Happy thoughts

Those of you who read my blog on a somewhat regular basis know of my love for the Pioneer Woman. In fact, I even got her cookbook for Christmas and am waiting for the day I have enough time to make her cinnamon rolls. (If someone would like to save a step and make the cinnamon rolls for me, that would be super. I don't really want to make them - I just want to eat them.)

I've strayed from P-Dub as of late because I generally don't have enough minutes in my day to read all of her posts. That blog is a giant time suck which usually results in a wasted hour of my workday, a late dinner, less sleep or some other concession that I really shouldn't be making.

But a few days ago, I stumbled upon her Happiness photo assignment project, where she asked people to send in pictures that they thought described happiness. Goodbye, 15 minutes. Hello, feel-good.

Check out the finalists (or all of Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5) if you've got the time, or see my three favorites below. What I love about these is that some of them are from professional photographers, but many aren't. Regardless, it pretty much sums up "happy," doesn't it?

Who says taking a little break can't make you feel more productive and invigorated? Now, back to work!