A Million Things To Be Happy About– The Original List

Now…before you say, “Sheesh! This is a lonnng list.” I want you to remember that we would like to get to a million. Do you know how many a MILLION is? Well, it a lot, that’s how many.

So if you’d like add to our list—be brave and scroll down to the bottom. Yes, yes, it may take a while to get there but you’ll manage. And maybe you’ll even read something along the way that reminds you of all that is good in your life. When you add to the “list” your addition will appear on the side bar—that changes about every 10 seconds—titled, “A Million Things To Be Happy About.” If you’re patient enough–you’ll see your own words there eventually. So cool!

1. The children
   

2. These perfect grandbabies

   

3. Missionary boy phone calls on Christmas day
4. Fleece slippers
5. A bag of Cheetoes–baked not fried      
6. Painted toenails
7. The smell of real Christmas trees
8. A well stocked bird feeder
9. Picking raspberries
10. Real Hot Chocolate with real whipped cream
11. Wearing pigtails
12. Striped socks
13. Bright pink mittens
14. A reading lamp
15. Men with Scottish accents    
16. Baby kittens
17. Stone cottages

    from “the Holiday“

18. Cherries from a roadside stand
19. A backyard full of autumn leaves

    

20. Thundery rainstorms
21. Cheerios
22. Snowed in with everyone home
23. Gas prices right this second
24. The power of prayer
25. Thatched roofs
26. “Baby First Step”
27. Indian corn
28. Music boxes where you can see the insides
29. Porch swings
30. A sister  
31. Baby kisses
32. Pecan logs without cherries
33. Pumpernickel bread with Swiss cheese   
34. The picture book, “The Relatives Came.”
35. Old photos of total strangers
36. Caramel apples
37. “Seabiscuit“
38. Metal crochet hooks with taped handles
39. Christmas lights in very tall trees
40. Canopy beds with curtains
41. PeeWee baby dolls
42. Football games
43. Very old houses with very old trees
44. Jack in the Box tacos
45. Border’s gift cards
46. Surfer hair

    Sunshine from “Remember the Titans”

47. Crocheted dust ruffles
48. Old buttons

49. “Little Lost Baby”

    

50. Lousia May Alcott books
51. Beloved crazy people with New Year’s fireworks 
52. Being read to
53. Flute music
54. Beany my love

55. Vlasic Kosher Dill Spears

56. Farm houses
57. A Brother  
58. Embroidery scissors
59. Rainbow Brite
60. The “Out of Africa” soundtrack
61. Summerfest
62. Peter Brinholt music
63. Cable tights
64. Light purple
65. Cinnamon pinecones
66. Mourning doves    
67. Creamers
68. Rootbeer floats in grama’s backyard
69. Christmas cards with photos inside

70. Letters with foreign stamps

    

71. Wind chimes
72. Gift baskets with really cool stuff
73. Jane Austen movies
74. Wool Felt
75. Kilts  
76. Pink malt balls
77. Babies born gently
78. Snapset pools
79. Maxfield Parrish paintings
80. Baby fingers and toes  
81. Cute boys with big feet
82. Freeze dried ice cream
83. Church steeples
84. Old friends that come back
85. Icicles 
86. Waterfalls
87. Free range giraffes
88. Button up sweaters
89. “Goose Girl“
90. Twelfth Night
91. Christmas Eve    
92. Stuffing
93. Kisses on the hand
94. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
95. Pastry Blenders
96. Little girls in dresses and tights

    

    by Eloise Wilkin

97. Pink and purple petunias
98. Ballet Slippers

99. My sweet Mom

100. My cute daddy

     

From Tracy:

101.  Working Dishwasher

102.  More than 1 car

103.  First Kisses

104.  Baby Smiles

105.  Thick Curtains

From Susette:

106.  Letters from Missionary sons

107.  Music

108.  Flowers growing in the yard

109.  Fruit trees to pick from

110.  Eating sweet juicy fruit

111.  Having a quiet afternoon to myself

112.  Playing board games with friends or family

113.  Listening to people sing who have beautiful voices (something I’ll have in the next life)

114.  Reading friends blogs!!

From Sue:

115.  Webcam so I can see and talk to my loved ones that are far away

116.  Phone calls from a 3 year old grandbaby to say “I love you Grams!”

117.  Text messages from my kids that say they love me and to have a blessed day!

From Kathy:

118.  Mornings where your husband gets up and feeds the kids and dresses them without waking you up.

119.  Having money to pay for what you need and can do without the want.

120.  Soon to be 3 beautiful girls that love each other more than I did with my own siblings.

From Jodi:

121. My beautiful baby Avery and her heart melting smile122. A new cell phone – gotta love modern technology

123. A car that does well in the snow

124. A mother who I talk to daily

125. My wonderful calling in YW and the amazing girls I get to associate with.

From Tracy

126.  Healthy kids

127.  Fine tipped pens

128.  Working out

129.  Sees chocolates

130.  Time out

From Susette

131.  ♥Sleeping in till 10:00 makes me happy. (cuz I don’t get to very often-in fact rarely)

132.  ♥Leaving the Christmas tree up till way past the New Year

133.  ♥Flying on airplanes makes me giggle

134.  ♥Hot wassail on a cold Winter’s night with a good book

135.  ♥Having about 4 hours to myself so I can scrapbook

136.  ♥Scented Body Lotions

137. The snow coming down as I type. Our state always needs more water. So it’s a big deal to get all this new stuff. I just want to be snowed in at least once in my life.

138. Pink lights on a canopy bed. It’s very exotic and makes me feel particularly fancy somehow. Even if I’m just wearing a sweatshirt and jeans.

139. A baby girl who loves her monkey.

140. A baby boy who loves to laugh.

141. A baby “chomp” who could show up any day now. Maybe we’ll wake up one of these mornings and Lyndi will have a sweet, warm bundle all cuddled up with her. I suppose, in real life we’ll know when she decides that she’s truly coming. But since Lyndi is having a home birth–it could be a surprise for us–any time now.

142. A well attended puzzle on a wintery day.

143. Dear friends in a beautiful place.

144. A beautiful place

145. A pristine kitty

145. A letter from a happy boy in a very cold, faraway land.

From Lyndi

146. *sunshine that makes the snow sparkle

147. *rings

148. *hot chocolate or chocolate milk

149. *a camera full of happy memories

150. *sleeping baby all curled up like a snail

151. *The greenWinkle Etsy shop.

152. *My laptop that I thought might just be on its deathbed is out of rehab and working fabulously!

153. *Awesome brother-in-laws

154. *Rearranging my room in a way that just motivates me to do amazing things

155. *Graduating from college

156. *Getting an email that says my diploma is in the mail

157. *Knowing that there is another package coming for me from a friend in England

158. *Starting a new job

159. *Being in the Hill Cumorah Pageant cast

160. *Thinking about staying in New York for three weeks!

161. *Good friends

162. *Awesome music of sweetness on my iPod
*Pink iPod speakers

163. *A pink folding chair that holds my pink water bottle

164. *Okay, the color pink

165. *Watching others live their dreams

166. *Living my own dreams

167. *Snow that covers everything rather than just the grass

168. *JIF Peanut Butter (*sigh* we’ll meet again after the recall!)

169. *Reading good books

170. *Watching movies with my family

171. *Getting comments from good friends

172. *My nieces and nephew

173.  Baby secrets

174.  Bags to cut up to make more…ahhh…bags.

175.  Random things popping out of the ground

176.  A box of new bows

177.  Shiney hubcaps!

178.  An evening cloud burst

179.  Huge, strong, gentle hands

180.  A cute new book to read

181.  Our mountains

182.  A new daddy

Kathy says:

183. Seeing a new daddy with their new baby always makes me smile and laugh.

LyndiLou says:

184.  milk

185.  nilla wafers

186.  shoes

187. birds chirping in the morning

188. real letters in the mail

189.  thinking of walks when it’s warmer

190.  getting organized

191.  patterned paper

192.  frosted mini wheats

193.  50 cent pieces

Shannon says:

194.  The smile that spreads on your kids faces in the morning

195. The funny things that come out of kids mouths

196.  Being happy with my life as is

197.  Splurging on something you never thought you would get

198. Watching the moon rise.

Maddie says:

199. Viva paper towels

Beverly says:

200. PitaPat the Tabby Cat
(does anyone have this kids poem from the 60’s? Please!)

Sheri says:

201. Pursuing your passion

Jodi says:

202. My little Squishy’s squishy squishies!

mia says:

203. The secret clubhouse my friends and i are building in a dried up old river, and even though we’re too old for it, imagination is the best thing ever!

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