Happy Thoughts

It is very easy to find things that make us upset, but it is important to look at the happy things as well and remember those, especially during bad times. Below is a list of little things that make me happy.

• My computer
• Watching a horse move
• My cat Discord [picture]
• Christmas lights
• Carving pumpkins
• Chatting with friends
• Todd Toys
• Driving my car
• Listening to music
• Warm, soft flannel sheets
• Stuffies (Stuffed Animals)
• soft, warm furs
• Penguins (Its practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry) [picture]
• matchbox cars
• Unicorns
• my collection of stuffed bats
• role playing games
• word games
• walking on the beach
• fried dough
• Yankee Candles
• lemonade
• walks through the woods
• climbing mountains
• getting a new CD
• Magic in everyday life
• Pennsic
• playing with the dog
• Singing along with music in the car
• going to concerts
• SCA events
• candlelight
• decorating Christmas Trees
• getting presents
• Godiva Chocolates
• my beanie baby seahorse
• Sitting in a quiet graveyard
• picnics
• driving for the joy of driving
• Nascar Races
• new artwork
• Macadamia nuts
• peppermint stick ice cream
• poetry
• rainbows
• splashing in puddles
• nice rare steak
• getting tattoos
• white pizzas
• pretty rocks and minerals
• looking at other people tattoos
• growing things in the garden (especially pumpkins)
• cleaning out my car
• mIRC
• science fiction conventions
• Filk sings at Conventions
• watching butterflies
• "Coffee, coffee, coffee"
• getting e-mail
• ICQ
• sewing garb for SCA
• the feeling of accomplishment when I finish something
• windchimes
• Finding sand dollars on the beach
• Kestrels
• Pneema bear and vampy bear
• They might be Giants music.. its addictive
• Watching X-files .. one of David’s favorite shows
• Swimming
• Fireplaces
• Sunsets on the water
• Stone Angels
• “Turtle covering” --my eternal recovery tattoo
• “Semper Fey-The few the proud, the elven marines”
• Fantasy movies-Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Legend
• Bird watching
• The scent of lilacs
• Lilies of the valley
• watching a friends face as they open the gift we gave them
• getting a massage
• sitting on the hood of the car on a clear night and gazing up at the stars
• Hot Spiced cider
• Stuffing dates
• Cooking
• Baking
• Playing cards on Thanksgiving
• Mercedes Lackey’s Last Herald Mage series
• Christmas Music
• Pez dispensers
• seeing fox, deer and moose on the side of the road
• The day I was telling people to stop making that noise, before I realized it was my Coke
• The warm fleece throw that my brother gave me
• "Death is not ticklish"
• a kitten purring by my side as I lay on my bed
• Warm showers
• Long baths
• my cat coming into the room and meowing at me to say hi
• dragons
• notebooks with lots of notes and doodles
• writing poetry
• painting
• drawing
• Gorp ( a mix of nuts, raisins, dates, and coconut)
• the scent of sandalwood
• Thane (the dog) bouncing in the snow
• Showing off my Tattoos
• "punkins"
• "Unstuffies"
• Homemade cinnamon soap
• Playing EverQuest
• Triple Ginger Beef
• Licorice Allsorts
• Michael Longcor
• Making and using my canvas tent
• Traci's halloween parties
• "the bookstore at the end of Rt 153"
• Visiting the river when it is in flood
• Getting a new tattoo
• Cardamon Cinnamon Tea
• burrowing under warm, snuggly covers
• my friends in Split Angels
• Fried Dough
• Fred Small
• Reading books by Laurell K. Hamilton
• the smell of pine
• Gryphons
• X-Men, the movie
• Membership in the Guild "Knights of the Holy Storm" in the Everquest game
• Candied Ginger
• Horseback Riding
• Haunted Houses
• Scary Movies
• "Elfs"
• Amber and Jet
• Gatorade
• talking around camp fires
• "No Shit, there I was" stories
• Wanting to be Wolverine when I grow up
• Sleeping in Late
• Badgers
• Cinnamon Altoids
• Ghost Stories
• Wolves
• the smell of fresh baked bread
• susnrise
• Sunsets
• full moons
• winning video games
• going to the beach
• down comforters
• smell of roses
• Lord of the Rings
• dancing in the rain
• walks in the woods
• Lily of the Valley
• We don't need no stinking badgers!
• folding paper cranes
• B Grade Movies
• making CDs with my cd burner
• Johnny Depp