Here’s a You Tube video that’s sure to make you smile. Thanks Trey.

You should also check out these hilarious true (yet rather humiliating) stories shared as part of the Travelling T-Shirts latest stop.

Smiley Moments For Me This Week:

* News that our caravan is almost ready to be picked up and we’re off for a holiday.
* Setting up our caravan blog and how much the kids have enjoyed writing their first post and reading and responding to comments so far (thanks to those of you who have taken the time to read and comment - it means a lot to them).
* Winning netball last Saturday and getting into the Grand Final (being played TODAY!!!)
* Trailer Boy being well again after having the chicken pox.

If you’d like to share your smiley moments and/or something that will make your readers smile, please join us by writing a Smiley Saturday post, linking back here and adding your link to the Mr Linky below.

Hopefully my next post will be smiley news that we won the Grand Final

I have a LOT to smile about this week because I am feeling better than I have in about 5 years!!!! One good thing about struggling with depression is that you REALLY appreciate feeling good.

Other Smiley moments this week:

• My Lovely Day
• I got to feel my niece/nephew (in utero) kick!!!!
• Leighton came home from school camp in one piece (AND didn’t lose his brand new Crows jacket)
• Leighton played a fabulous game of football last week and ended up being voted best player. I’m happy just to see him improve his skills and confidence but getting best player sure did make him smile.

Now For The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For……….

What? You don’t know what I’m talking about????

Haven’t you been hanging out to see who won the Ecofriendly Shopping Bag Giveaway????

Alright, here’s the big announcement.

The WINNER is……….

***CIARA***

Congratulations Ciara. I have your email so I will contact you to get a mailing address from you.

Do Not Despair

You can purchase your own bag (or 2 or 10) here.

PLUS……. There are LOTS more opportunities for fun coming up on Lightening Online.

NEXT WEEK

I will be announcing the next “Lightening Loves…..” Smiley Saturday swap. Make sure you check in next Saturday to find out more about that.

ALSO COMING SOON

Another great giveaway

AND

Something a little bit different

So stay tuned peoples. There’s more fun to be had yet.

JOIN IN

If you’d like to join in with our Smiley Saturday meme, feel free to borrow the image above, link back here and leave a link in the Mr Linky to your Smiley Saturday post. Remember, funny photo’s and video’s make great Smiley Saturday posts too! You can post whatever you like as long as there are smiles involved.

Have a GREAT weekend everyone and a wonderful MOTHER’S DAY for all mother’s out there celebrating Mother’s Day on Sunday.

I found the most awesome blog this week called Time For a Smile. It publishes photographs of people from all walks of life smiling. If you need a little lift in your day, it is certainly worth visiting.

Things that Made Me Smile This Week:

• My 10 year old came and asked me for a cuddle. I sat in an armchair with him in my lap and we just talked. It was a really lovely time. He then spent the next half an hour trying out some number tricks on me.
• Boxing with my personal trainer.
• Visiting the gym with a wonderful friend (my first time in the gym without my personal trainer - discovered I have NO CLUE how to use half the machines there without her pressing all the buttons for me).
• Played a practise game (well, partial game) of netball again at training this week. Don’t think I “looked like death” at the end as much as I did last week. It is such a BUZZ getting back out on the court again.
• I had an interesting search term this week : “how fit do you need to be to play netball”? My answer: fitter than I am!!!! It made me smile though!

Inspired by “Time For a Smile”, I wanted to share this photo with you of Princess Singstar in her latest outfit:

Doesn’t that gorgeous face just make you want to smile????

Don’t Forget

If you’ve not yet entered my latest giveaway, it’s not too late!!!! It will be soon though! Entries close on Wednesday 7th May 2008 and the winner will be announced next Saturday as part of my Smiley Saturday post.

Why Not Join Us?

Each week we have a great line up of “Smiley Saturday” posts listed in the Mr Linky below. If you’d like to join in, simply write your own Smiley Saturday post with a link back here and add a link to that post in the Mr Linky below. It doesn’t have to be published on a Saturday either. As long as you link directly to your post (rather than the home page) and it makes people smile, I really don’t mind what day it was published.

P.S. Don’t forget to check out my weekly wrap-up post on Lightening’s Blogworld each week.

This week for my Smiley Saturday post I’m going to pass on the “You Cheer Me Up” Award that Lisa from The Tin House passed on to me recently. It makes me smile to have received this award because I really DO LOVE to in some small way, make others smile.

The original award comes from A Nice Place in the Sun, a place where everyone who has won the award is listed.

The creator of the You Cheer Me Up award had three things in mind for the recipients:
* bloggers who make me laugh until my face hurts
* bloggers whose writing voice comforts me when I’m feeling lost
* bloggers who inspire me when I’m feeling blue.

The original award instructions are:

If you are a recipient of the You Cheer Me Up Award, please find the blogs that cheer you up, copy the code to post on your sidebar and pass Ethel and Lucy across the blogosphere. You can use what cheers you up in your post, or copy this one, but please send your award recipients back to the original post on A Nice Place In The Sun to get a copy of the award code, post the image and read the instructions. I want to try to maintain a page of original and ongoing award recipients, so feel free to let me know if you’ve received an award when you pick up the image code.

I would like to pass this award on to each of the people who’ve participated in Smiley Saturday so far:

Darkfaith

Cat

Kez

Marita

Bettina

Tracey

Babyamore

Amy

Lis

Cerebralmum

Kate

Guera

Ian

Widdleshamrock

Anja

Naomi

Kim

Gemisht

Maggie

Erin!

Sharon

Sarah

ScrappyDo

Cellobella

Phew! I had no idea when I started compiling this list how many people had gotten involved in the short time Smiley Saturday has been running. Thank you to each of you (and if I missed you, please let me know). Seeing that smiley face image all over the place and reading your posts really does cheer me up!!!!

A quick note to Smiley Saturday swap participants:

If any Smiley Saturday swap partners are yet to hear from their partner, could you please let me know. You have one more week to get parcels in the post and don’t forget to send me a photo if you can so I can do a bit of a parade of all the fun we’ve been having.

If you’re joining in with our Smiley Saturday this week, feel free to copy the image above (right click and “Save As” onto your computer then upload to your blog). Make sure you add your Smiley Saturday post URL to the Mr Linky below so everyone can come and read it. And of course, link back here so your readers know where to come if they’d like to join in the fun. Thanks for joining in and I hope you’re all having a Smiley Saturday this week.