Today’s Ten on Tuesday topic is Ten Everyday Things That Make Me Happy:
- Snuggling in for a hug with Rudi
- Time spent with friends and family
- A purring cat (or three) falling asleep on my lap
- A hot cup/pot of tea
- Books
- Music
- The ocean
- Color
- Thunderstorms
- Having written something well
If you want to quibble that a few of those things are neither things nor accessible everyday, I offer a few backups:
- New Haven-style pizza
- Ripe berries
- The scent of vanilla
- Lying in the sun
- Handknit socks
How about you? What makes you happy?
Memes like this make me think I should start a blog!
(in no particular order – this is electric/appliance heavy, perhaps I’m appreciating these things even more post-derecho-6day-outage)
1. indoor plumbing and running water
2. a/c and electricity (lights! freezer!)
3. internet access and my devices that use it
4. TV, cable, DVR (Tour de France!)
5. my treadmill (wow, this is electric-heavy)
6. contact lenses, and glasses
7. my coffeemaker w/ programmable timer, and that first sip of coffee in the morning
8. a stack of library books and/or a notice from the library that an item on hold is waiting
9. strawberries, watermelon and my basil “forest”
10. silence and solitude
@MJ: My folks were without power for 11 days last fall, so I can completely understand why appliances would feature so prominently on your list!
Comment by soe 08.10.12 @ 12:32 am