Happiness is . . .

# 993: Angel food cake, strawberries, ice cream and a good visit with an old friend.
#992: Craft ideas I actually think I could do
#991: A perfect cup of coffee in my wonderful new KHC mug
#990: A sleeping baby after a long early morning

Happiness is...

# 997: Phone calls from family when I'm feeling lonely
# 996: Reading a good book in the warm sunshine
# 995: Unexpected gifts
# 994: the smell of fresh-cut grass

Happiness is...

I like the idea of counting my blessings, one by one. It's an old hymn, but for many people it's a new concept. I've seen '1,000 gifts', 'blessings journal', and other similar gimmicks all with the same general idea of counting the good stuff in life. No matter how it's done, it's a good idea.

I often find happiness sandwiched between the stuff of life, unexpected pleasures in the everyday is often the only momentum needed to keep this train of life chugging. With that being said, I like the idea of tracking happiness - big moments and little, everyday and extraordinary - in my blog. After all, this is a compendium of my life so I can. And so I shall.

For the sake of order, I'm going to number from 1,000 down, because that's what lots of people seem to do and I like the idea.

Happiness is ...


1,000: Finding money on a Timmy's gift card for a morning coffee run to fuel today's writing.

999: Not having to use the plunger, just flushing twice. (Hey, I never said this list would be glamorous, but for a girl who HATES using the plunger, this is one of those occurrences worth celebrating)

998: The feel of a new, plush carpet under my feet.