50 Happy Things for 2015: Bloggers Unite in Flood of Gratitude

We are flooding the interwebs with positivity and gratitude today, Psychos!  After reading this, I hope you feel inspired to do the same.

I’m about to start a timer for 10 minutes (with a 2 minute grace period in case I am in the middle of an amazing thought when the first buzzer sounds) to list 50 things I am thankful for.  Let’s see how I do.

Ready, set, GO!

1. My cute, sweet son.  He brings me joy.
2. My husband.  He supports me unlike any other.
3. My health, my health, my health.
4. That we have a cozy roof over our heads this winter season.
5. My education.
6. Cookies.  My mom just sent my favorite kind in the mail!
7. My mom!
8. The rest of my family of origin.
9. Books.  They take me to another place when I feel crappy in the place where I’m at.
10. Movies, especially gooey Christmas ones at the moment.  Just watched Love Actually…squee!
11. Socks.  My feet are always cold.
12. Modern medicine.  Because illness sucks.
13. My ability to learn new things.
14. My husband’s patience with me…because being a SAHM is hard, and too often I take my frustrations out on him.
15. Presents!
16. String cheese.  Well, all kinds of cheese for that matter.
17. Friends, especially the kind who tell you that you’re just as messed up as everyone else.
18. My cat, even though she barfs on the floor.
19. Jokes and humor and laughing.  Because I’d die otherwise.
20. Coffee.  Like, good coffee.  Not coffee I make myself.
21. (shit, I am halfway through my time limit!) Common sense people.  Like, non-cray peeps.
22. Sunny days!  MY GOD, THE SUN!
23. Swear words.  They are always funny.  Fuck.
24. Having the means to travel.  Going to new places renews me.
25. Cutting down our own Christmas tree, and how it smells.
26. Ice cream. (How did I not write this yet?!)
27. Moisturizer.
28. Chapstick.
29. Clean water coming out of the tap.
30. Living in America.
31. Indoor plumbing.
32. Cereal!  I eat it everyday.
33. Orgasms.
34. The fact that I got through school before the time of social media.
35. People who go out of their way to be kind.
36. The Daily Show.
37. Music that makes me wanna sing and dance – like Bruno Mars.
38. Having dance parties with my son.
39. Making my son laugh.
40. A warm, comfy bed.
41. (Ok, so my 10 minutes just ran out….time to start the 2 minute grace period.) Farts.  They be funny.
42. Old people.
43. Blankets.
44. Cherry coke.
45. Brownies.
46. Vivid dreams.
47. Peace.
48. Being privileged enough so I am able to help others.
49. Grapes.
50. Frosting.  (Whew!)

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NOW YOU! – What are you thankful for?

If you’d like to join in, here’s how it works: set a timer for 10 minutes; timing this is critical. Once you start the timer, start your list. The goal is to write 50 things that made you happy in 2015, or 50 thing that you feel grateful for. The idea is to not think too hard; write what comes to mind in the time allotted. When the timer’s done, stop writing. If you haven’t written 50 things, that’s ok. If you have more than 50 things and still have time, keep writing; you can’t feel too happy or too grateful! When I finished my list, I took a few extra minutes to add links and photos.

To join the bloggers who have come together for this project: 1) Write your post and publish it (please copy and paste the instructions from this post, into yours) 2) Click on the blue frog at the bottom of this post. 3) That will take you to another window, where you can past the URL to your post. 4) Follow the prompts, and your post will be added to the Blog Party List.

Please note that only blog posts that include a list of 50 (or an attempt to write 50) things that made you feel Happy or 50 things that you are Grateful for, will be included. Please don’t add a link to a post that isn’t part of this exercise.

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