Monday Morning Perk Me Ups

I'd be the first to admit that I hate Monday mornings. The relaxing tempo of the weekend screeches to a halt when I get to my office desk and see the pile of accumulated boring run-of-the-mill paperwork in my in-box.

It takes a little extra effort to get myself rolling on Mondays and one thing that always brightens my day are a few bloggers that make a special effort to combat the "Monday Blahs".

Joy De Vivre has her kind and gentle "Happy Mondays".

Jeannie's Happy World has her "Monday's Monet Moments", showcasing Monet's most soothing impressionist works.

After an hour or two, I grudgingly come to accept that it's Monday and crank up things up and always get a belly laugh at Yellow Dog Granny's "Monday Stumbles", an eclectic mix of political satire, cats and dogs saying zany things from zany poses, occasionally ribald and always some rather R-rated and very off-color items I find hilarious (but wouldn't want my Mom to know I read).

I take it down a notch and visit Circling the Square Table's often off-beat first day of the week observations called, "Monday's Mumbles".

This past Monday, in addition to the having just had a nice Easter holiday, and being thankful for the moderate spring weather, I had some surprises greet me.


My brother was in the office briefly during the weekend, and he must of brought his daughter along. I found a smiling SpongeBob SquarePants with protective eye-wear and jellyfish hunting net - standing proudly on the fireplace mantle were my black lump of Lehigh Valley coal normally sits (collecting more dust than interest, admittedly.)

This cute little fellow came in a Christmas box of goodies from Alice Kay.


Alice Kay's grandson Ryan (with help from his very nice Mom) recently sent me this Orange ConeHeaad Alien (OCHA) drinking cup complete with straw and Winnie The Pooh stickers.

Recently, Dorkys Ramos commented saying I was a "kid at heart"... :) Little did she know just how true that might be!


I immediately had to see if my bigger SpongeBob Squarepants, a Christmas gift from LadyStyx was the right size for the drinking cup. I placed an Easter Card next to him.


Here is a closer look at that wonderful Easter Card from Queenie Jeannie! The rabbit sure looks like chocolate (but it isn't, I umm.. errr. SpongeBob says so!)


And then on Monday afternoon, the mail slot popped open and in came this beautifully crafted card sent by Alice Kay. The picture doesn't do it justice, the colors are so bright and cheery.

Thank you Alice Kay!


And in the same stack of "good mail" was this hilarious card. Inside it reads, "Hap-bl-bl-bl-py Blr-blr-blr-birthday!" (and the note inside says, in part, "I know its not your birthday but I couldn't resist!") ... the card made an ordinary Monday morning seem like my birthday!

Thank you Punkn!


Next Monday I just have to wear the SpongeBob T-shirt I got from Tori to work and drop on the deck and flop like a fish!