One Christmas, back in high school, a friend gave me a book called 14, 000 things to be happy about. It's a fabulous collection of all the little things in life we love. I've started a habit of reading it before I go to bed. It's one of the most soothing ways to end the day.
Here's 1-50 things that make me happy. More to follow. : )
1. dinner on the ocean
2. lanterns
3. quoting movie lines
4. Petite Rouge: a Cajun Red Riding Hood by Mike Artell
5. traveling for the sake of traveling
6. capers
7. the song "Eye of the Tiger"
8. watching the girls chase each other through the house and wrestle with dad
9. OPI Malaga Red nail polish
10. Pottery Barn catalogs
11. riddles
12. laughing til I cry just before we fall asleep
13. lists
14. the Veggie Plate at Cracker Barrel
15. Swiss Family Robinsons' tree house
16. wasabi almonds
17. straight forward folk
18. staying up really late playing games (Trivial Pursuit, Mind Trap, Taboo, charades, and pictionary)
19. homemade salsa
20. Capture the Flag
21. the sun in the afternoon, when it casts a brilliant yellow glow on the grass and trees
22. traditions
23. Dairy-B Sangria
24. moderation
25. the Mazda RX-7 circa 1985
26. no regrets
27. the color green
28. sharing recipes
29. seeing eye to eye
30. bean bags
31. Uncle John's homemade eggnog
32. letting yourself get lost in your thoughts
33. Spumoni
34. Jean jackets
35. black and white photography
36. MC Hammer pants
37. nicknames
38. senior year
39. watching Ann of Green Gables
40. the golf clap
41. "Between Kettle Cove & Silver Beach" by Jon R. Friedman (painting)
42. My Fair Lady songs
43. St. Ives apricot scrub
44. Winnie the Pooh's voice
45. spring break tan
46. youtube
47. Chocolate cake with candles at 10 pm
48. track meets
49. saying the military alphabet: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, Zulu
50. contagious yawning
