75 Things That Make Me Happy

(in no particular order)

1. Coming home after a long day
2. An unexpected compliment
3. Getting absorbed in a good book
4. The season's first strawberries
5. Hot rolls right out of the oven - with butter and raspberry jam
6. When I'm sunburned and I can peel my skin off in a big patch 
7. The feeling I get after a good run
8. Eating a treat I don't get very often - like Christmas fudge, or a Ben's cookie
9. Sausage for breakfast
10. Watching a campfire
11. Waterfalls
12. Travelling to new places
13. People-watching
14. Sitting behind a baby in church - especially when they stand up on the bench and give me a toothless smile
15. A tall cold glass of milk with dinner
16. Cold cereal
17. Good TV
18. Long weekends 
19. Days/nights when I have no obligations
20. A tidy house
21. A big hug from my nieces or nephews 
22. Discovering new music
23. The feeling I get when I've rendered a good service
24. Remembering how I would rest my head on my mom's arm in church - or laughing when one of our voices would crack while singing a hymns
25. Getting a back rub from my dad (he gives the best ones)
26. Wearing shorts
27. Summer - long nights, the smell of chlorine and fresh-cut grass, and BBQs
28. Long hot showers
29. Christmas time
30. Re-reading my favorite books
31. Buying a new outfit
32. Getting a good deal
33. Temple Square
34. When I first realize birds are chirping after a long winter
35. A good night's sleep (also naps)
36. My electric blanket
37. When my bed is the perfect temperature - but I am under no obligation to get up
38. The Price is Right (Bob Barker days)
39. When I know the answer to Final Jeopardy! (this is rare)
40. When I can finish a NYT crossword puzzle (also rare, and only towards the beginning of the week)
41. A sense of accomplishment
42. America's Funniest Home Videos, The World's Strong Man, and similar shows on TV
43. The Olympics
44. Rooting for the underdog
45. Watching a soccer game on a summer night
46. Going out for breakfast
47. Beating people off the line in my car
48. Getting new magazines in the mail
49. Getting packages
50. Getting hand-written notes
51. Finding money in my pocket
52. Good hair days
53. Being able to see the alarm clock without glasses (thank you, LASIK)
54. Playing "lightning" on the basketball court
55. Getting BINGO
56. Singing along to the Carpenters
57. Getting new insights - or what Oprah calls "aha" moments
58. Makeovers
59. Feeling so comfortable with someone that you rarely run out of things to talk about
60. Wearing a  new dress
61. Pockets!! (also secret pockets)
62. Catching on to something
63. Four words: chocolate chip cookie dough
64. Wearing sunglasses
65. Rolling down the windows, blasting some music, and hanging my arm out the car window
66. Figuring out what someone's vanity license plate says
67. A good stretch
68. Dry wit
69. Sitting down after a long time standing, or standing up after a long time sitting (see: rest hymns in stake conference)
70. Magic shows
71. Those puzzle books you buy in the magazine section (my fave puzzles? Crostics)
72. Opening a new can of tennis balls and hearing the whoosh of the air come out
73. When the whole family gets together to do an activity
74. Running into old friends
75. Swings