I did all this to make my daughter happy, but here for a moment I will indulge and list ten things that make ME happy - this list goes along with this award I received from Jules at Silver Lining, one of my favorite writer's blogs (if you haven't discovered her yet you absolutely must! Her blogs always make me happy, too!)
1. my family - all four loud, messy, adorable girls and husband (yep he's loud and messy too)
2. sipping hot tea and reading a good book
3. listening to Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. With the volume set on 10.
4. riding with my husband in the mountains (maybe next weekend?) - when our horses are behaving, that is
5. fires crackling in fireplaces
6. Christmas trees. Or even just Christmas lights.
7. Fireflies (the summer equivalent of Christmas lights)
8. jokes that make me belly laugh
9. NaNoWriMo when I'm on a writing roll
10. Anything beautiful or noble
I haven't been reading or commenting on blogs for very long, so I don't have very many blogger buddies yet to pass this "award" on to. But here are the blogs that I visit on a regular basis - they always have interesting posts and they are so great about leaving me comments!
Susan @ Ink Spells
Kay @ Lessons from my reading
Stina @ Seeing Creative
Susan @ Hands off my coffee and no one gets hurt: an insomniac's guide to writing
Jackee @ Winded Words
Connie @ A Merry Heart
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You ride with your husband in the mountains? I really hope I can do that someday!! So cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention and the link.
ReplyDeleteTaking a ride on horseback sounds so romantic! But I'll settle for walking the dog with my husband--the important part is the husband, and I think romance is a state of mind.
Great list! I feel your pain about the birthday party. My daughter just turned seven and it was quite the feat to make the party.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for passing along the award. I don't have this one yet, so Hooray! :o)
Happy Monday!
Thank you for the award! I love thinking about things that make me happy, I'll look forward to posting it.
ReplyDeleteI love your list - hot tea and a good book sounds wonderful, and riding with your husband in the mountains, too - I'm totally jealous (even though I have a fear of horses). :(
And thanks for the links, I know some of them, and I'll check the others out!
The best laid plans of mice and men ... and, especially, mothers often go a wray. I won't write it in vernacular.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the award. What do you do with it? [Remember? I'm the computer idiot.]
Great list! I think sometimes we get so busy that we don't stop to think about the things that make us happy. Thanks for the reminder :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out! Your top ten could easily be mine, so I'll have to think of some more. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the wee one and their birthday parties. AND you've just reminded me I've got to get crackin' on my 6 yo's party coming up soon!
You have such a wonderful way with words :) I love your list, especially fires crackling and Christmas lights and belly laughs. Glad your daughter's birthday party is over! LOL. My parents used to just take my friends and me to Pizza Hut or out to a mini-golf place so they wouldn't have to clean or cook.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful list! All those things make me happy too--or would, if I had them in my life! And thanks for the links. I always like scoping out good writing blogs.
ReplyDeleteI love thinking about things that make me happy, I'll look forward
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