Happy Hump Day

I wanted to start with this brief disclosure.  I've been receiving emails from people asking if I can feature them on my blog, or if I would like to be featured on their blog, or if I would like to buy something.  I appreciate those who take the time to read my posts.  I love the visitors and new friends and I love if comments could be left on my post after reading them so I know who is viewing them.  However, this blog is a place for me to jot down my own experiences and memories.  I am not interested in anything but that.  I may post a recipe from time to time and maybe share a life lesson that I have learned but I am not interested in blogs that have those "How to ..." advice.  When I started blogging several years ago it was so much simpler then.  People blogged about their daily lives and spoke about what had been going on.  It was more like a diary and that's exactly how I intend to keep mine.  It seems most bloggers now just want to spend the time focused on helping others how to be a better parent, better spouse and all that.  It may work for them but it's not what this blog is about.  So please understand that I will not be using this blog to feature others and I do not like spam of any kind being emailed to me.  Thank you for that understanding.

We are now in fall.  Summer is over and I have been slowly bringing out all the fall decorations.  I do like this time of year even though I do not enjoy the cold winter that follows.  The weather continues to be warm and the leaves are starting to change colors.  We are also very close to a very important presidential election.  This one is probably the most important one in my lifetime.  I'm really trying to steer away from writing about anything controversial on my blog but I may post at least one sometime between now and November.  I'm sure I won't be able to contain myself.  If you follow me on Facebook you know exactly where I stand and who I plan to vote for.  I am not afraid to speak my mind; however, the purpose of this blog was to keep it peaceful and happy.  However, this is life and my life isn't always happy.  I have to be real and honest.  I'm not always as sunny and cheery as I could be.  So the title "A Little Bit of Sunshine" probably isn't accurate.  Sunshine came from my real first name Dawn, which means "Break of Day."  My favorite color is yellow.  I love sunrises.  It all just made sense.  So, anyway ...

We continue to love this rabbit.  She's getting pretty feisty but is a lot of fun.  She loves hanging out with her big human brother on the couch.  We're definitely keeping her.  There's no doubt about that.

This morning I was running through the house trying to get the typical housework done when I noticed my son's backpack on the floor.  Oh no.  I grabbed the backpack and drove to the school.  This isn't the first time this has happened.  I'm not sure how I didn't notice he was missing the backpack when he got onto the bus.  I'm glad I found it and returned it to him before his lunch time.  My father came over today to trim two of our trees in the front yard.  I appreciate how much my dad has been doing for us.  My husband is always very busy and finding the time to get through everything is impossible.   Even though there is so much more that needs done around the house I am sitting here watching an episode of Parenthood on Netflix.  I just discovered this show and love it.  It's so good. 

Okay, that was nothing but a bunch of rambling.  I will have more to say soon. 

HAPPY HUMP DAY!