Let's Get Happy
I spent a little bit of time this morning cleaning in my basement. It's beyond hideous down there and I wanted to make it at least a little bit less so. Trust me, it's a very little bit, but it felt good to go through stuff and start to pitch stuff that is simply not worth hanging onto. I was able to post a few books to
PaperBackSwap and a few old DVDs to
SwappaDVD which will gain me a few more credits (yeah, I know bringing more in doesn't help, but it's fun!).
In my cleaning, I ran across a book that a friend had given me in high school called
14000 Things To Be Happy About. I dusted the cobwebs off of it, and enjoyed paging through it a bit. There were some good things in there, but it made me want to come up with my own list. So these are things that make me happy. Feel free to make your own list and share it with me, or just enjoy it on your own. Be happy!
Things that make Alise happy:
- the smell of dough rising
- watching my kids put on a talent show
- figuring out what the perfect Seinfeld quote is for a given situation
- staying up late because I can't sleep until I know how the book I'm reading ends
- getting feedback on my blog (shameless, I know!)
- learning something new about my husband
- hiking with the family at Valley Falls
- waking up in the morning before the kids are up, with no sound but the coffee pot gurgling
- sniffing the top of a new baby's head
- a new episode of 30 Rock
- making love with my husband in the afternoon with the curtains open and the sun pouring into the room
- either of the dogs curling up beside me on the couch and making that contented sound that dogs make when they intend to settle in somewhere
- making Tina laugh
- being so overwhelmed during worship that it's hard to keep playing the keyboard
- watching clips of Designing Women on YouTube
- walking barefoot in the grass after it rains
- finishing a knitting or crochet project
- paying for the meal of the person behind me in the drive-thru lane and watching their face when I pull away
- getting mail (the kind delivered by a mail carrier)
- beating a video game
- going to a bad movie with Julia and being a little bit obnoxious
- brushing my daughters' hair
- having a deep discussion with someone I disagree with and coming away understanding them better
- a new pair of shoes
- a clear night far away from all artificial light
- hugging
- the soggy part at the bottom of the ice cream cone
- playing games at my parents' house after Thanksgiving dinner
- being with people who make me feel safe to be me
That's a start! I think I could probably make my own book of 14000 + 1 things!
Labels: ponderings
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