My Happy List

An artichoke.  The photo is from last year because even though the cord for my camera doesn't work with any other device in the entire house, someone took it and I can't get my recent pictures off my camera and onto the computer without it.  Things that don't make me happy, people moving my stuff...  

Things that make me happy:

books, of course.  All.the.books.

blank notebooks

swimming pools

bumblebees

canceled plans

scrapbook paper

pizza

my annual purchase from Starbucks (pumpkin spice latte)

hummingbirds

the one time someone found out I write, asked to read my writing, and liked it

finishing a knitting project

watermelon

my I-tunes playlist

fajitas

flip flops

hoodies

snarky t-shirts

July

my kids (most of the time)

finding the perfect Christmas present

chocolate chip cookies

Burgerville Tillamook cheeseburgers

libraries

popcorning guinea pigs

board games

happy mail

quilts

things that remind me of my grandma (which could be its own list...)

the first ripe tomato of the garden year

that stupid Parry Grip song about the pancake robot

campfires

lighthouses

the first day of summer vacation (June 17th!) 

clean laundry

the sound of the kids doing their chores without whining (when it actually happens)

my camera

used bookstores

reading my own writing and not hating it

Smurf lunchboxes

lemon bars

key lime pie made with actual key limes

cross stitch floss 

opening the silverware drawer and finding a clean spoon

my morning coffee

lists

perfectly ripe avocadoes

things that make me feel smart (word puzzles)

that's the list so far, I might add more later.  

More:

Mitch Hedberg jokes

Brainy Smurf

being able to park in my garage (still waiting, and I've owned a garage for 17 years...)

library book sales 

Wingspan board game

Castles of Burgundy board game

washi tape

frogs

Red Dwarf

bookmarks

my screwdriver set (no one else is allowed to use it so the pieces are always in there)

my organizy gray drawer cabinet thing

Earl Grey tea

Mariokart

my typewriter

encyclopedias and dictionaries (the old school kind)

raspberry sorbet made with raspberries from my yard

when the lawn is mowed and I can ignore it for two weeks

tulips

pina coladas 

Tetris 

Pac-Man

Sim City

Pinky and the Brain

bowling

my bread machine

bagels