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Last night Ellany Cevan joined me for Queen of Dreams Radio. We laughed so hard, and had a great time talking about stepping into dreams.
This morning I woke up thinking about last weekend when Ellany and Brandon, her husband, were over. We had been laughing SO HARD thinking about how we all used to dress. We walked back in time to high school and talked about wearing Guess Jeans, M&B, whatever was ‘hot’ at the time. Ellany and I had shared a stint of “Madonna” and had hit the bangle bracelets and bows in our hair. Oh, and before that, remember Olivia Newton John, “Let’s Get Physical”? Oh my, I had just become an athlete and was totally strutting around school with a headband (matching my sweats and shirt, of course!) Then, later I was off to be a preppy, sporty tennis player honor roll girl – ala Square Pegs, if you will.
Mark said I looked like a Go-Go girl, and Brandon, who is much younger than the rest of us, said, “What’s that?” We all cracked up laughing – I mean, seriously laughing so hard that my sides ached. Okay, yes, I did get pulled into the Belinda Carlisle look for a bit, but that’s kind of what I already looked like anyway! 
After about an hour of telling story after story of the fashion faux pas, the fashions we would rather not remember and how ‘cool for school’ we all thought we were, we had tears rolling down our faces because of laughing so hard.
I am so grateful for friends and to be able to laugh so easily.
Today, I’m wearing black ‘walking shorts’ – I haven’t worn walking shorts since high school when I was all ‘matchy-matchy’ and had every color of the rainbow walking shorts with matching penny loafers (red anyone?) and corduroy or hounds tooth jackets to boot. And guess what kind of shoes I caught myself wearing today? You guessed it… black penny loafer slide-ons!
No wonder I feel 16 again! Laughter, friends, fashion, life… that’s what is important at 16!
You have to admit
these are CUTE!
Looking for a Dream Life:
I had the most delicious conversation with a friend. We talked about things that make us laugh. I had tears streaming down my face as I shared about a comic I saw recently that cracked me up.
I love to laugh. It is one of the things that makes my entire body feel alive. Belly laughs bring a satisfaction that can’t quite be quenched in any other way. It is delightful to feel that energy running through me. And I enjoy the aching of my jaw when I have laughed for a little too long. Mark can make me laugh like that. That’s just one of the things I love most about him.
To celebrate that momentous conversation, I’m going to share some of my favorite laughs recently. Do I endorse all of the humor… no… but much of it is harmless. Enjoy!
Ghost Town
This movie cracked me up. Besides the whole dead people thing and all of the situational humor, I just love Ricky Gervais’s stuffy, uptight British character. Mark and I went to watch this at the theatre and were doing the silent guffaws because we were laughing so hard. I’ve watched it three more times since that first time and it is still funny. Plus, it’s one of those rare movies where every loose end is tied up at the end in an immensely satisfying way.
Ricky Gervais – Out of England
I admit it. I love British humor. Black Adder, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Ab Fab – it all cracks me up. I don’t know if it is the dryness or the wittiness that I appreciate so much. Ricky’s humor cracks me up because he can really make you see what he’s saying. If you have a visual mind, you will be in stitches. I believe this is running on HBO right now.
Dan In Real Life
Steve Carroll plays a widower of three girls in this hilarious movie that shows the inner dynamics of a typical family. As a writer, I really appreciate the intricate story lines at play in this movie. It is sweet, touching and amazingly funny. If you have any dysfunction at all in your family, you’ll be right at home in Dan’s life.
Brad Paisley
I have to say that I believe Mr. Brad Paisley is one of the most talented lyricists in the history of music. I love his upbeat, happy-go-lucky tunes. They make me laugh, and keep me in an upbeat mode. His guitar playing is only improved when he unites with Keith Urban. Whoa. What could be better?
Chance and I were in my office yesterday working on his homework, and I started to erase one of his answers that he had somewhat erased and somewhat didn’t. All of a sudden this brand new pencil’s eraser flew off, and I exclaimed, “What is that all about?”
Chance calmly said, “Well, you know it is because those are just too unstable.”
I cracked up laughing so hard that I had tears rolling down my face. He loves to make Mark and me laugh, though he often doesn’t know exactly what made us laugh to begin with. Chance usually joins in and laughs right along with us, and today… unstable… coming from an 8 year old cracked me up to the point of instability!
When I think of laughing, I think of Mark because he has a way of making both Chance and me laugh so hard that we can’t stop laughing. A few days ago, Mark told us stories about people he used to train when he was a fitness trainer, and we were laughing so hard that two little girls sitting near us joined in with the contagious laughter.
And speaking of that… it reminds me of another time a few days before we left for vacation when Mark and I were sitting at Spoons in McKinney, Texas having lunch and he made me laugh so hard, everyone in the place seemed to be smiling at us.
There’s something so healing about laughing. Is it time to laugh out loud? 
