being happy. Pretty easy if you ask me.

It was started by "The Secret Society of Happy People." They have two mottoes, "Happiness Happens" and "Don't Even Think About Raining on my Parade."

I recently bought an inspirational hanging thing that says, "When it rains, look for rainbows, when it's dark, look for stars." What a great inspirational saying. That makes me happy.

Donuts make me happy. And really good coffee.

And laughing so hard you can't breathe.

And the fact that I am going to Disneyland in 2.5 weeks makes me really happy. I really miss Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. I miss going on Tower of Terror and eating really good ice cream sundaes. So the anticipation of all these happy events happening, make me happy.

And I get to see my really good friends!

Like this girl!

P.S. - Baymax makes me happy.

The fact that I have a college degree, a place to live, food in my stomach, and a job make me happy.

I operate my own online business through Etsy. That makes me jubilant.

And fabric. Fabric brings a huge smile to my face. I love sewing. I love making pillowcases. I love picking out fabric. It's an addiction. And it's an obsession. But that's okay, it could be much worse. I joked the other day that my future children are going to have a ton of pillowcases, because I love making flannel pillowcases.

So dear future children, I'm sorry if you have a huge variety of pillowcases, but very little else.

What makes you happy?

August 6: National Rootbeer Float Day

My senior year of college I was addicted to rootbeer floats. I made them like all the time.

Now there is a very important thing we have to keep straight.

You can't use vanilla bean ice cream.

You should aim for french vanilla or classic vanilla.

In all my rootbeer float experience, I have discovered that classic vanilla or french vanilla is the best type to use for rootbeer floats.

I'm not sure why. It just is.

I don't have a specific type of rootbeer that I like to use, but the kind that comes in glass bottles always looks the fanciest and therefore you should aim to use that kind also.

YUMMMMM! Refreshing and crisp.

August 5: National Underwear Day

I live for underwear.

Okay. Well not quite. I also live for a lot of other reasons.

But I do love my underwear.

Now I'm not going to post pictures of my underwear. (Although, you would probably be pretty impressed with my collection.)

And obviously I am NOT going to post pictures of me in my underwear.

So I will just tell you about some of them.

I own A LOT of underwear.

The only person I know who owns more underwear than me is my friend Allison.

We have a lot of matching pairs.

We had another roommate in college who estimated that she owned 7 pairs of underwear. That is only one per a day of the week. I don't know why this was an estimation because she easily could have counted them. Also, she didn't do laundry that often. I tried not to think about that.

Anyways, my underwear collection...

I own underwear that are bright purple with a variety of wild cats on them. Think jaguars and tigers.

I own underwear with zebras on them.

I own underwear that are designed to look like a pair of denim shorts. Note: They are not actually denim.

I own Batman underwear and Mickey Mouse underwear.

I own a pair of underwear that I have deemed to be my lucky lobsters. They have lobsters on them. I used to wear them when I had a big test in college.

Anyways, I hope you wore your favorite pair of underwear today!

It should be noted that I 100% completely believe that the underwear you wear can affect the outcome of your day. That's why it is always important to make sure you have the right pair on for that day.

Happy underwear wearing!

August 4: National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

Nothing much beats a warm, semi-melted, chocolate chip cookie on a Fall evening. Or on a Summer night. Or in the middle of the day in Spring. Or even in the morning in Winter. What I'm trying to say is, that chocolate chip cookies are pretty much the best, well, always.

There's so many recipes. How do you even choose one to start with.

Well, this one is a classic recipe, and I have yet to be disappointed.

JazzyJ's Easy Peasy Chocolate Chip Cookies:

Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chocolate chips (at minimum, you can always add more!)

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Beat butter, both sugars, and vanilla until nice and creamy. Add in eggs and beat well.
3. Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add in the flour mixture to the butter mixture, stir well. Gently stir in chocolate chips.
4. Drop dough by the teaspoon onto a greased pan and cook for 8 - 10 minutes.
5. Enjoy!

Simple and sweet. And chocolatey.

Now I have to admit something. I forgot to take photos while I was making these. And then I realized all the cookies were practically gone. This was the last little cookie left.


That's a sign they were great.

So please excuse my lack of photos.

I was too busy enjoying these little chocolate guys. :D

August 3: National Watermelon Day

Watermelon is a great summer fruit because it's so refreshing.

I happen to have a watermelon skirt that I sewed myself. I'm pretty proud of myself.

We got the cutest watermelons from the grocery store. They were so juicy and sweet.

Now, what is that sitting on top of the watermelon which is on top of my skirt?

Well that is a great question.

It is an elastic hair tie/bracelet. They are the new thing.

I happen to be selling them on my Etsy store.

I have a lot of varities. But those watermelon ones sure are cute.

Watermelon-y and summer-y.

Just the way I like it.

One of my friends from college really likes watermelon. Like she is borderline obsessed with it. I made her a watermelon cake for her birthday two years ago.

I thought it turned out rather cute.

Happy National Watermelon Day!

August 2: National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

It's no secret I love ice cream. But ice cream that is between two cookies and then rolled in chocolate chips? Well, that's even better.

There is an ice cream shop in Monterrey, California that allows you to pick out two different types of cookies, and then pick the ice cream flavor that will then be slathered between your cookie choices. That is one of my happy places. I had some really good photos, but they were on my old phone.

But let me tell you, one day, I want to own a place like that.

Anyways, I wasn't able to be super fancy and make my own ice cream and cookies and assemble an ice cream sandwich myself.

This ice cream sandwich, was bought from a grocery store. But it was still really good.

August 1: National Girlfriends Day

Today is to honor hanging out with your friends, who are girls (girlfriends.)

I have some pretty awesome friends.

These are some of my buddies from the Disney College Program. These people, they are just great. Our favorite thing to do was to go to Disneyland together. Go figure.

Going to the beach is always fun. Even if it is March and pretty much still winter on the Oregon coast. This picture just makes me laugh. A lot. You can't really tell, but that is the beach behind us. And I just look confused. Typical.

And having drinks. Because having drinks with your friends, well, pretty much nothing beats that.

What are your favorite things to do with your friends/girlfriends?