People were forever asking me how I got to be so darned happy. So I started speaking
to school groups and blogging about choosing to view life more optimistically.
Smile. Be happy!
Ruth Kaiser
So thrilled to have Oprah’s Daily Blog, be about Spontaneous Smiley! You read that right. My little happiness project on Oprah’s website!! Bouncing off the walls and dancing on the ceiling! Little did I know that just a couple months after this piece on Oprah.com, I would be having lunch with Oprah (and getting her to […]
I recently heard a man interviewed about writing Thank You cards. The idea made me smile from ear to ear. His idea had nothing to do with the obligatory Thank Yous one is supposed to write, after receiving a gift. Nope, not the kind you mean to write but then don’t, and then beat yourself up […]
Question: How many croutons do you make for 2 people to have on their salad? Answer: 54. 20 for each, to nibble on hot from the oven. 7 each, to top their salad. However, today’s croutonometer went to 108. The first 54 became itty-bitty briquettes when I got distracted and left them in too long […]
Sensual pleasures, what makes it into your top 5: Driving home from the gym, with the top down on my convertible, breeze cooling me in my sweat drenched clothes! This definitely makes it onto my list of top 5 sensual pleasures. What makes it into your top 5?? (No saying sex or chocolate-too easy!) Even if […]
Operation Smile: Changing lives one smile at a time. Spontaneous Smiley is proud to be a part of their effort. Thanks to all the Smiley Captains whose uploads of a Spontaneous Smiley earned a $1 donation to Operation Smile. Our little community here at Spontaneous Smiley has funded surgeries for 22 kids! I’m super proud […]
We did it! The website is all new! I hope you’ll noodle around. Check out all the pages. Some aren’t completely functional yet because we ended up launching about a week earlier than planned because the site was hacked over the weekend. It is TOTALLY SAFE TO VISIT AND POST!! The hacked website was completely […]
Twenty Five years, 6 months ago (exactly, as of this morning at 10:28) I gave birth to a really great kid! I am thankful everyday. Today I am thankful for his amazing generosity, along with BFF Jesse, for working ALL weekend to repair Spontaneous Smiley after evil assault by naughty, naughty hackers!
Not at all spontaneous!! Totally staged Chest Hair Smiley as seen in https://vimeo.com/26190208 :
As a matter of fact it is.
SMOKED paprika! Try it! It’ll make you and your eggs famous!!