List 100 things that bring me joy

51. Ivy saying “i wuv you,Mommy” 100 times in a row… or almost.
52. Silver white winters
53. Melting snow.
54. Twinkle lights behind white cotton curtains.
55. Watching TV in bed
56. Gabriel’s curly head.
57. Quiet kids.
58. Kids doing a song and dance routine.
59. Uncovering dinosaur bones like real paleontologists (in a model kit)
60. Cuddling w S.
61. S. bringing me a glass of wine while I’m on the computer.
62. Making money from doing education work again, but on my own time.
63. Remembering that I have a brain and it works.
64. My cozy house.
65. My new fuzzy cat who is crazy fuzzy.
66. Coquito.
67. A quiet Christmas with just the four of us.
68. Christmas morning seen from G and Ivy’s eyes.
69. The food at my job. It is GOOD.
70. Being fed that good food everyday. Even just salad, yum.
71. New friends that I really like.
72. A job that I really like without drama.
73. Down pillows.
74. Going to movies.
75. Glitter.
76. Stringing popcorn with the kids.
77. Singing songs with the kids.
78. Watching wildlife use my porch as a highway.
79. Fog.
80. Candles.
81. Joni Mitchell music.
82. Pinterest.
83. Facebook.
84. Searching for a new camera and getting excited about what I might get.
85. Chocolate with sea salt.
86. Striped shirts.
87. Glee
88. So You Think You Can Dance
89. Slippers.
90. Pajamas.
91. Pretty scarves.
92. The color green.
93. Spring flowers.
94. A field of purple wildflowers in the woods.
95. A street lines with deliriously golden and orange fall leaves.
96. Kids playing in the sprinkler.
97. A boy learning to read.
98. A girl playing with dolls and making adventures.
99. Visitors
100. My life! (thank you list of 100 things. My goal for 2011 is to enjoy this stuff more and worry less about what isn’t there.)

1. Ivy’s chubby hand holding mine.
2. The way G always runs to me to tell me the story of the latest thing he’s seen or learned.
3. A nice cold glass of water.
4. Reconnecting with an old friend across miles and year, through the internet.
5. Dreaming of good things in a new home.
6. Laying down in a nice air conditioned room after a day spent in the heat and humidity.
7. Making a dinner from scratch that tastes delicious.
8. The sun glowing through a corona of strawberry blond curls.
9. Ivy starting to draw people.
10. G starting to draw elaborate plots and dreams and stories.
11. Singing songs at bedtime.
12. Making up songs at bedtime.
13. Playing our new game of “wiggle wiggle” where I tell them to do something and they do it.
14. Figuring out a game that has them clean up their room without protest. (make it a race and see who can put 10/20 things away first.)
15. Learning numbers and letters all day long, as part of the day.
16. Finding myself in an etsy treasury.
17. Curating my own etsy treasury.
18. Reading a book that sweeps me away.
19. So You Think You Can Dance.
20. So You Think You Can Dance (second night)
21. Talking about So You Think You Can Dance.
22. Painting a new painting that really hits home.
23. Meeting new people via the internet who will be in the neighborhood of my new home.
24. Good conversations with S.
25. Good “conversations” with S.
26. Cuddles with the kids in the morning before they start yelling and/or fighting.
27. Every body going to sleep at bedtime without drama or escapes.
28. Long afternoon naps… them, not me. Ah silence.
29. The rain.
30. Figuring out technology.
31. Building a blanket fort in the living room.
32. Clouds and the shade they bring.
33. Lotus flowers in the fish pond.
34. Bare feet on warm wood floors.
35. Kids playing in the rain.
36. Tank tops.
37. When the mail comes and there’s a package/letter for me.
38. That the kids seem to love creativity, reading, singing, drawing, stories…. just by virtue of seeing me take part in those things.
39. Helping people.
40. New notebooks.
41. New art supplies.
42. Ivy with her dolls.
43. Gabriel making sets/scenes with his animals and figurines.
44. “Arr, I be a baby pirate!”
45. Tang.
46. Fruit off of the trees; grapefruit, key limes, carambola, lychee nuts.
47. coffee
48. That other people are getting something out of my 100 paintings in 100 Days.
49. Having a breakthrough and catching up in my 100 in 100 creative challenge.
50. The number 50 and being half way done!