Sistah Pat

Okay, Sarah has begun a list of 100 things that make her happy.  Wow!  100!  I started a new category called 100 Smiles and I’ll add to it as I go along.  Time is short this morning so I’ll just touch on a couple of them.

I enjoy sitting out on the patio on a sunny morning working the daily crossword puzzle.  Strange thing is…I haven’t done it for ages.  I mean really.  I don’t think I did it even once last summer.  Don’t know why it popped in my head.  Maybe because we had a pretty day yesterday and we’re supposed to be sunny and in the 70s today so I was thinking how nice it would be if I didn’t have to go to work.  I’d love to just sit out on the patio and work the crossword puzzle.  I like reading the clues, pausing to watch the birds in the birdfeeders and houses and then filling in the blanks.  I can sit out there by the flower gardens and watch the bees and dragonflies do their thing while I soak up the sun.  Guess that’s going to be my first three smiles:

1. The daily crossword
2. Bird Feeders
3. Flower Gardens
4. Walking out of the building on the last day before spring/summer/Christmas break
5. Finishing a MAJOR project at work
6. daffodils
7. Sitting in the spa with my morning coffee and looking at the stars
8. Walking through a parking lot and realizing that I’m kind of swishing around in my jeans because they’re a little bit loose and they’re not glued to me
9. Meeting a mini goal that I wasn’t sure I could meet
10. Totally ripe watermelon - deliciously sweet and low calorie
11. a crystal clear pool on a hundred degree day
12. Riding the waves at the beach
13. sitting on a balcony sipping a glass of wine with warm ocean breezes stirring the palm trees