List 30 things that make you happy.

In no particular order…

1. The first sip of a strong, hot, creamy cup of coffee. Bonus points if it’s out of the “perfect mug” for the day. If you know, you know.
2. Belly laughs.
3. Driving my car, preferably with the windows down and my system up. 😏
4. My sleepy-eyed, almost 12-year old climbing into my lap to snuggle for a few precious minutes before her day begins.
5. Music. Pandora, LPs, CDs, live bands. I love it all.
6. Wrapping and giving gifts.
7. Receiving a compliment from a complete stranger on how <fill in the blank – polite, charismatic, thoughtful, etc.> one of my kids are.
8. Pie.
9. Those in sync, us against the world, big team vibe moments with my hubby.
10. Long runs and powerful lift sessions. Bonus points on this one if I get sauna time in afterwards as well!
11. Unprovoked hugs from my teenage man-child.
12. Giant pots of soup in the winter, BLTs made with garden tomatoes in the summer, chili and s’mores over a campfire in the fall.
13. Thunderstorms.
14. Organized spaces.
15. Clever comments and witty comebacks. Either given or received.
16. Hearing that I made a difference and/or positively impacted someone’s career, outlook, or life.
17. Clean sheets, hospital corners, and fluffed pillows.
18. Shoveling snow.
19. Perfect food bites. You know the ones… Normally, it’s the first bite. The anticipated, never disappointing bite of something delicious. Butter-dripping, salty, crunchy steamed corn on the cob. Juicy, sun-ripened peaches. Decadent chocolate cake, with just the right amount of smooth and creamy icing. A perfectly seared scallop.
20. Alone time.
21. Baby deer. Baby cows. Baby geese. Babies.
22. Baseball games.
23. Financial security. Paying off loans and credit cards and seeing our savings grow makes me very happy.
24. Accomplishing something hard and/or difficult. 😬
25. Shooting stars, repeating numbers, and other wish-worthy moments.
26. Giant cups of tea in front of a roaring fire, in the dead of winter, curled up with a good book.
27. Those daily reminders of how utterly amazing human beings all of my kids are.
28. Popcorn.
29. Sunrises and sunsets.
30. Hitting the “Publish” button on my latest blog post. 😏