practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically

I am grateful for:

1. Rocco, the fawn-colored French bulldog puppy, who is the bouncy four-month-old suitor of my 10-year-old dog.

2. Having money and time to see “in the next room, or the vibrator play…”

3. Having money and time to buy plays and read them.

4. This odd spring/fall weather.

5. Meeting a woman who just moved to my town who has a tough (but trainable) adult rescue dog. I hoped I gave her good advice: don’t quit, take it slow, and be patient.

1. meeting an adorable girl dog named Sedaris who looked part corgi, part pit, and all adorable.

2. a compelling episode of CSI starring Tippi Hedren! (The Birds) that got me through a treadmill session.

3. Dark chocolate Reese’s peanut butter cups.

4. Discovering that Lady Gaga has a sense of humor…and so, again, does Madonna.

5. Just contemplating buying my dog a lobster costume for Halloween.

But grateful for:

1. The fall air
2. The free coffee I got yesterday
3. How I Met Your Mother
4. My dog’s stomach, so pettable
5. Affirmation cards….

I am grateful for:

1. Blimpie’s tuna with sharp provolone
2. My kind husband, who walked the dog because I felt crummy
3. My kind husband, who got me lunch and dinner because I felt crummy
4. Listening to Speech Debelle
5. Watching BONES, with Stephen Fry playing the shrink

1. A nice “get to know you” office party at an outdoor bar by the Hudson River.
2. Awesome new cafeteria at my office.
3. Getting cheese all over my shirt. You had to be there.
4. Insanely beautiful gerbera daisies…bought at the Port Authority!
5. Kisses from my dog.

Today I am grateful for:

Madison Square Park, one of the glories of New York City.
http://www.madisonsquarepark.org/Home/Default.aspx

Six notebooks for SIX CENTS at Staples..in pink and turquoise.

Madonna’s “Ray of Light.”

Learning that my 10-year-old dog gave her boyfriend Kingston (five month Rottie!) a smooch.

Walking from Penn Station to the East Village and drinking in the heavy, lovely almost rainy air.

1. My dog is at her lowest weight ever. And she looks like a puppy at 10.

2. My dental surgery is ALL DONE.

3. It’s Saturday.

4. Daniel Schorr is on Twitter.

5. French Roast coffee….

I am grateful for:

1. buying blood oranges from the market this morning.
2. being able to go home early because I am achy.
3. walking my dog in the nice weather.
4. being able to nap.
5. chocolate soy milk.

1. Having the day off.
2. Finding my book for book group at an indy bookstore, and having a lovely chat about Chekhov with the clerk.
3. discovering the most sexy juice glasses at CB2 I have ever seen.
4. Helping an alumni affairs officer at NYU do some really cool stuff.
5. Filming NYC, my favorite city in the world, with my new Flip.

I am grateful:

1. For the snow holding off long enough so we could take our dog swimming.

2. For the snow falling just as I was running…

3. And listening to a gorgeous version of one of Bach’s Goldberg Variations on my iPod…

4. For new coffee I got at Trader Joe’s, a dark Sumatra…

5. For snuggling with Jeff while watching a lovely, funny, and actually touching 30 Rock..