One Hundred Things That Make Me Smile
Posted 07-07-2009 at 08:19 PM by DohDohBird
- playing with my chihuahua's soft ear
- finding a new wicker basket to add to my collection...and painting it blue or red to match my Americana decor
- caramel frappucino
- my children's laughter
- receiving a genuine compliment on my cooking
- the American flag waving in the breeze
- the bubbles that pop on my nose from my fizzing diet Coke
- Sophie Kinsella novels
- getting a letter in the mail
- creating a new scrapbook page
- the smell of night-blooming midnight jasmin
- homemade ice cream
- a good haircut
- the song of the cicadas at night
- a good rumbling thunderstorm
- bubble baths
- fireworks
- the sun on my skin
- my husband
- talking to my mother on the phone
- cooking a new recipe and having it turn out perfectly
- thrift shopping
- getting packages in the mail
- Christmas trees
- thinking about my friends
- listening to a good song
- fuzzy socks
- a good pedicure
- finding money in my pocket on laundry day
- finding a great new website
- windchimes
- learning something new
- beating the computer at Scrabble
- finding a really great deal on something
- teaching my golden retriever new tricks
- listening to my chihuahua snore quietly in my lap
- making someone's day
- U-Pick places
- creating things
- the smell and sound of fallen leaves in autumn
- baking bread
- beating a new level in Super Paper Mario
- opening new games in Wii Fit
- accomplishing a goal
- making my husband and children happy
- oreo cookies dunked in milk
- Guitar Hero
- Bill Cosby
- bringing in the paper in the morning
- a clean kitchen sink
- hot cocoa when it's cold outside
- sweet iced tea when it's not
- wooden rollercoasters
- running my hand over my husband's head after he gets a haircut
- Christmas cookies
- my children's birthday parties
- wrestling with my husband
- Robin Williams
- S'mores
- Strawberry Shortcake
- singing in the car
- a comfy hoodie
- hanging my American flag out in the morning
- going to church on Sunday mornings
- reading Beth Moore
- finding a kindred spirit
- watching old Little House on the Prairie episodes
- good news
- my father-in-law's accent
- my mother-in-law's quirks
- buying presents for my children and my husband
- crisp winter air
- candles burning
- planning a menu
- framing a favorite photo and hanging it on the wall
- solving a riddle
- seeing people pray in public
- teaching my children new things
- watching my children learn new things on their own
- dressing up my chihuahua
- doing my daughters' hair
- getting emails
- finding shapes in the clouds
- swinging really high on a swing
- blowing bubbles
- trying to decipher what's being said when my daughter talks in her sleep
- going out with friends
- daydreaming
- a well-manicured lawn
- coloring with crayons
- treating myself to something special, even if it's no big deal
- a job well done
- making new friends
- finishing a great book
- watching deer in the wild
- getting flowers
- hitting all the green lights
- museums
- spending 30 minutes doing nothing but thinking of things that make me smile
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I smiled just reading your list and picturing each thing you wrote.
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Thanks for helping us smile too!
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Thanks for sharing your list. It reminds us that happiness is found in the everyday little things we sometimes take for grantite
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