Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-A slow day at work
-That I don't have any pistachio nuts at home w/ the current recall
-Going to bed early
-Berkley Pear Trees
-Austin Powers
-The smell inside bakeries
-Sweet corn
-Pea pods
-Leftovers that reheat well
-Dried apples

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Being invited to the Predators game
-Berkley pear trees
-Raining petals on my driveway
-Seeing country singers perform for free in Nashville
-Having a T-shirt day before the end of March
-Whistling
-Holding hands
-Zamboni
-Almost being done with the 2008 taxes
-Cupcakes

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Slow phone days
-A charged cell phone battery
-Cold Diet Dr. Pepper
-Tissues with lotion in them
-Clowns
-The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
-St. Louis Cardinals baseball
-Vanilla bean ice cream with chocolate pudding cake
-Spring days
-Dried fruit

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-That someone waved me down at a stop sign today to tell me that I have a flat tire
-That I'm working right now
-Monday's advance check
-The tire shop couldn't find the leak in my tire and didn't charge me
-My husband did the dishes :)
-Acceptance into an anthology
-All the flowering trees... that the little petals (as my husband pointed out) that are on our driveway look like God took a paper puncher to a giant sheet of white paper and dumped them all in front of our house
-The neighbors a block over who painted a toilet black, laid roses on it, and place a sign next to it saying how happy their lives are since the invention of the toilet
-That said sign is not next to my house!
-Krispy Creme doughnuts

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Sleeping through the night. (This cold has me all stuffed up).
-Cough drops
-Indian food. It opened my sinuses up for some temporary relief.
-Mini doughnuts
-Advance checks
-Vitamin C
-Any respite from the coughing spells, albeit brief
-Renaissance fairs
-Spring is finally here!
-That the rumbling I'm hearing is only in my ears and not thunder.

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Hoping that I'm somewhat over my cold
-Nice people on the phone
-Buying a vendor table to a large event
-Cough dropos
-Bagels
-Nectarines
-Mixing up the words actuary, actuator, and alternator
-Peanut butter cookies
-Moose tracks ice cream
-Musicals

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Almost being finished with having our taxes prepared
-The sound of a trombone as a note has a glissando
-Waffles
-Daisies
-Honeycombs
-The first watermelon of summer
-Have rain checks fulfilled
-Nectarines
-The Easter basket my parents used to hide when I was a child
-Clipping my fingernails after breaking a nail-the relief that the uneven surface won't catch on my sweater/pantyhose/etc. anymore

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Being offered a job in this economy
-Getting feedback from readers
-The dogwood tree that is blooming in my front yard. Talk about pretty!
-Special K bars that I'm about to make
-Knowing that people care about me and aren't afraid to show it
-Snuggling
-The holes in Swiss cheese
-Birthdays
-Not having a migraine today. I ran out of medication that I take as a preventative and couldn't take it last night. Picked up the new pills today. I thought for sure I'd wake up with one, but I didn't.
-Goals

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Choices, sometimes even difficult ones
-New dollar bills and new pennies
-When I have a chocolate craving, insert the single into the vending machine, have it spit back out at me numerous times, and then finally accept my money.
-When my headaches go away
-The weatherman on the local news. He's funny. Today when he described the weather he said it would be, "crashin' and flashin'" to describe thunderstorms.
-Trees that blossom
-Learning the names of birds, trees, and other plants after moving to a new place
-Forever stamps
-The new portrait of Shakespeare that was released that is supposedly authentic
-Moon Pie

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Looking forward to going to a movie
-Toaster waffles
-Drooling over my friend's Iphone
-Saturday Night Live last night. It seems the sketches are getting a little funnier lately.
-More hours of daylight
-Carmel apples
-Looking forward to jelly beans at Easter
-Finishing a first draft and knowing more or less what needs to be fixed for the second draft
-Weddings, especially when they take place during nice weather
-Poppy seed muffins

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-McFlurries
-Wild mushroom soup
-IHop chocolate chip pancakes
-Looking forward to the weekend
-Nearing completion of draft one on a novella
-Avoiding a cold... hopefully for awhile. Everyone at work is sick right now
-The three bears
-That the tree in my front yard has buds on it
-Laurel and Hardy
-Fireplaces

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-A light call volume day
-Being in the high 50s (weather)
-Good management
-Togas
-The way rabbits wiggle their noses
-When cut roses open
-People who are willing to help, especially when they lend an ear when I want to vent
-Watching gymnasts
-That baseball season is almost here
-Hearing a familiar song that I haven't listened to in a long time

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Remembering when chocolate bunnies for Easter weren't hollow
-That with as many people who don't like Rod Blago from Ill, he still got a six figure book deal. Figures.
-Betting that Nadia Suleman will get a book deal too if she ever hires a ghost writer. I don't imagine she'll have enough time herself to write a book any time soon.
-Hazelnut coffee
-Aspertame in my hot tea
-Finding clothes in my closest that are new but that I forgot I had (and still fit me)
-Horses
-Pandas
-Stone Cathedrals
-Fairy Dust

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Nearing page fifty of my novella
-Nearing page 180 on my novel
-The realization a moment ago that I actually have fans. I have shivers when I think about that :)
-Getting an advance check in the mail today
-Greatful that tax time doesn't last all year. I'm currently working in a very limited tax role in a call center at the moment.
-Caffeine. I was having withdrawal symptoms, but now I'm fine again
-Manilla (the color. I've never been to the place). I can't seem to separate manilla from any object other than an envelope
-Yogurt
-The Beanie Baby Craze of the 90s
-Fondue

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

-Infomercials and the bad acting on them
-Pinatas
-Chocolate silk pie
-The Lord of the Rings
-Public Libraries
-Used book stores
-Wallace and Gromit
-1 and 2 year old birthday parties, when the kid can't wait to put his/her hands into the cake
-Cupcakes
-Vanilla bean ice cream