list three things every day that made me happy

1. Had some pretty snow. Unfortunately it didn’t last and didn’t stick on the ground very long, but it was really pretty.

2. Finally got some information about my student loan repayments. It is something that has been causing me a lot of stress not knowing when my first payment was due (I thought it should have been due already), how much my monthly payments would be and whether I could cover it with what I’m currently making. I’m really glad that I finally got that information.

3. Gained a subscriber.

1. Temperatures warmed up a bit for a day and I went out walking in the woods again. Took my camera this time and I enjoyed it. I even had my dog following me for company.

2. Gained 3 new subscribers on here.

3. Got my first issue of Cosmo in the mail. I like reading magazines, but I don’t spend money subscribing to them. I used MyCokeRewards to get a free year of Cosmo and I’m glad I did.

4. Reading a book with the cat snuggled up in my lap.

5. I watched an episode of Monk I had never seen before. I thought I had watched every episode, but I guess I missed one.

1. The boyfriend bought me a really nice digital camera. Total surprise and I love it. I’ve never had my own, I always had to borrow my moms to use, so it’s nice having one that belongs to me.

2. I now have an actual shower! It is so much easier to relax and do things like shave my legs when I don’t have to hold on to a handheld one the whole time.

3. My teeth are feeling better. For a couple of weeks they were hurting so bad and I constantly had to take Aleve. But this week I haven’t had a problem with them.

4. I saw all 4 of my nieces the past couple of days. I love how the youngest one, almost a year and a half, gets amused by the simplest of things. She also helped me to make a butterscotch pie. While it got just a tad messy, she was so eager to help it was adorable.

5. This week has been relatively calm. I’ve really been stressing out about certain issues for the past couple of months and they have left me feeling down and drained. I’ve thought about the same things this week, but for some reason I’ve just been in such a better mood.

1. Got an e-mail from an old friend I met the year I spent in college.

2. I visited the daycare where I was a sub at. Had 4 little ones come running and hugging me, telling me they loved me and missed me, and asking me to stay and come back.

3. Took my first birth control pill. Excited to finally be on them.

4. Walked through the woods behind my house. It was nice and enjoyable. I walked down far enough where there are a bunch of rocks and you can see a creek and an old road. Beyond that it gets kind of steep, and I would not enjoy the walk back up, but it was really pretty and kind of calming.

5. New subscriber.

6. My cat. We’ve had a guy working on the bathroom, so I’ve had to keep her shut in a room. When I let her out yesterday she looked at me and let out the loudest, shrilling meow. Almost like she was cussing me out for it. I was very amused by it.

1. My friend finally got her phone turned on after moving and being without it for a couple of weeks. She lives at the opposite end of the state so a phone is our only real way of communicating.

2. Beautiful tulips for Valentines Day. They came a day late, but I still love them.

3. New subscriber on here.

4. Some really pretty snow. We haven’t had much this winter and it covered most of the ground and was just really pretty.

5. Today is a fairly warm day. I’ve spent a lot of time outside and it feels nice.

6. We are having to have our bathroom redone and found out today the guy will install an actual shower. All we have ever had here is a hand held one and long, hot showers really relax me so it’ll be so nice to just stand there and enjoy it without having to hold something the entire time.

1. Survived my birth control appointment and got me 3 months worth of pills.

2. Over 18 hours at work this week. That’s twice as much as I’m scheduled for, 4x as much as I have been getting.

3. At work one day I had a couple of guys making small talk with me. One comes back a few minutes later and tells me his friend thinks I’m really cute and asking if I had a boyfriend. What girl doesn’t like to get hit on?

4. My dad bought me some red nail polish and mascara. I had been wanting both, but am trying to save as much as I can and he told me he would just buy it.

5. Used MyCokeRewards points to get a one year free subscription to Cosmo.

6. My brother yesterday shooting his bows and arrows and trying to get me to and telling me all about them. We hated each other when we were young and avoided each other or else was in a constant fight, it’s nice to be able to just talk.

1. The boyfriend called me this morning! First time talking with him in over a month. Phone calls are so much better than e-mails.

2. Finally got the bf’s Valentines Day thing done. Planning on mailing it out tomorrow.

3. I have been in a terrific mood all day since the phone call. So today also- chasing the dogs, laying outside and looking up at the stars and feeling calm even though it was freezing, wearing some new, pretty and very comfortable pjs.

4. Been exercising fairly regularly and feeling good about my body.

5. Comments by the wonderful George. I was having a couple of very bad days and his comments really cheered me up.

6. This little boy at the daycare asking when I was coming back. I was there two days when he started, and he was such a sweet little boy. I was the first worker to actually hear him talk and we played a bit. I miss the kids and it makes me feel good when I know that they miss me.

7. Laying in bed watching Ice Age with my 3 year old niece and her just turning around to me and saying “I love you Jesse”. So adorable.

1. Finally called and made an appointment to get on birth control.

2. Worked seven hours today. My last paycheck (which is for 2 weeks) only had eight hours on it, so any extra time I can get is awesome.

3. This adorable baby at work. She would crawl around the clothing racks playing a little peek-a-boo game and it was so cute.

4. Small talk with a girl I was friends with in high school. Probably the second time I’ve seen her since we graduated.

1. The return of tv shows.

2. A guy came into the clothing store where I work and asked my boss about me and said I was gorgeous. Even though the boss says he is a major flirt, it still made me feel good.

3. New subscriber.

4. I had the house to myself for quite a long while today and I got a lot done.

5. Getting to work a couple of days at the day care before it closes for good.

1. My 3 year old niece proclaiming it’s “snuggle time” and cuddling up against me.

2. My 1 year old niece is starting to walk by herself.

3. 43T. New subscriber, niceness of the people here.

4. Almost a week off work. Plus I’m now getting an extra day a week that was worked by a girl who is no longer there.

5. Found a couple of really good books at the library, one which I have been wanting to read for months, but it had always been checked out.