Perfect Days - Pass It On!

So this past Saturday, Miss Fabulous and I got up a little too early, say 6:45am. That's considering we'd been to Disney On Ice the night before and been up WAAAAAAY too late for a 5 year old.

Earlier in the morning (aka buttcrack of dawn) the husband had gotten up to catch an airplane and make his way to Guam and leave us for more than a week. I seriously despise my husband's long business trips. I'm okay with 2, 3, even 4 days but missing the weekend as a family just stinks in my book.

Mama seriously wasn't pleased to be up quite that early. With the new job, it's up just after six every morning and sleeping in would have been nice. Kids just don't cooperate. However, I did my thing and got the giant poodles fed, emptied the dishwasher, made the beds, and finally Miss Fabulous was ready for breakfast. She's a princess ya know....gotta wait until the mood strikes her and it WAS the weekend, so we can be more flexible on schedule.

After breakfast, I needed to go take my shower quickly. We had a party at the Disney Store to go to and I wanted to be at the 11:00am one because another mom from the preschool had told me they were going to that one. My daughter is a social creature, extremely extroverted, so...having a friend there is cool stuff. I was looking forward to going to that for her, I knew she'd really enjoy it.

However, I didn't go take my shower...I decided to mess around on Facebook for a few minutes. Shut UP - it's just a few minutes! I'm so thankful I took the time to do that. I read my emails and checked comments on my profile and responded to a few (I didn't have time to respond to ALL of them just yet.) Then I hit the button for my home page to see what folks were up to - sometimes it gives me nice ideas, laughs, or just smiles and that's always a great way to start out the day.

Well, I happen to be a fan of a few (okay several) businesses on there. Shockingingly, I saw a post from the shop where we buy our dog food. "This world is filled with people who amaze and inspire you, but it isn't often that it is a child! Her name is Morgan. Her love and compassion for dogs is remarkable! She is also smart, sassy and very social! Children like Morgan were born to make a diffence in this world. In the meantime, she can make a difference in ...my world by just gracing Pet Empawrium with her smile, while being a fan of Jett!"

(Just to clarify - Jett is the name of one of the dogs who "own" that store, formerly abused and now rescued and with a wonderful family. For some odd reason, Miss Fabulous and Jett have a relationship. She adores that dog. She loves all of them, but there's something special about Jett in her eyes.)

Can you say wow???? That post knocked my socks off. I was in tears nearly immediately after reading that. It's not like we're close friends, we're merely customers - although huge supporters! My daughter had gone into the store with my husband on Friday to get the dog food so I had one less errand to do myself while he's gone and Miss Fabulous had a suggestion for the store owner about her closed sign. Simple as that and yet these words arrived on my desktop first thing in the morning. I normally wouldn't even have seen it. Something was in the air.

So, after a few minutes of extreme happy-heartedness and elation, I bounced off to the shower. We got to the Disney Store in more than enough time, got a Starbucks, and my daughter had some Princess & The Frog fun with a friend. Then we shopped a bit around the store and got a birthday gift for another princess. Her friend and her mom were still there too. Finally, we said our LAST goodbyes, went on our way, hit the potties and went to have lunch. Amazingly, we met up with said friend, baby sister, and her mom and sat with them for lunch.

First off, I oughta mention that this lady works at the Disney Store - a dream come true in my book! What could be better for a Disney junkie like me??? Their family loves to visit Disneyland and DisneyWorld (they went up another huge notch on my amazing scale.) Then, I find out that our daughters were born 6 days apart AND her daughter is also tall for her age, so we've experienced a lot of the same craziness with people's expectations and idiocity. To top it all off, we've applied to exactly the same schools for next year. Oh yeah, and she's a Facebook junkie too. I LIKE this woman! I could seriously become her stalker but in the meantime, I just added her as a Facebook friend.

After a really wonderful lunch, AND compliments about our daughters' behaviors from a complete stranger (wow!), Miss Fabulous and I regretfully set off to finish our errands. I swear we floated around the mall, we were both pretty euphoric. We hit Sephora where I put make-up samples on my daughter before getting the cleanser I had gone for and then found a sale at Cache - so I got these great jeans for myself at really low prices. I rarely buy anyting for myself, so that was kinda neat.

We decided to go through Nordstroms and hit the potties before getting in the car again and had to walk past the kid's shoe section before walking out. (I had previously told Miss Fabulous that she would be needing some new sandals and the Lelli Kelli's should come out in about a month.) Amazingly, right there by the door were the most magnificent (if you're a five year old girl), jewel-covered, metallic pink Lelli Kelli sandals. She looked at me and asked if she could try some one. Oh, why not! And yes, we walked out with them.

We played around the house for a bit and Miss Fabulous enjoyed her sandals. I got a chance to chat with my lovely mother-in-law (actually she really is!) and told her all about our day as well as about the dog food store Facebook post. My MIL was as happy as I was! In fact, she became a "fan" and posted a note for the store owner!

Our neighbors happened to be hosting a St. Patrick's Day party that afternoon/evening. So, Miss Fabulous and I prepared to go over for a bit and it was nice out so I told her to wear her new sandals with socks. There were other kids there and she was so pleased to play with them, that I let it go on for a bit longer than I normally would have. We came back to the house for the mandatory dinosaur chicken with a promise that we'd go back to play with the kids. And we did, after Miss Fabulous did an outfit change. My lovely 16 year old neighbor did some Irish dancing and led everyone in a group dance.

The five year old neighbor boy seemed to be a bit intrigued with Miss Fabulous and wanted to kiss, but then again, he wanted to play kissy-face with me too. (Note to self - move before puberty if they neighbors haven't done so already.) Such a scandalous situation... They insisted on being partners for the dance although the other kids were all pairing with an adult. It was cute and the kids were all so sweet.

And then it was time to go home and take that bath and get the kidlet to her pillows! We had a lot of fun and giggles talking about our day and she went to sleep happy, healthy, and easily!

I was still on Cloud Nine! What a wonderful, wonderful day! It made me think of the end of Legally Blonde and the Perfect Day song playing. I seriously felt like that. It had been the most perfect day. I sent off an email to my MIL with the store owner's comments so she could do some grandma-sharing with her friends and family and headed downstairs to my treadmill. I got in a fabulous four mile run and was majestically sweaty, and my heart and soul were absolutely dancing.

Kind of makes me wonder, just one kind deed - could it make the perfect day for someone else? If I could create that feeling for someone else, it sure is worth trying, regularly! Pass it on!