Month: November 2018

Starting Your Own Blog

Starting Your Own Blog

Some people have been asking me about starting a blog. I started mine in June, and I think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself. It’s a great outlet for me, very cathartic. Not sure if anyone has noticed, but I’ve 

Holiday Traditions

Holiday Traditions

I have been slacking. I meant to write about holiday traditions earlier this week, but here it is the day after Thanksgiving…and I still haven’t done it. I do have excuses. I have been feeling a bit under the weather, plus getting ready for Thanksgiving, 

50 Things That Make Me Happy

50 Things That Make Me Happy

 

Hello all!  Today I am doing something a bit different.  I was tagged by Elizabeth at Lize in Disneyland to write a list of 50 things that make me happy, and then to tag five other blogging buddies.  Of course, I never do things quite like everybody else..so I will be tagging nine instead of five.

When I first heard about this challenge, I thought it would be easy.  There are so many things that make me happy on a daily basis.  As I started to make my list, I realized this was not going to be as easy as I thought.  After I finished my list, I kept thinking of more and more that I could have included.  My hope is that as you read my list, you will also start to think about the little things that bring happiness into your lives.  We don’t have to have a lot of money or material things to be happy, as you can see from my list. 🙂

50 Things That Make Me Happy

  1. My Family
  2. Everything about Christmas
  3. My warm bed
  4. Fuzzy socks on cold nights
  5. Kids
  6. Friends
  7. My eyeglasses (for obvious reasons) 🙂
  8. Diet Dr. Pepper
  9. Camping
  10. Bonfires
  11. My pets
  12. Getting all of my work progress notes caught up
  13. Music of all types
  14. Growing things (veggies, flowers)
  15. Football games
  16. Music theater with my sister
  17. Road Trips
  18. Waterfalls
  19. Memories
  20. Brilliant colored fall trees
  21. Hot cocoa with marshmallows
  22. Cozumel waters
  23. First snowfall of the season (as long as I don’t have to get out in it)
  24. My cell phone
  25. Thanksgiving dinner
  26. My blog
  27. When my kids tell me they love me
  28. 80’s music
  29. Visiting my old hometown (shout out to Great Bend, Kansas) 🙂
  30. Looking at pictures of loved ones that have passed
  31. New grandbabies
  32. Helping others
  33. Guided meditations
  34. Foot rubs
  35. Respect
  36. Ice Cream
  37. Driving around to look at Christmas lights (with a cappuccino in hand)
  38. Finding money in the dryer
  39. Good food
  40. Shoulder rubs
  41. Seeing good things happen to other people
  42. Peace
  43. Validation of my work on the blog
  44. Vacation days from work
  45. Blankets straight from the dryer
  46. Wood wick candles
  47. Homemade gifts
  48. Seeing my kids happy
  49. Payday
  50. New beginnings
Throwing in a picture of some of that good food that makes me happy!

I would now like to tag the following blogging buddies and challenge you to write a list of 50 things that make YOU happy:

Rebecca at The Coastal Mummy

Kirsty at Kirsty Through The Looking Glass

Rachel at Rachel Downing

Donna at Life as Mrs. Jones

Eleanor at Eleanor May

Anindya at My Daily Journal

Ida at I’m Miss Mountain

Angela at Angela McLean

Amy at Miss Amy Rach

 

1:59 am: Another Sleepless Night

1:59 am: Another Sleepless Night

Just another sleepless night.. What you are about to read are the words that I actually wrote down on paper when I woke up in the middle of the night a few days ago.  I wake up like this almost every night..or I can’t get 

On The Road Again:  Adventures of a Wrinkled Wanderer

On The Road Again: Adventures of a Wrinkled Wanderer

My sister Jan, aka the Wrinkled Wanderer, has been traveling again!  Last time she headed northeast, and this time she headed off in the opposite direction.  In case you missed her first post, you can find it here.  https://cookiesandcursewords.com/adventures-of-a-wrinkled-wanderer-retirement-fun-by-Jan-Milbradt Enjoy your travels! Off We Go! Hello