51 Little Things That Make Me Ridiculously Happy

 

 

 

1. I wake up to find the dishwasher is already unloaded.
2. All my clothes clean at once.
3. Honey in my tea.
4. My mechanical pencil runs out of lead, but there’s another one in the chamber.
5. When someone else changes the toilet paper roll.
6. My keys are already in my purse when I’m about to run out the door.
7. Cheese and crackers.
8. Sweeping my front porch.
9. Realizing that I downloaded all the pics from my camera card and remembered to put the card back in my camera.
10. Cloth napkins folded into interesting shapes.
11. Sylvie the cat jumping up on my desk to give me head boomps.
12. I’m sure I’ve run out of checks, but find one in the middle of the last book that I skipped.
13. Free sample sizes of lotion, soap, etc. when I buy my cleanser/lotions at L’Occitane.
14. Watching birds at the feeders.
15. Milk in my decaf coffee.
16. Hard-boiled eggs that peel easily.
17. Tiny powdered-sugar doughnuts.
18. Paying with exact change.
19. The first day in spring when it’s warm enough to wear shoes without socks again.
20. Candles at dinner, even on a weeknight.
21. Having someone open a door for me.
22. Opening a door for someone.
23. Remembering that the clock in the bathroom is four minutes fast, so I don’t have to rush getting dressed like I thought I did.
24. When my dogs greet me like I’ve been gone for years even if I’ve just been to the post office.
25. Cold water to drink.
26. A new toothbrush.
27. A fresh notebook.
28. A square of dark chocolate.
29. Playing the piano.
30. Opening a new book that no one has read before.
31. Taking the dogs out at night and finding the sky is clear and full of stars.
32. Warmed plates on which to serve dinner
33. Receiving a personal card or note in the mail.
34. Stamps with birds on them.
35. Souvenir linen dish towels.
36. Doing a puzzle with my grown-up kids.
37. Polishing silver.
38. Having vacuumed.
39. Checking off an item on my to-do list.
40. A refrigerator full of food.
41. Skee ball.
42. Zesting a lemon.
43. Getting all the loose tea into the tea ball so none leaks out into my cup.
44. New erasers.
45. Cold ginger ale when I’m sick.
46. Feather pillows.
47. When people call me on my birthday and sing to me.
48. Making a bouquet from my garden flowers.
49. Fan mail.
50. A wren building a nest in a flower pot on my potting bench.
51. This photo of my kids.
    

 

 

I hope you’ll make your own list, and share a couple with us in the comments.

 

 

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