I am on a mission...

...a mission to make you laugh! At me, with me, its all good!

FACT:
* Laughter relaxes the whole body. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after.
* Laughter boosts the immune system. Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease.
* Laughter triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural feel-good chemicals. Endorphins promote an overall sense of well-being and can even temporarily relieve pain.
* Laughter protects the heart. Laughter improves the function of blood vessels and increases blood flow, which can help protect you against a heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.

Yesterday Jake asked me if I had a role model I thought for a minute and said "Yes, Ellen Degeneres". The more I thought about it the more reasons I came up with to feel this closeness to her. I have been a stay at home mom for about 6 years now, I am GOOD at this because of Ellen...hear me out...Each morning I wake up (sometimes good sometimes rather abruptly with people fighting, babies crying, someone with a green hue telling me they need to "fro up"), thank God, and face my day depending on how it faces me...at 10am I see the old familiar light of the DVR reassuring me that I can depend on IT and that no matter how busy I am Ellen will be there waiting for me. EVERYDAY I sit for 40 minutes and I laugh, I laugh at her, with her, with her audience, guests, her total inhibition and easy nature I just soak it up and I laugh out loud, sometimes until I cry and almost every day when that 40 minutes is over I find myself with a smile planted on my face.

I just did a little research (hence my brilliant factoids above) and was amazed at just HOW healing and empowering laughter really is! SO I am making it MY mission to make you all laugh on a daily basis (I promise to do my best - like a good boy scout) I want all of you to live healthy and happy and LONG lives! So with each new birthday that you celebrate I expect you to lift your glasses/bottles/shots/steins/kegs (more likely you will need to be lifted for a keg stand) and toast to ME for providing you with ONE more year, your welcome, I wouldn't just do it for anyone you know! I SINGLE HANDEDLY would like to be responsible for each one of your lives and there for attached to this will be a list of my demands! haha...made you laugh, GOD I'm good at this!!

Sometime when you are having a bad day or your feeling stressed out be that guy who is sitting in the conference room and all of a sudden remembers that one time when that thing happened and start laughing your face off, OTHER PEOPLE WILL LAUGH TOO!! I cant help but laugh when I hear someone belly laugh or MY FAVORITE if someone laughs at themselves!! GOD I love that! The other day Tim and I were talking about the different kinds of funny people, there are those people who TRY to be funny, and lets face it few ever really live up to their own arrogance- I like to call them "Mr. Funnyman" look at me and how HIGHlarious I am...egh...they get annoying. Then there is the people who are like SUPER funny at stand up and entertaining but in real life they are kinda a dick....they cant help it, once you get paid for your funny it becomes a commodity. I then stopped to think about what kind of funny am I? You all tell me constantly that I crack you up and I genuinely don't TRY to a lot of the time. I am kind of sneaky funny, which totally works for me because things will fly right out of my mouth that then strike me as hilarious and so I make myself laugh...THE BEST THING EVER!! Its like so awesome because I am like one of those people who can tickle themselves...NOT right but just priceless!! You know what else is great? I have an ugly laugh...you know the people who have an ugly cry and they just make this face like they just got slomo bitch slapped? Their faces, cheeks and mouth get all cockeyed and they have spit, snot and tears coming out all at once? I laugh like that!! If I am tired, drinking or something REALLY funny hits me I go into my ugly laugh!! Spit, snot, tears its like I was just gassed but this always makes someone else laugh AT me!!

I am LOVING this blog! I think it might be my favorite so far!! As part of my New Years resolutions I will add this to my list! If I can make you all laugh, and therefore make myself laugh I have given myself more self worth! I don't think I am great at many things, being a mom, I do my best but I am good at making you guys laugh, you have proven this so many times and if I can make you guys as happy as Ellen makes me then WOW I am kinda living up to my role model which is just an awesome feeling!! Ellen is so funny, giving, down to Earth, talented, beautiful and courageous and if I could mean a tiny slice of what she means to me to someone else then I think that just might be one of the greatest achievements in my life!

SO here's to laughing until your belly hurts, tears, snot, and spit are spewing and you almost....ooops....make a tiny little wee!! I love you guys, thanks for making ME laugh and I hope that together we can continue laughing together until we are old, old, old!!


Resources: http://www.helpguide.org/life/humor_laughter_health.htm