101 Things to be Happy About

1. Brandon
2. Cleo
3. Harry Potter
4. Getting a new review.
5. British slang
6. waffles
7. writing a new chapter
8. chocolate
9. kisses
10. hugs
11. smiles
12. holding hands
13. a clean kitchen stocked with good food
14. fresh herbs
15. calla lilies
16. a new book
17. an old favorite book
18. Blake's Seven
19. Mom's chili con queso with fritos
20. Santa Fe
21. farolitos in the snow
22. green chile
23. the barracks at CSF
24. instant messages
25. getting pictures back from the photo place
26. unexpectedly finding a good song on the radio
27. finding out that I've made someone happy with something I've written
28. my Dad's laugh
29. the thought of Brandon and Emily dancing to "Pretty fly for a White Guy" at our wedding
30. thinking about our wedding
31. my engagement ring
32. my Harry Potter coffee mug
33. buying new pens
34. a blank notebook
35. a new pack of crayons
36. singing
37. baking cookies
38. eating cookies
39. Allison
40. Anne
41. good memories of childhood
42. pickled okra
43. hot chocolate
44. root beer floats
45. chocolate malts
46. cherry limeade
47. using the word "loo" in a sentence
48. remembering the time sophomore year in college when I was walking across the quad and Aaron Andzik screamed "WHO LET THE BOGGS OUT!" and when he caught up to me I said, "You've been waiting to say that all summer, haven't you?" And he said, "Yeah!"
49. College graduation
50. cake
51. rolling down the all the windows in the car when a good song is on and unabashedly singing at the top of my lungs
52. having my passenger join in
53. a long chat with a friend about nothing
54. a call from Charlie
55. Friday nights with Anne in Santa Fe when we would cook food and watch movies and get tipsy together
56. Anne's frito pie
57. hearing Brandon bust out singing to a song on the radio
58. baths
59. Gilmore Girls -- especially Luke and Lorelei
60. the phrase "fro-yo"
61. farmers' markets
62. the smell of lavender
63. getting a letter in the mail
64. a horoscope that comes true
65. remembering weird dreams and writing them down
66. going to the bookstore with Brandon to look at magazines
67. weekends
68. my floppy straw beach hat
69. having a beach nearby on which I can wear my floppy straw beach hat
70. when Brandon wants to talk about what our first house will be like
71. when Brandon shops for leather couches to go in his study in the house we will eventually have
72. Crate and Barrel
73. listening to "the Fabulous Frankie at Five" on the indie rock station (they play a Frank Sinatra song every day at 5 pm)
74. learning a new word; today's word: erumpent -- Bursting through or as if through a surface or covering.
75. semi-colons and long dashes
76. getting praise for something I've written from another writer whom I admire
77. discovering a new series of books I can't wait to read
78. getting a call from my sister
79. listening to my dad and my sister crack each other up with the word "poo"
80. going on late night Frosty runs with my sister
81. going on late night Diet Coke runs with Allison
82. the AJ Big Show
83. cool fonts
84. daffodils
85. having my own cubicle at work
86. British slang
87. fan fiction jargon (w00t! Glomp! Schnoogle! Squicky!)
88. SS The Government Stole My Toad
89. bicycles with baskets on the front
90. lilacs
91. rain
92. Ikea
93. ice cream cones
94. the feeling you get right when you get off of an airplane and you know that somewhere nearby someone is waiting to see you
95. jackets, blazers, coats, and cardigans
96. learning to knit
97. any cool kind of yarn
98. the smell of a library or a bookstore
99. shooting stars and ho-hos
100. tea
101. waking up and feeling so comfortable and safe that you just lie still for a while and savor being alive