thinking about what makes me happy (for the next time when i'm feeling down and want to remember). these are not necessarily in order.lots and lots of art supplieswatching sabin dig into the art supplies with her whole beinghusband's drive to get household projects donehaving something to look forward to...can be anything from a new job (this week!) to dinner guests to my writing house in the garden to our building project being finished, the mailman's arrivalhaving airline tickets in my possession (i currently have 2 sets, so i'm doubly happy)ruinsshades of blue and greenmy beautiful, colorful yarngood chick music (sheryl crow, alanis morissette, regina spektor, feist...)my iPod(s)cooking some really fabulous foodmy new juicera fragrant, hot, steaming, bubble bath, surrounded by candles and in which i sip a glass of wine and read a good bookclean sheetsthe laundry being done on sunday nightthe red retro smeg refrigerator i'm getting soonhenry kloss radios (even better if they dock an iPod)bouquets of flowers from my own gardensitting out in the circle in the garden on a sunny day with the sunday paper and a big pot of tea and breakfast on a colorful traylaughing over a good storythis feels like a good exercise. to think about the positive. it's so easy sometimes to think about the negatives in life. to get bogged down in some petty little things. but really, there are plenty of great things on which i can better spend my energy. so, i think i will.