It’s cold and dreary outside. So what? We can certainly have it warm and light inside. How? Here are some of my favorites:
- Read a funny story. For example, the chapter, “Don’t Toy with Me,” from Perel Grossman’s book, Adventures in the Produce Aisle.
- Put on some music and dance!
- Listen to old-time comedy radio shows (e.g. George Burns and Gracie Allen, Abbott and Costello, or Jack Benny).
- Find a grade school child and ask them to tell you their jokes? As in:
Child: Why did the chicken cross the road?
You: Dunno. Why?
Child: To get to the other side!! Get it? Ha, ha, ha!!
You: (Guffawing) Yep! Ha, ha! Great joke. Got another one?
- Bake a plain cake (mine would be chocolate, of course) and decorate it with an amusing design. Use sprinkles, dots, licorice, or chocolate chips. (Remember, this is for fun, not your diet!)
- Instead of flowers, buy yourself a balloon bouquet!
Feel any warmer and lighter?
Now, where did I put my crayons?…
January 4, 2010 at 2:50 PM
I feel so honored to have been cited in your blog! Cool! Also great ideas!
Thanks; just your illustrations made me smile!
perel
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January 4, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Perel – thanks for the feedback.
I hit upon of one more crazy idea: A visiting 9 month-old used one of the stock baby toys I have – a soft smiley face with plastic rings attached. I washed the toy and hung it up on a hook in the kitchen so that it would air dry. Then I got to thinking, “This is adorable!” Every time I saw it, I smiled. Guess what’s hanging in my kitchen?
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January 11, 2010 at 7:08 PM
[…] Laughter. (For more on this, refer to my earlier post, Lighten Up.) […]
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