100 Happy Things

On December 1, 2010, I posted the start of my list titled 100 Happy Things.

The purpose of this list is to have something to look at to remind me of the things that always, always, always make me smile and feel good.

It’s a work in progress, and I’d love to hear your contributions, so please share your own happy thoughts in the comments!

  1. A good run
  2. An awesome spinning class
  3. Britney Spears’s “Oops (I Did It Again)” music video
  4. Red Starburst
  5. Getting all the dishes done and having an empty sink
  6. Lululemon tank tops
  7. Making lists
  8. Finding out at the register that something is on sale
  9. Magazine day in the mail
  10. Finding money
  11. Fall foliage
  12. Apple picking at Gould Hill Orchard in New Hampshire
  13. Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies
  14. Skinny mirrors
  15. Will Ferrell
  16. Watching old dance videos from competitions and recitals
  17. Playing with a puppy
  18. The High Line Park in NYC
  19. Pad thai
  20. Outlet shopping with Mom
  21. Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton, NH
  22. Seeing really tall people
  23. Seeing really big dogs
  24. Seeing cruise ships on my morning run
  25. Having sore arms
  26. Running in Central Park
  27. When the laundry is all done and put away
  28. Finishing writing an article
  29. Driving with the windows down
  30. When no one sits in front of you at the movies so you can put your feet up
  31. The first time you use a new soap or lotion scent
  32. Ice cream sandwiches
  33. Mom’s fleetchki (noodles, cheese, yum)
  34. Honey’s meatballs (Honey is my grandmother and her Swedish meatballs are to die for—everyone fights over them at Christmas)
  35. Ocean City, NJ
  36. Peeling a Clementine in one peel
  37. Getting real mail from someone
  38. Peeing in the ocean (yeah, maybe I’m gross—but you know you do it, too)
  39. The smell of a campfire
  40. Taking off your bra at the end of the day
  41. Elmo from Sesame Street
  42. Getting the answers right on Jeopardy!
  43. Andes mints
  44. When delivery food arrives really fast
  45. Having a funny dream and waking up laughing
  46. Eating raw cookie dough
  47. Seeing your food come out of the kitchen at a restaurant
  48. Going on the playground swings
  49. Double Stuffed Oreos dipped in milk
  50. Picking a wedgie (oh so satisfying)
  51. Getting a massage
  52. Having the warm pizza box on your lap in the car
  53. Getting a piece of cheese at the deli
  54. Really hot winter showers
  55. Outdoor showers
  56. Macintosh scented Yankee Candles
  57. Getting out an ingrown hair (whatever, I never claimed to be perfect…or sexy)
  58. High fives
  59. Putting your own shoes back on after you go bowling
  60. When the teacher calls you out for doing a move correctly during a group fitness class
  61. Getting comments on my blog!
  62. Getting a raise
  63. Slipping into my white spa robe after a gloriously long, hot shower
  64. The smell of new tennis balls
  65. The smell of American Girl books
  66. Hotel lobby bathrooms
  67. When you flip a pancake perfectly
  68. Eating s’mores
  69. Getting out of the car after a really long trip
  70. When the person puts the medal around your neck after finishing a great race