Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Accomplishing a goal

--Setting new goals

--Greek yougurt

--A good phone clip

--Losing enough weight that it's not difficult to take my rings off

--Green tea

--Looking forward to the weekend

--Robinhood, though I haven't seen the latest movie

--Socks that keep my feet from sweating while I work out

--The Muppets

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Smartphones

--Nectarines

--Green tea

--Spanish guitar

--Remembering that it won't be Monday tomorrow

--Fitting into clothes I forgot I owned

--Working up a good sweat at the gym

--Getting past the painful stage of a sunburn

--Coupons

--Getting to watch the Cardnials on TV

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Returning home after vacation

--Seeing the bottom of the hamper after doing laundry after a week long vacation

--Experimenting in the kitchen with veggies. Yummy...

--Finding out the air conditioner still works

--Realizing the toilet got busted/toilet is running uncontrollably the day BEFORE the week long vacation. Having a plumber fix it before it had the opportunity to run non-stop for 7 days.

--My mother's peanut butter/chocolate (Hershey's Kisses) cookies

--Not gaining weight during vacation. Thank you temporary gym membership!

--Reading a whole John Sandord novel in under 24 hours while in the airport/plane/doc's office this morning.

--Being back to my Internet connection on my comfy chair

--Blackberries on sale at Kroger today

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Fresh blueberries

--The moment I start to feel better after having had a stomach bug

--Snoopy

--Looking forward to going on vacation

--Cheap airfare

--Biscotti

--Bunny Rabbit Slippers

--NCAA basketball (Go Tennessee)

--The first robins of spring

--Hearing little kids outside playing

Ten Things I'm Thankful For

--Having a bucket nearby when I'm sick

--Indoor plumbing

--Springtime

--People who smile

--People who know how to give constructive criticism and know when to give it

--Motivation

--Food, clothing, shelter

--Antacid

--Clean water

--Wireless Internet

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Hummingbird cake

--Clean laundry

--Elves

--The moment AFTER I finish writing out bills and know I don't have to do it again for awhile

--The scent of fabric softener

--The Olympics

--Cream Cheese Frosting

--The dinner bell :)

--Mermaids

--Folklore

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Maple syrup

--Salt Trucks on snowy days

--Pop Rocks

--A virus free computer

--Peanut Butter Cups

--The fireplace

--Herbal Tea

--Feeling the burn at the gym

--Good reference books

--My ebook reader

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Jeans that fit correctly

--The honking sound my nose makes when I blow it a little too robustly

--Eating something to take the nasty taste of licking an envelope out of my mouth

--The fantasy of someday willing the lottery

--Laser printers

--Reading ebooks on an ereader rather than my computer

--Large flocks of birds in winter (still not used to that from living in the south)

--Dr. Seuess

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Beginning a new series

--Reconnecting with old friends (even if it is through Yahoo Messenger)

--Voice recognition software. I wish that it had been this good back when my uncle was still alive who was paralyzed. I think he would have gotten a lot of good use out of it.

--Chocolate covered cashews

--Starting a new year during a 4 day weekend from work.

--Patient blog readers who keep coming to my blogs, even when I go through large stretches of time without writing.

--Cough syrup

--Good service when I try new restaurants

--The scent of a new bottle of shampoo when it is a different scent than the last bottle I had been using

--Ice cream sandwiches

Ten Things I'm Thankful For

--Refrigeration

--Modern feminine menstrual products

--Tea bags

--The garbage collector (ok, not a thing, but ya know what I mean)

--Being appreciated

--Pull tab envelopes. I think envelope glue tastes horrible.

--Power steering, Anti-lock brakes

--Microwaves

--Airplanes

--The Gutenburg (sp?) Bible and press

Ten Things I'm Thankful For

--Constructive criticism

--Vacuum cleaners

--Lint brushes

--Washing machines

--Indoor plumbing

--ipods

--The Internet

--Fabric softener

--Mobility. I'm so glad I have to climb stairs everyday to keep my legs moving. I sit in a chair the rest of the day at work.

--Clean underwear

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

All the products shown below. I know there aren't 10 here, but I found these on www.huffingtonpost.com and couldn't resist putting them on my blog.

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Spaghetti squash

--Scary Halloween moves

--GPS systems

--Spoof news articles

--Lipstick that lasts on my lips for more than five minutes

--Warm bath water

--Weddings

--Granola

--Herbal tea

--Tricks and Treats

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Strong women who aren't afraid to speak their minds

--The pink van hanging from a crane near downtown Nashville. it advertises a radio station.

--The home team

--Cheesecake with strawberries

--Sincere compliments

--The look on babys' faces when they pass gas

--The moment the plane touches ground when I travel

--The Weight Watchers Hungry Monster. I think he looks like the love-child of Garfield and Snuffalufagus (from Sesame Street-- I have no clue if I'm spelling that correctly) (Oh, and by the way, I don't receive any money for this blog. I'm not a paid spokeswoman or anything. There's a new law that I have to disclose such things).

--The Sunday comics

--People who drive slowly and carefully in residential areas, especially when there are children who live in the neighborhood.

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Winning a difficult Sudoku game

--Pickup sticks

--Sidewalk chalk

--Good ideas for stories

--lazy weekends

--The smell of charcoal grilling

--Days that are good for kites

--Being able to get the cap off of a tightly closed bottle of pop/soda/pickles

--Snuggies

--High fiber cereal

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Animal Tracks on msnbc.com

--Looking forward to an end to the rain

--Beaver dams

--Decaf on a chilly fall night

--Everyone at work talking about what their kids will be dressed as for Halloween

--Managing not to put a run in my pantyhose

--Special conferences

--Fresh water pears

--Animal crackers

--The man's face on the moon

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Losing weight

--100 calorie packs of snack food. Portioning does wonders for my waist :)

--Winning a gift certificate at work from a drawing to Olive Garden

--The circus

--MLB playoffs (though the Cardinals need to turn things around with the Dodgers)

--The sandpaper feel of a cat's tongue

--Happy Joe's Pizza

--101 Dalmations

--Getting rid of hiccups

--The end to week long bouts of rain

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Starting Weight Watchers today. I'm visualizing myself a few pounds lighter.

--Sunny days (It's been raining and raining here. I'm looking forward to the sun one of these days.)

--Putting the last piece into the puzzle

--Finding a new author who's books are irresistible

--The feeling in the back of my throat when I gargle with mouthwash

--The scent of coffee brewing, especially in the morning

--The click of my fingernails when I type on my keyboard

--The general moment when my allergy medication kicks in for the day

--Garfield the cat

--Pom Poms

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Playaways from the library. They're little machines the size of an ipod with an audio book loaded onto it.

--Raisin-Cinnamon bread with lots of butter, toasted.

--The finalists on America's Got Talent this season. I can't make up my mind who I want to win.

--Advanced reading copies of books

--The holes in Swiss cheese

--Watermelon on a hot summer day

--Reading a thriller and finding out how the killer is caught

--The Nashville Predators

--Realizing why my mother never put chips in the same plastic bag with my sandwich as a kid. I thought I'd be smart and try it to save a bag, but then my chips ended up soggy (like having a slice of bread in a container of too hard brown sugar. The moisture from the bread was leeched out into the chips).

--Loaner cars when we're having work done to our car. It's so much easier than driving to opposite ends of the Nashville area for our respective jobs.

Ten Things That Make Me Smile

--Finishing 3 novels during my 3 day weekend

--Pork tenderloins

--Sweet corn with lots of butter

--Mocha chip Frappichino at Starbucks today

--The moment when all the dishes are clean and no one has dirtied any new ones yet

--Fawns

--The puppy in Starbucks. I wanted to take him home with me.

--Alphasmart

--Grocery shopping when the total including tax is under 100.00

--Clearance sales & new slacks