Ten Things That Make Me Smile

The moment I realize I'm wrong but don't want to admit it in front of anybody (Shhh don't tell my husband I wrote this)!

Sea shells

Tongue twisters

The Muppets

Fresh mushrooms

Public restrooms with automatic faucets that are the right temperature with the right water pressure

Public restrooms with enough toilet paper

Upbeat people

Well written prose

Park benches

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Sleeping in

Half and half

Disco music

My mother's cookies and looking forward to them a few times per year

Songbirds in the morning

The humor of close friends

Staying awake through a whole movie

Social safety nets, even though they are flawed

That no one died in the 5.8 mag. quake yesterday in VA

A good set of lungs in a musician

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Air conditioning when it is 109 degrees outside

Blank greeting cards with great pictures on the front

Clouds

The moment the temperature is correct when adjusting the hot/cold to take a shower

My co-worker coming back from a leave of absence

Realizing I'm losing a touch of my Midwestern accent. Just a touch

Caramel

Cookies from my sister-in-law and her family

Cleaning out car, somewhat

A reliable car

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Sweetcorn (on the cob)

Toothpicks/floss after sweetcorn on the cob

Pineapple

Sunsets

Realizing the deadline is one day later than I had originally thought

Making plans and then fulfilling them

Wild rice

Sleeping all the way through the night

Remembering to breathe

Looking forward to tomorrow

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Simplicity for simplicity's sake

Birthday dinners (yesterday was my husband's birthday)

YouTube

Veggie Tales

Non-lick envelopes

Relief after a heavy sneezing session

People asking if you're ok

Masking Tape for garage sales

Grapefruit juice and how it makes me pucker

Finding that one, special book in a bookstore that you were meant to take home with you

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Birthdays (my hubby's)

Little accordions

Finding a sunset and watching the whole thing

Stealing a hug, a kiss, and a nose rub

Friendship, even when it hurts

Got MRI reports

Faithfulness

Pictures of joys

Singing

The moment the AC blows cool air on a hot day after getting into my hot car.

And an image that makes me smile:

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Prayers

Rosary beads when they click

Tortilla chips

Bills paid on time

Fuzzy socks

A good book mark

Typing after trimming my fingernails. Feeling the keyboard is a good thing :-)

Kind words

The Hairbrush song from VeggieTales

Carved canes and walking sticks

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Baby pictures

Pulpy orange juice

Properly fitting socks

New batteries

The moment sleep arrives

Devoted friends

Wooden blocks

Anniversaries

Polka dots

Seeing goodness where I didn't expect it

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Having a clipboard when I need one

Suitcases with wheels. Watching old movies in which everyone has to carry theirs.

Having a decent passport picture this time around

That my co-worker is antagonizing our Indian colleagues over the upcoming India/Pakistan cricket match. Methinks they'll give him his due sometime in an unexpected way during an unexpected time.

Finding excuses to buy new stationary

Hearing my dad had a successful auction and sold the antiques/collectibles he wanted to sell that he's been accumulating for years in his den.

Having my cell phone charger when I need it.

Unsweetened grapefruit juice. Sometimes I like to taste the sour in order to appreciate the sweet.

The fancy spare tire holders on the outside of expensive RVs. I always wonder how old the tires are inside and hope the owners check them periodically for rot.

Elf ears

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Making it to the post office before they closed for the day

Finding the lid to my coffee mug so I could drink coffee while heading to the post office 10 minutes before it closed.

The whole wheat waffles I'm going to make tonight for supper and 100% real maple syrup I'm going to have with them.

Time for reflection on things I didn't want to have to think about but have been forced to. Self honesty is such a hard thing sometimes, but necessary.

Wearing sandals and forgoing socks for many warm months to come

Holding that special someone close all night. Gotta love my hubby :)

Feeling my feelings rather than pushing them away when I don't want to feel them

Victoria's Secret sales

Dogwoods blooming and birds chirping in their branches

A good night's sleep in fuzzy PJs

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Newly sharpened pencils

When the storm ends and a rainbow decides to show up

Purses big enough for a the stuff I always carry around. Almost to the point of having two computers with me at all times.

Yard sales when I'm not looking for yard sales, especially when I have spare change in my cup holder.

Cheese pizza on Friday's of Lent

Looking forward to sleeping in a little tomorrow

Writing a long letter to a friend

Animated mice

Remembering the first time I went roller skating and how bruised I was afterward

Listening to cassette tapes of myself as a little kid. I apparently broke into song at random times all the time as I child, much more so than my husband admits to doing as a child. I'm taking this comparison with a grain of salt.

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Blue potato chips

Nice smelling shampoo

Gummy bears

Cashing checks I wasn't expecting

Receiving a card or letter in the mail when I wasn't expecting one

Cadbury Eggs

Reference books with logs of pictures

Remembering those old copies that were purple and had to be cranked out by hand

Watching someone nod off at work and then jerk awake when the phone rings

Bib overalls.

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--Fridays

--Caramel apples

--Patient people

--Reliable wireless Internet

--Remembering penny candy

--Peppermint Patties

--Snoopy

--New clothes

--Old clothes (I love garage sales, Goodwill, etc.)

--The look on someone else's face when biting into something sour

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Babies blowing bubbles

Sparkles/glitter on clothing

S'mores

100% real maple syrup

Duct tape

Watermelon

The first robin of Spring

Fun underwear

Watching a little girl catch the bouquet at a wedding

80s sitcoms

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--Coffee shops that stay open til midnight (Wired in Hendersonville)

--Finishing a big project

--Being able to just joke around and be goofy

--Freshly squeezed orange juice

--50% off day at Goodwill

--When my allergies are manageable

--Pandas

--Washing my hands after they're sticky like after putting jam on toast

--Vacations

--Day Dreaming

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--coco covered almonds

--having a productive weekend

--GIMP software

--having a headache-free day for the first time in three weeks

--remembering to plug my cell phone in at night

--coupons

--cleaning out the lint trap (I have no idea why this makes me smile, but it does)

--the carbonation in pop/soda

--Pebbles and Bam Bam

--four leafed clovers

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--Having a phone w/ email and Internet access

--The moment a headache has gone away

--The Biggest Loser whem I'm on the treadmill

--Finding focus

--Poker

--Finding a pair of pants that fit without having to be altered

--Seeing newlyweds

--Kids playing in the snow

--When the next book in a series comes out that I've dying to read

--Penguins

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--Fuzzy PJs

--Potato hash

--Snow days when I can work from home

--Hazelnut coffee on a blistery day

--Pop Rocks

--Homemade caramels

--Care packages

--Cheap ebooks by good authors

--Penguins

--Belugas (The Atlanta aquarium has some)

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--NaNoWriMo

--Coffee shops

--The Internet. Every once in awhile I watch a movie set a few decades or centuries ago and ponder what it would be like to live without technology.

--Kids in Halloween costumes being safe

--Gummy Bears at the movie theater

--Bambi

--Thumper

--Working my exercise time in

--Fresh herbs

--Every minute of the weekend

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--Pie

--Pi fanatics

--Snuggling with a warm blanket in the Fall

--Roasting marshmallows

--Nicely steeped tea

--Pandas

--Looking forward to the elections being over

--Early voting

--Remembering hanging chads

--New tights