To Cheer Myself Up

I am guilty of occasionally dwelling on the bad things in my life. It doesn't happen often, but once I start, it's kind of hard to shake myself out of it.

You know what helps? Changing the wallpaper on my computer to something happy. So after my crappy day yesterday, I changed the background on my laptop to this:

 

Peonies never fail to make me smile.

How do you cheer yourself up when you're feeling down? I'll take suggestions.

A Serene Start...

to the week, that is. I have a feeling this is going to be a terribly challenging week. Before I get too caught up in the difficulties of the coming week, I'm taking some time to calm down first. My favorite way of doing that (short of going to a spa) is looking at pictures of beautiful flowers!

I LOVE fresh flowers. I have them in my house all the time, but living in Southern California, we don't get a huge selection of the flowers that I love. My absolute favorite flowers are peonies, and this arrangement is just perfect. It reminds me a little of my wedding bouquet. Sometimes I wish I lived in a place that actual flowers grow. Then I remember that rain is required for flowers to grow, and I change my mind.