identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)

61.) Discovering old graveyards in small towns.
62.) Saugatuck in the summer with Bill.
63.) A Good Bloody Mary
64.) Princess Cruises
65.) The smell of Eucalyptus
66.) Southern Breads, rolls, muffins, biscuits.
67.) Dreaming of a water world or Atlantis
68.) Rib Tips with Craig
69.) Inspiring Teachers in my program
70.) The dream of a paperless life

60.) And for me this is a big one! Stopping to relize what a freeing concept saying “no” is. I’ve never said it really until a few months ago and I’m finding it very empowering!

50.) Listening to Nina Simone’s brilliant reworking the The Standards.
51.) Swimming naked – especially in the ocean.
52.) Chet Baker’s tragic beauty.
53.) The smell of Florida airports – moldy 1970’s airconditioning – oddly sexy!
54.) Seeing a visually inspiring foreign film.
55.) Movie theatre popcorn.
56.) Hot soapy showers with someone you love.
57.) Dreaming someday there will be a cure for AIDS and Cancer.
58.) Laurie Colwin’s books about food
58.) The Chocolate and Zucchini website.
59.) The Melancholy happiness of going through pics of those I have loved and lost.

46.) Riding the Brown Line just for fun on a fall day.
47.) Spending time taking care of my mother during her last days.
48.) Watching inspiring people do their “magic” – and being in awe of how effortless and simple it actually appears.
49.) Therapy with Bernie.

1.) My dog Snickers.
2.) Chocolate.
3.) Visiting a moist warm greenhouse on a cold winter’s day.
4.) Steamrooms & Jacuzzis.
5.) Flowers and other things that smell good.
6.) Spending time with my cousin Alley.
7.) Naps.
8.) The New Yorker and a pot of good coffee.
9.) Hot Chocolate.
10.) Cinnamon Toast.
11.) Old Television Series and a Fluffy Blanket
– I Love Lucy, Mary Tyler Moore, Thunderbirds, etc…
12.) Eating Tomatoes still warm from the garden.
13.) Movie and TV (Boy time) with my friend Sammy.
14.) My way my friend Michelle’s condo is decorated in Miami.
15.) A shave from a barber.
16.) My mother’s Sophie’s Tomatoe Sauce.
17.) Buttermilk Pie
18.) The South of my childhood – great food, polite people…
19.) Memories of Traveling with my Mother to Monticello
20.) My nephew Gus
21.) Grad school – MOST of the time.
22.) My coworkers Lesley and Joyce and Margaret and Mary Lou.
23.) Hanging with Cyrus in Miami.
24.) Chicago’s cool resources – the The Old Town School, etc…
25.) The smell of the Paris Metro – Unlike anything else…
26.) Riding Mopeds through the Key West cemetary.
27.) Time with Amy Lynn -letting her positive energy inspire me.
28.) Look at great design – Eames, etc…
29.) Finding great things at Yard Sales -like my $5 Eames Lounge
30.) David & Amy Sedaris – The Talent Family
31.) The Fourth St. Prespy Courtyard – Mich Ave & Delaware
32.) Dreaming about Rio de Janeiro
33.) Mopeds & Vespas
34.) Nattily dressed men
35.) San Francisco Fog City Diner with my mom.
36.) Prairie Home Companion
37.) Sheets and Linen fresh from the dryer.
38.) The feeling of passing an MCSE exam.
39.) Gently stretching my muscles.
40.) Singing Jazz loudly to myself when I’m in my car.
41.) Mimosas INSTEAD of Brunch – not with Brunch :-)
42.) A Naughty Naughty Dirty Dirty Martini, extra olives
43.) Floating in a warm ocean
44.) A facial from my secret girl @ Georgette Klinger
45.) That five minutes total where everything in my life FLOWED!