Okay so this morning I woke up feeling kinda bleh, you know? Gray skies outside, just a blah Monday. I desperately needed some sunshine vibes without actual sun. Got me thinking: what everyday stuff around the house is bright, happy yellow? Like, pure sunshine energy. Decided to hunt around and actually make a list. Real talk, practical stuff.
Grabbed my notebook – this blue one, obviously not yellow – and a pen. Started in the kitchen, ’cause that’s where life happens. Opened the fridge first, poked my head in. Boom! First victim: a big, slightly overripe banana. Not just yellow, but that cheery, curved shape? Total sunshine energy snack. Then I spotted the squeeze bottle of mustard hiding behind the pickles. Glaringly yellow in that bottle. Wrote ’em both down.
Next stop: the junk drawer. Everyone’s got one. Dug past tangled chargers and dead batteries. Score! A half-used pad of sticky Post-it Notes. Bright lemon yellow squares. Perfect for leaving grumpy reminders! Tossed it on the counter so I wouldn’t forget to log it. Then my eyes landed on this little plastic duck my niece left in the sink months ago. Still floating around in there, cheerful as ever. Okay, duck added.
Wandered into the living room next. Looked around, kinda staring blankly. Not much obviously yellow there… wait! What’s that peeking out from under the couch cushion? Yep, one single, slightly battered LEGO brick. Classic yellow. Must have missed it during the last cleanup frenzy. Scribbled that down too. Glanced at my bookshelf – mostly boring colors. But! My old battered copy of the phone book (remember those?) shoved behind some novels. Thick yellow pages. Instant nostalgia hit. Added “Yellow Pages” to the list.
Time for the desk area. Charging station chaos. Nestled among the black and white cables? A bright highlighter marker. Fluoro-yellow, practically glowing. How else am I supposed to mark up important stuff like snack recipes? Definitely sunshine-bright. Then my hand brushed against something rough stuck to the side of the desk – a crumpled, almost forgotten star sticky gold star sticker? Yeah, more like sunshine yellow now, feeling a bit dusty. Good enough! On the list it went.
Finally, headed back towards the kitchen for coffee. Stopped dead. Oh yeah, the fruit bowl! Sitting right there was a big, smooth lemon. Forgot all about it earlier. Like, the definition of yellow sunshine concentrated. Could almost taste the tartness just looking at it. Last official entry.
So, after tripping over the dog and spilling my pens twice, here’s what my messy list actually captured:
- Banana (Classic)
- Mustard Bottle (Blinding fridge dweller)
- Post-it Notes (Tiny sunshine squares)
- Rubber Duck (Cheery sink floater)
- LEGO Brick (Tiny, painful sunshine)
- Old Phone Book Pages (Vintage sunshine)
- Highlighter (Glow-in-the-dark-ish yellow)
- Star Sticker (Slightly dusty cheery)
- Lemon (Sunshine you can squeeze & sour your face)
Honestly surprised how many little hits of sunshine yellow were just hanging around! Didn’t need to buy anything special. It lifted my mood just hunting for them and scribbling it down like a weirdo. Proves you gotta look around. Simple stuff brings the cheer. Now, where did that lemon go? Oops, yeah. Dog probably stole it. Dammit.
