Happiness Happens!

 Previously posted in August 2007

Today is National Happiness Happens Day.  Actually, this is Happiness Happens Month, but today is the big day of celebration.  Gee, there's something new.  ha!  I giggle at the thought of it because I'm sure that it's a spin-off of that famous Forrest Gump t-shirt that says other things happen...  So, in honor of this celebratory day, I decided to make a list of 100 random things that make me happy. 

1. My awesome husband
2. My family
3. My wonderful friends
4. My testimony
5. teaching
6. Piano music
7. Reading
8. taking photos
9. Cooking for family and friends
10. Phone calls from my mom
11. My scrapbook room
12. Journaling
13. Clocks
14. Studying the scriptures
15. a clean and organized house
16. Going to the movies
17. Best Buy
18. Decorating
19. New Paint
20. Fancy, my shi tzu
21. Hearing the girls giggle
22. Watching sunsets
23. SNOW!!!
24. Early morning walks
25. A clean house
26. Learning new things
27. Playing cards
28. Pottery Barn
29. Peir One
30. Landing in a plane
31. TiVo
32. going to the movies
33. fun summer shoes
34. Martina McBride's voice
35. quotes on my walls
36. freshly vacuumed floors
37. puppies
38. I love you notes in surprise places
39. Willow Tree figurines
40. Christmas
41. shooting stars
42. decorating websites
43. Survivor
44. family reunions
45. cream cheese
46. taking a nap
47. taking treats to people
48. lots of ice
49. my iPod
50. my cellphone
51. portable dvd players
52. Bunco
53. driving
54. laptop computers
55. Taipan Trading Company
56. rechargable batteries
57. scrapbooking
58. entertaining
59. backrubs and foot massages from Doug
60. Lang Calendars
61. thunderstorms in the afternoon
62. Hummels
63. walking along the beach
64. hand-stitched pillows
65. RED
66. hot oatmeal raisin cookies
67. CostaVida
68. iTunes gift certificates
69. Real Simple Magazine
70. air-conditioning
71. snowmobiling
72. email
73. shopping at Staples
74. cookbooks
75. quiet alone time
76. Quilted Bear
77. Symphony Bars with Almonds
78. Fun fonts
79. MMM-MMM-Matthew McConaughey
80. IMAX theaters
81. Floating on the waves of the ocean
82. horse-drawn carriage rides
83. fresh sheets
84. listening to the wind in the leaves of the trees
85. pretty goblets
86. unique photo frames
87. wildflowers
88. Franklin Planners
89. hot air balloons
90. old window frames and doors
91. pedicures
92. HGTV
93. Women's Conferences
94. Scrapbook Retreats
95. baby giggles
96. porch swings
97. long hot baths
98. sitting under shadetrees on sunny, breezy days
99. fun dishes and servingware
100. LIVING!

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling