We Need Some Happy News

There is so much negative news in the media lately. I feel like the economy is weighing everyone down. So, in an attempt to lighten things up, I thought I'd put up a post devoted to things that made me smile today. I hope they do the same for you. 

Wash. Burglary Victim Drives Off In Thieves' Van

Associated Press, February 15, 2009

BELLEVUE, Wash. - A man in Washington state made sure a pair of burglars didn't get away with his three flat-screen televisions - he moved their getaway car. Patrick Rosario was in the basement of his Bellevue home on Tuesday when he heard the burglars upstairs. The Seattle Times says the 32-year-old Rosario, who had been laid off from his job as a Washington Mutual manager, called 911 while he sneaked out of the house. He saw a white van sitting in front of his house with the motor running and the keys in the ignition, and he got in and drove it to a friends house.

The existence of this article makes me laugh... "How to Be Happy"

Poll: Teens Say Happiness Comes From Family

TheTrumpet.com

"A poll conducted in April by the Associated Press and MTV indicated that what makes teens happy is not what some might expect. Although money, sex, music and other factors were

 examined by the study, the top answer teens gave to the open-

ended question "What makes you happy?" was spending time with family. The second-most frequent reply was spending time with friends, and spending time with a boyfriend or girlfriend third. Teens who were in wealthier families were generally happier than those who were poorer, but very few respondents listed money as what made them happy." 

This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time...

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Dog Found After 6 Months- and a cold winter 

Associated Press, Feb. 7, 2009

HELENA, Mont. - A golden retriever named Buck that darted from his owner last summer 

after being spooked by a train whistle and went missing for six months is back home in Washington state, thanks to several residents of rural north-central Montana. The 7-year-old dog survived despite apparently spending most of the winter exposed to heavy snow and temperatures well below zero before he was found taking refuge under a collapsed building. "I've never had a miracle happen to me, so I don't really know what to think," said Kim Halter of Bonney Lake, Wash.