I just wanted to put something positive in here

Special deliveries

My Buddy Bear

Working out

Taking a nice long drive with the tunes going

Having long, laughing fits

Doing goofy silly things with my daughter…

Buttered popcorn…

My bestie…

Watching episodes of "Top Chef" in bed with my hubby…

working out in the morning with my wife…..

playing my guitar and singing my fool head off…

having a night off from cooking….

long dinners with my family when young adults come home to visit the old folks….

cold beer….

emails, phone calls, text messages or instant messages from my best friend….

the possiblility of summer road trips to see some of my chatter folks….

spending the last week with my kids…well, mostly my girl as the son was MIA most of the time

curling up watching TV with Max the crazy cat on my lap (god I sound like an old lady…)

warm weather when I get to drive around topless

knowing I have great friends (that means YOU guys!)

Famous Amos cookies for only .25 cents a bag in our office vending machine!

This new board without all the SPAM.

My babies, and the fact that Medusa's "adoption" of Flaxine's youngest is going well.

Steak.

The loss of 20 pounds during the last year, without even trying.

the fact that I have lost 30 pounds since September.

the fact that I know my family loves me even though they don't always show it.

Finally starting to make friends here in Jacksonville

Feeling all giddy when you see or talk to someone.

having friends that their smile just lights up a room.

having a roomie that is rock-tastic. I seriously have had only one other living situation that has gone this well and that was my last place in windsor….

big breakfasts on a sunny beautiful sat. morning

I'll keep up the weight loss trend.

Loving that I've lost 32 pounds in 2008.

Running in Central Park.

My new Hawaiian friend.

The fact that people are inspired by my hard work in training for this triathlon.

My cat. Although don't tell him I wrote this or he'll start to get a big head.

My fam. I'm going to see them in a couple of weeks. Now I just have to figure out how to get my bike home.

Those Oats & honey Granola bars. Mmmmmmmmmm.

I could go on. But now I must have a granola bar.

I wanted to bring this back to the surface because I feel like being Pollyanna Sunshine from Gladtown, USA.  Here is my list…

Having my amazing and handsome Buddy Bear.

Learning life's lessons in the most unexpected ways…

Freedom.

Being Single.

Meeting old friends for the first time.

Having wonderful friends who are just like family.

Reconciling with my amazing cousin.

Looking out my window and seeing beautiful blue sky outisde.

Having a good, reliable albeit older car.

The 2010 Camaro for aesthetics alone.

I'll go with the weight loss trend.

Knowing that I'm a size 36 pant, when I was a 44 a year and some ago.

Walking in the door from a long day at work and seeing the smile on Peanut's face and having my kids scream, "DADDY" and then full on sprint to me at the door.

Having old friends find me on Facebook.  It's been weird, but there's been a lot come up…

Seeing the pictures from said friends that they post of us when we were in High School.

Good Beer

Good Food

My bed after working 18 hours at the Hospital.

Old friends…the people who have meant the most to me over the course of my life…are still with me…through all the years…and the moves…especially Patti…

Al fresco dinners with the kids and Chip out by the pool…

Sunshine and swimming pools…days outside with the kids…or movie nights in the winter when we are all curled up under blankets in the theatre…

Going to concerts as a family…Clapton…Green Day…Metallica…etc…

Nights when Chip and I listen to music…drink a bottle or two of wine and talk about everything…

Weekend getaways…

My parents…I love how they love me…I love how they love my kids…they are awesome people…I am truly blessed.

Watching Boston from the air as I make my final descent into Logan…

Summertime on Cape Cod and/or one of the islands…Captain Frosty's…the taffy stand…Grey's Beach…riding the Jet Express…

Walking to the beach/boat ramp with my kids at my Grandmother's old home (now my parent's home)

The Yankee candle flagship store…

Sephora deliveries…

Laughing until it hurts…

Pupu platters and scorpion bowls…

Creme Brulee…

Lilacs in bloom…

Night swimming…

Internet shopping…

Finding new clothes in my closet or dressers that I forgot that I bought(see above)

Eating lobsters on the beach in Nantucket…

Our puppy Baxter…

My life in general makes me extremely happy…I am a lucky girl…

snuggling in bed with Nathan and Amelia on Saturday mornings…

the smell of burning charcoal in the neighborhood… 

having a glass of wine on the deck by candlelight on a warm summer evening…

friends who don't know what to say, but are there for you anyway when you really need them…

Fires in the back yard with friends…with above said good beer!

When we have fires in the backyard and 15 neighborhood kids come over and make smores…

Standing in the middle of the road with my neighbors drinking a beer…with said neighbors…in the middle of the road…with above said good beer.

When we go for our after dinner walk and a neighborhood gettogether breaks out in someones driveway and we get to watch all the kids play. 

The sound of my daughter's laughter.

The unsolicited "lub yous" and kisses from my daughter.

My wife

Good friends.

Hanging out with good friends.

Working on home improvement projects.

Rooster's wings

White Castles

Chipotle burritos

Paying off debt

Playing my piano.

Having my son living with me…it has been wonderful and seeing how happy he is the icing

My daughter…watching the woman she is becoming emerge

My friends…both the in person ones and the online versions…you all keep me somewhat sane and grounded and I don't know what I'd do without any of you

My parents…2 of the best people in the world who love and support me no matter what

Sunny days in San Diego

Having a job that I actually like with a boss that is by far the best one I have ever had…and doctors that think I walk on water!  :-)

Ipod docker in my car

Grilled salmon

Aleve…and sometimes Vicodin…at least until I get the damn shoulder fixed

Waking up every morning!!!

<steeling some of Flecks>

White Castles, man do I miss those.

Opening up a box from Fleck with a four pack of Skyline Chili.

Roosters Wings as well.  Man I miss that place…that was the place that we would go to, correct?  The spin off persay from that place on Woodman Drive.  I can't remember the name for the life of me..

Finally getting to see Counting Crows last week after them cancelling the original gig in December. Not having to travel to London for said gig because it was in my home city for a change.

Knowing that in 4 days, I will have finished my university finals and will be able to move back home to my boyfriend and family after three years of being 100 miles away. :D

That was Fricker's.  Basically the same place, just a different name after the brothers had a falling out.

Today-Today makes me happy because it's our one year anniversary as a couple! ;o)

I'm moving in as we speak!

Love makes me happy ;o)

Frickers…that's right.  I'm guessing that it's not there anymore?