"An eclectic collection" of thoughts to be happy about in life,

from the Prophetess of the Obvious

Updated periodically!

• Yoga
• Quiet music
• Meditation
• VOIP
• Good neighbors
• Teaching
• Chamomile tea
• Coupons for free flowers
• Self sticking stamps
• Incense
• Finishing off year-end paperwork
• Long hot oiled baths for dry skin
• Food for thought
• Jury duty
• Toe rings
• A warm afternoon after a cold spell
• Hand-held organizers
• Open-faced franklin fireplaces
• Knotty pine
• A wall filled with family photos
• Jack Russel terriers
• A cat that talks back
• The first 3 bites into chewing gum
• Loosing weight
• Late nights for reading
• Metal file cabinets
• Big rubber erasers
• Guardians for kids
• Crayons for kids at restaurants
• Scented candles that hold their scent to the end
• Women who know their worth
• La Grand Jatte
• Lip balm
• Steamed clams
• Good advice
• Water fountains, in and out of doors
• Fax machines
• Wicker furniture on a porch
• A tire swing hanging from a big tree
• Brooks for fishing
• A frozen pond for ice skating
• Weeding a garden
• Automatic sprinkler systems
• The smell of a room just after it is painted
• Orange and black striped leotards
• Covered bridges
• Quick "I love you's" from a child
• An ice cream sundae with really hot fudge
• Arts and crafts made by children
• Web TV
• Butterfly gardens
• Working with my hands
• Real Maple Syrup
• Autumn leaves
• Summer thunder storms
• Bicycling in the evening
• Calculators
• Getting technology to "work"
• Mouse pads
• Grackles
• Squirrels
• Soft kleenex tissues
• Sexy people
• Mystery novels
• Kids not afraid to say I love you
• Step teams
• Conventions with lots of choices
• Watering cans that hold a lot
• Wind chimes
• Poetry
• Friends who remember to call
• Writing a love letter
• Old family photos
• Brand new notebooks
• Talk radio
• Watching a thunderstorm
• Really breezy days
• Garden snakes
• A wooden office desk
• No time cards
• Co-workers who support you
• Double tape dispensers
• Magnifiers
• Electric pencil sharpeners
• When alone, eating on my good china, by candlelight
• Being sent home early from work
• Green tea
• Bamboo plants
• A boss that knows my worth
• Eating raw potato
• Flat bed scanners
• A good leather purse
• Lollipops
• A real "ink" pen
• Aromatic coffee
• The American flag
• Children singing
• A child-made valentine
• The spirit of St. Patty's day
• The precocity of indigo children
• Self-stick stamps
• Staplers that don’t jam
• Stores that aren’t huge
• Treadle sewing machines
• Yarn
• The color green
• Making a whistle sound with a blade of grass
• Paper clips
• Achy muscles after a workout
• secret fun page
• Bicycling at daybreak
• Bicycling after sunset
• The smell of the ocean
• The Armed Forces
  
• Firemen, police and those who serve to protect
• Planes and anything that flies
• Flies that don’t visit your picnic
• Cats and kittens
• A dog that has a learning spirit
• Barbecue sauce on campfire-hot corn on the cob
• Drawn butter for steamed shrimp
• Clamming and eating them in the next hour
• The eye of a whale
• My eyesight
• Friends not afraid to share their trade secrets
• Self-adhesive stamps
• Iced coffee
• Pinky rings
• A manicurist that is gentle
• Squirrel feeders
• Bubble baths
• Yard work
• Hearts of gold
• Folks who like to share their talents, just 'cuz
• Bacon
• A red rose on a black velvet pillow
• Computers that work
• Boston cream pie
• Silk plants
• Ceiling fans
• Goose neck lamps
• Night blooming jasmine in the air
• The smell of grass after the rain
• Summer showers
• Hot chocolate
• Dark, rich coffee
• Giraffes
• The taste of honey
• A hairdresser that is an artist
• Sharp scissors
• My Mom's paintings
• Kisses, long and sweet
• Directions
• An old hammer
• Making time to read
• Vermicelli
• Enough file folders
• Pens that don't leak
• #2 pencils, sharpened
• Crayons
• An old house dress
• A flirtatious young man
• A flirtatious older man
• The bright look in the eyes of a child when they know you are really listening
• Cotton q-tips
• Toy trucks
• Quiet streams for fishing
• Sunlight that sneaks in through window blinds

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