identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)

I’ve spent years with people who were mean, that didn’t have the best intentions and its hard for me because i have a tender heart, I want to reach out and help people. I’m a bad judge of character. I try to see the best in everyone, even when it’s obvious they aren’t good in any way. But somehow through the years I’ve weeded out the bad and found a small group of people, that I can call my friends, they are scattered all over the world some near some far and it’s wonderful to call them friends. They are from all sorts of backgrounds because of my bad judge of character =) so I learn so much from them… and It’s just wonderful. I love my friends.

Mmmm so good, I love artichoke season, dipping the leaves in a butter garlic and lemon sauce. so filling just in themselves. And the hearts are to die for!

Being neat and organized makes me feel at ease. I feel scattered when my space is cluttered.

I forgot how much I love taking pictures, using my creative eye to capture that great angle. I really need to start taking more pictures.

I used to hate being girly, I hid behind my boyish clothes and would never try to look nice. The idea of doing my nails on a regular basis was preposterous. But as I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to enjoy looking nice, and taking care of myself is important to me. I love to do my nails, its like forcing myself to take the time to sit still for a while and do nothing while they dry.

It’s been a long journey, loosing this weight, and one thing I will miss when I’m done is putting on a piece of clothing and realizing it’s way too big to wear anymore and having to get rid of it. This morning I put on a pair of jeans that I’ve never been able to wear because they’ve always been too small and this time they were way too big, I guess I’ll never be able to wear them, always be too big or too small.. just weren’t meant to be!

When that special person wraps his arms around me and kisses me on the top of my head, I feel like everything is perfect.

I love nuts but I think of all the nuts I love to munch on, almonds are my favorite!

I used to hate going out alone but my lack of quality friends has pushed me to go out and do things I wouldn’t normally do alone. Like go to a movie and sit right in the middle all by myself. I enjoy that I feel more free to form my own decision about how good or bad the movie is without the person sitting next to me giving me their input.

It doesn’t matter if its with one of my friends or that special someone, just the act of curling up together with someone makes me very happy.