Things That Make Me . . . Happy, Laugh, Smile, Etc.

This is a list I’ve been compiling for quite some time & will probably be added to every now & then. I believe that we must stop & take the time to be thankful for the small things in life and this is a great way for me to do it. ENJOY!!

THINGS THAT MAKE ME . . . HAPPY, LAUGH, SMILE, ETC.
(Past, Present, etc.)

• “American Graffiti” soundtrack
• “American Idol”
• “Annie”
• “Bambie”
• “Beaches”
• “Cinderella”
• “Cosby Show” marathons
• “Criminal Minds”
• “CSI”
• “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
• “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” marathons
• “Golden Girls” reruns
• “Grease”
• “Home Alone 2”
• “Home Alone”
• “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”
• “Law & Order: SVU”
• “Little Mermaid”
• “Pretty Woman”
• “Radio”
• “Reba” reruns
• “Riverdance” live
• “Saturday Night Live” (the old ones . . . from the 80s and 90s)
• “Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs”
• “The Lion King”
• “Top Gun”
• “Will & Grace” reruns
• “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”
• “Wizard of Oz”
• 1st Kiss
• 1st trip to New York
• 80s music
• 8th grade dance
• A child's smile & laughter
• A good book
• A shuffling iPod
• An old couple holding hands
• Animal Planet
• Art by Ansel Adams
• Art by Georgia O’Keefe
• Art by Jim Booth
• Atlanta Braves baseball
• Babies
• Barnes & Noble
• Bath & Body Works
• Beach trips with Lyn, Cory & Heather
• Being appreciated
• Being on yearbook staff in high school & college
• Bill Engvall
• Billy’s laugh
• Biltmore Estate
• Black & white photos
• Blimpie subs
• Boston
• Breakfast for supper
• Broadway Shows
• Bubble baths
• Calendars (I’m all about planning)
• Candles
• Carriage rides in Charleston, SC
• Charleston, SC
• Chatting online with Shell
• Childhood friends
• Childrens’ books
• Claire’s ‘voices’
• Clemson Tigers football
• CNN
• Coffee punch
• Coffee table books
• Collection of ornaments (each one has a story)
• Compliments
• Cool breezes
• Cory hitting a baseball over the fence when he was smaller than the bat
• Cory playing the guitar
• Country music
• Court TV
• Cute return address labels
• Dalton's hugs & kisses
• Decorating for Christmas with my mom
• Downtown Greenville
• Drafting a legal document “well” the first time
• Early morning/late night walks on the beach
• Elmo
• Encouraging words from others
• F.A.O. Schwartz in NYC
• Facials
• Fall
• Falls Park
• Family reunions in GA
• Feeling understood
• Finding a great deal
• Finding money
• Finished projects
• Fireworks displays (especially the one at Stone Mountain)
• First time roller skating
• Fitting into an old outfit
• Flat Rock/Hendersonville, NC
• Flowers – gerbera daisies, orchids & lilies, specifically
• Flute
• Fox News
• Fresh sheets
• Furman lake
• Fuzzy bedroom shoes
• Game Night with friends
• Getting my first job
• Giraffes
• Girls' Night Out
• Going for a walk
• Going to the aquarium
• Going to the movies
• Going to the zoo
• Greenville Drive baseball
• Guitar
• Haircuts
• Hallmark (after all, I’m the “card lady”)
• Handmade cards
• Having a clean house
• Having loving & supportive people in my life
• Head massage
• Heather dancing, cheering & singing
• Heather talking about her "baby shoot" (aka "bathing suit") when she was little
• Holding hands with someone special
• Homemade ice cream
• Honesty of children
• Hot apple cider
• Hugs
• Hummingbirds
• IKEA
• Inside jokes & secrets with Crystal
• Italian food
• Japanese food
• Jeff Foxworthy
• Joel's impersonations & reenactments
• Journaling/blogging
• Kentucky Derby
• Knowing that God has a special plan for my life
• Knowing that God is in control of my life (and I’m not)
• Knowing that I have more than 1 person that I can count on
• Knowing that I will see my loved ones again in Heaven
• Laughing until it hurts
• Lifetime TV
• Light bulb moments
• Lighthouses
• Listening to the rain
• Live music
• Local bands
• Long, winding roads in the middle of nowhere
• Losing weight when I'm not trying
• Love from Daisy (Mel & Claire’s dog)
• Magazines
• Magnets
• Making handmade Christmas ornaments
• Making people laugh
• Manicures
• Mark Lowry
• Martin Lawrence
• Massages
• Matthew McConaughey
• Memories of dances with Jerry
• Memories of Liberty
• Memories of Lizzy
• Mexican food
• Mission Trips
• Mom’s “obsession” with the Weather Channel
• Mom's lasagna
• Monkeys/chimpanzees
• Mountain trips with the girls
• Movie nights with Bridget (Reggie)
• MSNBC
• Music - basically anything (with a few minor exceptions)
• My brother’s upcoming wedding to a great girl (Candice)
• My brother's sense of humor
• My church family @ Marathon Greenville
• My circle of friends
• My daddy's last words to me
• My Life Group girls
• My PaPa (my grandfather Gulley) taking me every day to Sky City or KMart to ride the horsey
• My upcoming graduation (finally) from college
• Ocean breezes
• Old photos
• Passing Anatomy after A LOT of hard work
• Pedicures
• Penguins
• Pens
• People-watching
• Piano
• Picnics
• Planning a trip
• Playing Chickenfoot with Mom, Daddy & my brother
• Playing Phase 10 w/ the girls
• Praise & Worship music
• Precious (my brother & his fiance’s dog)
• Publix birthday cakes (chocolate with whipped frosting)
• Putt-putt
• Quotations
• Rainbows
• Reading devotions and Bible verses that always fit with what’s going on in my life (God’s funny that way )
• Reality TV
• Receiving flowers (especially if they're my favorite)
• Receiving mail that doesn’t involve bills and/or junk mail
• Reconnecting with old friends on Facebook
• Rock & Roll music
• Samples/Freebies
• Santa’s White Christmas coffee (from Barnies)
• Scavenger hunts
• Searching for seashells
• Sending & receiving Christmas cards
• Sending cards
• Shirley Temple movies
• Shopping with Mom
• Silence
• Singing in the shower or car
• Sitting by a roaring fire on a cold winter night
• Sleeping in
• Snow
• Sonic Happy Hour
• Starbucks
• Staying up all night - sharing & laughing
• Studying at the Milliken campus in college
• Sudoku puzzles
• Sunrises
• Sunsets
• Swinging at the park
• Taking Dalton to see his first movie
• Taking pictures
• Temptations music
• The beauty of the mountains
• The first time I met Dalton
• The last trip our family took together
• The stories my daddy always told about his childhood
• The trials in my life . . . because they have made me a better person
• The way it smells after it rains
• Tigger
• Times spent with Mama (my grandmother Gulley)
• TLC
• To-Do Lists that are complete
• Toile
• Towels just out of the dryer on a cold morning
• Traditions
• Trips over "the mountain" with my brother
• Tumbling (on Tumblr)
• Twitter/Tweeting
• Unconditional love of a pet
• Unexpected "thinking of you" gestures
• Van Morrison music
• Violin
• Volunteer work
• Waffle House at 3am (in my younger days)
• Watching Dalton play
• What it feels like to get a 4.0 GPA for the 1st time
• Windchimes
• Wrapping Christmas gifts
• Youth group memories