10 Things That Make You Happy

Day 14: Ten things that make you really happy

1. Catching that song on the radio when you are alone that makes you turn up the volume and dance around like a wild thing. Typically the guilty pleasure ones.

2. Sunshine. The weather is tied to my mood and I find that it is impossible for me to feel down or sad when it is blazing with sunshine like it is today. Maybe I should move to warmer climes?

3. Books. I absolutely love to completely immerse myself in a good book. No romance books for me, I prefer true crime, sci-fi and horror. Many times I have picked up a book with the intention of reading the first few chapters and have emerged hours later, 700 pages finished.

4. Going out with my mum. We are both as silly as each other and usually end up in fits of giggles no matter what we do.

5. Being with my friends. A guaranteed great time no matter where we are and what we are doing.

6. My blog. It makes me immeasurably happy.

7. A good banter. I think that is one of the reasons I like Twitter. Diverse opinions that (most of the time) you can have an interesting discussion with. I don’t like “yes” people who agree with everything you say.

8. Opening parcels. Most of the time it is something that I have remembered ordering so I already know what it is inside, but occasionally I forget and I am react like a six year old at Christmas.

9. When a plan comes together. Sorry, A-Team quote in there. If I have spent a great deal of time planning something, be it a event, a night away or something smaller, when everything works out just as I planned it, that makes me really happy. Geek.

10. My blog post for the Flash the Flesh Challenge – Swimwear. I talked myself out of doing that post more times than I can count but in the end, I had to do it and I’m proud of myself. I have come a long way from the girl who detagged herself from nearly every picture.

So there you go, ten things that make me happy.  What about you?

Beth http://tinkerbellandthelostgirls.blogspot.co.uk/ Claire http://lifeonadifferentlevel.blogspot.co.uk/

Emma http://plussizemillard.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Felicity http://felicityhart.blogspot.co.uk/ Karen http://toodulltoblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Kaye http://www.polishedcurves.com 

Laura http://laurapantslifestyle.blogspot.co.uk/ Lisa http://lookingforlisa.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Mary http://channellingliz.wordpress.com/ Mhairi http://www.lilybobombslovelylumps.com/ 

Natalie http://awheelbarrowfullofstyle.blogspot.co.uk Nikki http://nattynikki.blogspot.com 

Steph http://seeingsp0ts.blogspot.co.uk/ Toni http://theonlywayistoni.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Verena http://APlusSizeFashionObsession.blogspot.co.uk Vicky http://TheCurvedOpinion.com

I'm Sorry

Day 13 - Issue a Public Apology

I have previously written a public apology post on this blog, so I feel it is only right that I link that post now.

http://www.thecurvedopinion.com/2012/02/confession.html

The Death Penalty–Pre Meditated Murder

In September 2011 I wrote about the death penalty, my views on the same and in particular about Troy Davis who was due to be executed in Georgia that day.  That post can be found here. Despite an international outcry and overwhelming support, he was executed.

Troy Davis had to undergo three different execution dates. The first time in 2008 he had already been strapped down before a stay was granted, the second in September 2011 when he was strapped down, then removed, only for four hours later to strapped back down and killed.

Do we really call ourselves civilised?

Today in Georgia another man is due to be executed.  His guilt for the crimes committed is not in question here.  Warren Hill is mentally disabled.  This has been agreed by seven different experts and his death would violate the US Constitution.  In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled that you could not execute a person who was intellectually disabled.  Yet that is exactly what is happening today.

Like Troy Davis, Warren Hill has also had to undergo previous execution dates.  In July 2012 he was given a stay of execution only ninety minutes before  it was scheduled to take place.  In February of this year he was again due to be executed.  He had been sedatives to calm him, had said goodbye to his family then again, thirty minutes prior to the execution, it was again stayed.  Five months later he again faces the execution chamber.

This isn’t justice, this is torture.

To find out more about Warren Hill and send a message to the Attorney General of Georgia asking the Supreme Court to intervene, PLEASE click here.

Will it make a difference if you sign?  Maybe it will, maybe it won't.  I have signed it.  Because my heart and my soul tells me too.  Because if you sit in the sidelines your whole life, you can't participate in what happens. I have a voice, and I'm using it.