January 22, 2012

101 Things That Make Me Happy

I have been so richly blessed.  Sometimes, though, it is easy to take all of these blessings for granted.  There are so many small things in this world that give me great enjoyment and taking the time to write this list helped me to realize all of the bountiful goodness that God has given me. 

In alphabetical order:
  1. a clean house
  2. airports
  3. armadillos
  4. art museum and their gift shops
  5. babies
  6. blank notebooks
  7. board games
  8. boat rides
  9. book club
  10. brainless activities
  11. brownies
  12. busy blood bank days
  13. camping
  14. card games 
  15. christmas eve with family
  16. church
  17. crossword puzzles
  18. crowds
  19. daydreaming
  20. dishwashers
  21. dog parks
  22. downtown 
  23. dwell magazine 
  24. early morning walks 
  25. farmer’s markets
  26. finishing to-do lists
  27. fireworks
  28. friends 
  29. fun text messages 
  30. getting letters and cards in the mail
  31. getting my hair cut
  32. giving good gifts
  33. good hugs
  34. halloween 
  35. happiness meetings
  36. happy drunken-ness
  37. IKEA 
  38. jazz in june
  39. johnny cash 
  40. july fourth 
  41. killigans concerts
  42. kissing
  43. le corbusier 
  44. libraries 
  45. losing my brain 
  46. love actually 
  47. luther 
  48. mabel 
  49. magazines 
  50. making lists with al 
  51. mashed potatoes 
  52. massages 
  53. me first 
  54. meals outside
  55. mies van de rohe
  56. moving 
  57. mr. blessings
  58. mr. murray
  59. my sister 
  60. naps 
  61. nebraska football games 
  62. nerts 
  63. new planners 
  64. new shoes 
  65. new years eve 
  66. nilla 
  67. NOFX 
  68. orla kiely
  69. painting 
  70. peet 
  71. penguins 
  72. peonies 
  73. personal finance blogs 
  74. philip johnson 
  75. photographs 
  76. pineapple 
  77. planning vacations 
  78. pot roast 
  79. project runway
  80. reading a good book 
  81. rearranging furniture 
  82. refrigerators with the water spigot part 
  83. reminiscing 
  84. road trips 
  85. saving money 
  86. scrap booking 
  87. selling paintings 
  88. singing in the car 
  89. skiing 
  90. smell of irrigating 
  91. stars 
  92. st. patty’s
  93. summer
  94. time by myself 
  95. toilet papering 
  96. uncles 
  97. vacations 
  98. wayne thiebaud 
  99. winding the clock 
  100. windows 
  101. zoos!
brooke

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