Things That Make Me Smile - Part Deux

That was so much fun, I decided to do it again...

1. Watching While You Were Sleeping with Mr. Right


2. Summer lovin'


3. Knowing some of you are now singing "happened so fast, summer lovin' had me a blast..."


4. Grace


5. Skinny dipping


6. Tubing down a lazy river


7. Jumping in puddles


8. Catching rainbows


9. Getting real mail


10. Glistening in the warmth of the sun


11. My playlist on my iPod


12. Singing along to my playlist


13. Eating Chinese food in bed with Mr. Right


14. Coming home


15. Getting to come home early


16. My boss leaving for weeks at a time


17. Stash chai-spiced black tea


18. Knowing that I'm eating the last thin mint


19. The Philadelphia Story


20. Getting more out of my Victoria's Secret gc because they were having their semi-annual sale when I went into the store


21. Hearing Tenni purr


22. Getting a "cat massage" from her


23. Seeing Tenni go crazy once in a while - dashing here and there, charging up the stairs, finding her sitting in a huge towel basket and peering out at me


24. Catching her scratching the right thing to scratch


25. Seeing the other smile lists that are being created because of this list


26. Praying for God to grant me peace about a troublesome problem at work and watching him handle every detail with such speed and wonder


27. A bug-free (well, mostly) summer


28. New car smell


29. Cinnamon


30. Homemade guacamole


31. *ahem*


32. Hot showers


33. Finding money about which I forgot in the laundry


34. Cooking comfort food


35. Trying a new recipe and really liking it


36. No traffic when I'm desperately needing to make it somewhere fast


37. Having all green traffic lights


38. Remembering lines from movies


39. Mr. Right serenading me, especially since I know he generally can't remember words to songs


40. Looking at pictures from our honeymoon


41. Looking at pictures of our kids when they were younger


42. Thinking about some of the fun times I had in high school


43. Thinking of college friends


44. Comforting a young girl who is scared that she is traveling alone for the very first time


45. Praying for the right words to talk to a coworker about knowing God


46. God granting that prayer


47. Getting put in the concierge level at my hotel when I'm on a business trip


48. Finding out that the 800 teenagers at my hotel (I kid you not) are fun, energetic and still kind


49. Finding an open treadmill in the workout room


50. Getting totally checked out by of the (doesn't know any better yet) teenagers (I felt like Stacey's Mom in that same-named song...)


51. Getting exceptional service at the hotel restaurant


52. Talking and laughing with the wait staff in the restaurant (the restaurant was quite dead)


53. Being allowed to personally complement the chef of my meal and then seeing value spark in his eyes


54. Having one of the waitresses come by to top off my wineglass without asking for that perk (see, being nice can have its own rewards)


55. After being called back (from the 19th floor that stopped on every single level because of the kazillion kids in the hotel) to the restaurant three times after my meal for very necessary yet comical reasons which are too long to tell here, telling that same staff who are all waiting to go home, "I have loved seeing y'all, but I mean this in the nicest way - I hope I don't see you anymore tonight!" and then all of us laughing


56. Being told that a drink of my choice is waiting for me at the bar as a reward for being so understanding and kind (I told them that I didn't need the drink...)


57. Drinking an unexpected Butterscotch Schnapps anyway (Hello! Free booze... never turn that down sister, especially good stuff!)


58. Sleeping really well that night


59. Talking with complete strangers and finding that we used to live in the same hometown


60. Telling some gentleman who said in a "you're so naive" way that I'd never make my flight, "Oh yes I will; I've already prayed to God about it."


61. God granting that prayer (with time to spare!)


62. Telling a passenger who was really worried about catching his connection in KC going to LA(because our plane was really late in taking off and he had a short connection time) that I'd pray that God would have his plane wait for him


63. Hearing as we land how God answered that prayer (That passenger made it because the airline held the plane for the connecting passengers... Go God!! I totally looked for that guy to give him a "see what God did" look.)


64. Hearing Mr. Right tell me how much he missed me when I was away


65. Hearing Mr. Right tell me how a part of him was incomplete when I was gone


66. Earplugs


67. Early morning Bible reading


68. Understanding more and more that just as the body is different, our church body is made up of different kinds of people


69. Understanding that God draws people to him in different ways than he drew me


70. Not often feeling judgmental or harsh anymore when I hear about others' coming to know God better and better


71. Hoops and Yoyo - every time


72. Jello jigglers, which are not to be confused with...


73. Jello shots


74. Really great chocolate covered donuts


75. Marriott rewards points earned while doing my job


76. Mocha Breves


77. Smooth or funky jazz


78. Wireless internet


79. T-1 lines at work (even if I can't get to my blogger account or leave messages on Blogger comment sections)


80. Winning free tickets to a musical (this Thursday - Sweet Charity)


81. Finding fabulous tips in the WFMW post


82. 300 count (or higher) cotton sheets


83. Remembering signs (from ASL) after not practicing all summer


84. Sweet, juicy strawberries


85. Knowing my vacation starts in 8 days


86. Kindness from a stranger


87. Watching young kids loving on their parents


88. Newborns


89. A third party (girl) telling me that I'm beautiful (and to basically shut up and remember that) when I start on a path of my physical shortcomings


90. Cherry limeades (specifically from Sonics)


91. Laughing at myself when I've done something remarkably stupid or silly


92. First morning cup of coffee


93. Casual days at work


94. Jeans that fit well and make me look good


95. Dreaming of actually finding jeans that fit well and make me look good and they don't cost an arm and a leg


96. Hugs


97. Finding kindred spirits


98. Having a joyful heart


99. Having impromptu dinner and game nights


100. Feeling alive