Saturday, August 4, 2007

One Hundred Little Things that Make Me Happy: Part Two

51. Living in a city, even if it’s in the suburbs



  1. Finding cute shorts that don’t show my religion.


  2. The Cougar fight song


  3. Chicken Tikka Masala with naan


  4. Really, really good kheer


  5. Dinner at Bar Italia in St. Louis


  6. Ted Drewes


  7. Walking in the Central West End of St. Louis


  8. Running the loop around Forest Park


  9. Orange cowboy boots


  10. 80-degree weather on the second of March


  11. Going barefoot


  12. Clean sheets


  13. Beating Eddie at Jeopardy


  14. Expensive pregnancy tests without an evaporation line (so you know that a negative really is a negative)


  15. Getting crosshairs on my chart


  16. Tube smell


  17. The map of the London underground


  18. Mint Aero bars


  19. Drinking hot chocolate after playing in the snow


  20. My mom’s lasagna


  21. “In Our Lovely Deseret” (Hark! Hark! Hark!)


  22. “I Wonder as I Wander”


  23. The Proclaimers 10,000 Miles CD


  24. My Christmas stockings


  25. Walking along the rim at sunrise at Bryce Canyon


  26. Eating homemade granola in the lodge after


  27. Biking around Mackinac Island


  28. Fireworks at Disney World


  29. The garnet rock on the island at Goose Cove Lodge


  30. Afternoon tea at Acadia National Park


  31. Picking out the temple in the city skyline as our plane lands in Salt Lake City


  32. Picking strawberries


  33. Apple orchards


  34. Passing the preschool co-op box on to the next teacher


  35. Getting straight As


  36. BYU Men’s Chorus


  37. The King’s Singers


  38. Taking notes while I read


  39. Reading articles Eddie sends me


  40. Christmas shopping


  41. Making lists


  42. Planning my kids’ birthday parties


  43. Watching Annie take her babies jogging


  44. My jogging stroller


  45. Leaving the jogging stroller at home and running by myself


  46. Freshly plumped throw pillows


  47. MOFs


  48. Phone calls from friends


  49. Comments on my blog


--originally published 3/3/06

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