Just some light hearted thoughts because Melissa seems to be having a BUSY BUSY night. Lets all take a deep breath and cut her some slack
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101 reasons why life is just peachy:
1.Ice cream, need I say more?
2.The first tufts of green emerging from the winter blahs
3.Speaking of spring, that first day you can open the windows and let a breeze in
4.Puppy kisses and tails wagging so hard the whole pup wiggles
5.No matter how cranky you are someone is more so, I kinda think that’s funny.
6.Everyone in the house fighting to “clean” the mixing bowl when I make treats
7.Finding exactly what you want on clearance
8.Sleeping in late on the weekend after a long hard week.
9.Perfectly seasoned cast iron, FINALLY
10.The day you realize home grown tomatoes really are better than store bought
11.First loaf of homemade bread that isn’t a brick
12.The rusty bolt breaking loose JUST as you are about to cut it off
13.Accidentally finding an error in the checkbook, in your favor
14.When small communities have benefits for locals who fell on hard times
15.Childrens hospitals who take any gravely ill child even with no insurance
16.Being relaxed enough on a porch to actually hear different types of birds singing
17.Sunshine on my face
18.Nothing beats the feeling of crisp, newly laundered sheets
19.Finding the toilet seat down 90% of the time
20.When the house is accidentally clean before a surprise guest
21.Months that cycle in an extra payday, woohoo!!
22.Warm apple cider and the sounds of rustling leaves in fall
23.Trick or treaters, sure do miss those out here
24.Finding all the lost socks, never mind. Buying new ones and disposing of the odd ones and finally having matched pairs.
25.The first egg after feeding pullets for what seems like forever
26.Speaking of poultry, getting my new “peeps” every spring never gets boring
27.When you really can blame it on the dog, lol
28.The pleasant surprise bill from an honest mechanic
29.The first day the flu goes away and you feel normal again
30.Gravy, who doesn’t love gravy? Sausage gravy, bacon gravy, turkey gravy.mmm gravy
31.Out of town guests
32.The day out of town guests finally go home and life goes back to normal
33.Clerks who remember you and always act nice, they do exist somewhere
34.Finishing a project, RARE around here
35.When someone helps eagerly without being asked because they know you are too stubborn or prideful to ask anyway
36.When a disaster really is funny, like the plumbing gets clogged and the septic vent pipe in the yard bursts up like a fountain because the washer is running. Ooops
37.Tripping but catching yourself before actually falling AND looking around to see that no one noticed
38.Cheeseburgers, that’s all, just cheeseburgers.
39.The smell of ocean
40.Kids getting old enough to stop having hand prints on every glass surface in the house and car
41.Doctors with super short waiting room times
42.On that note, registering vehicles via mail
43.Meeting someone new and interesting
44.Getting lost and finding something neat along the way
45.The closest parking space being empty on a yucky day
46.All green lights when you are running late. Does that ever happen?
47.Farm supply stores, enough said.
48.A good vet with fair prices
49.A dependable livestock sitter so you can actually leave home for more than half a day
50.That broken something being under warranty
51.Having just the extra thing someone else needs
52.Proper fitting undergarments that don’t ride or pinch
53.People who wave as you drive by on rural roads
54.People who stop to see if you need help on those same rural roads.
55.Getting to make the first dent in a fresh jar of peanut butter or tub of margarine.
56.Big ole fluffy, downey scented blankets in winter
57.Tons of stuff in the ole mailbox but zero bills
58.Listening to old timers tell their stories
59.An honest person returning something you lost
60.A stranger who smiles at you for no reason
61.A really good, long stretch when you didn’t even know you were stiff
62.The feeling of coming home after being away for awhile
63.Walking in the door and noticing you cleaned up before you left
64.Long hot soaks in the tub or shower
65.Envelope glue that doesn’t taste like rotten something or other
66.Finally finding that lost something you put in plain sight?!?!?!
67.When someone else does the above and you get to laugh at them
68.Pulverizing a loved one who is a cheater at board games to the point they think you have witched the dice
69.When the fragile thing you stupidly drop either gets caught or just bounces, rattles and lands gently
70.Gas prices being high enough to keep that pesky door to door salesman away. Lol
71.That burning smell just being the toaster instead of wiring in the wall
72.Someone being home to save you when you realize there is no TP left in the bathroom
73.The day everyone else in the family refills ice trays or drink containers instead of setting them out on the counter empty
74.Just barely making it to the post office to get a long awaited package before they close for the weekend.
75.The mail delivery person actually delivering said package up a short driveway instead of leaving a card for pick up in your box when you are at home waiting
76.Not accidentally missing the third episode in a row of your favorite show
77.That joy you get from a book you just can’t put down
78.Finding that alarm clock with a gentle buzzer instead of one that startles you awake and leaves your heart rate up for 15 minutes
79.Feeling rested and waking up before the alarm goes off anyway
80.The rare occasion when something big actually goes the way you planned it
81.A friend who laughs at your stupid jokes and means it
82.When the annoying farm cat you can’t stand does that cute blinky eyed purring thing that melts your heart
83.When you finally feed the cat AGAIN and can walk without being afraid to trip over it and kill it
84.When you trip dramatically anyway spare the cat injury, somehow manage not to drop whatever pointless thing you are carrying but injure yourself
85.The day my son learned why I kept nagging him not to carry eggs in his pockets
86.Untangled wind chimes
87.Making it to the day the trash guys decide you still exist and not having to store trash in the house. (darned pets and lazy service workers)
88.Not getting caught taking a stinky bag of trash to a dumpster in town while you wait three weeks for a weekly trash pick up
89.Seeing the person who was driving 90 mph recklessly and nearly ran you off the road getting caught doing 15 mph behind a slow moving farm vehicle a mile down the road
90.Knowing the person in the farm vehicle and making a quick text message for them to slow down more and drive wide. Gotta love city folk on 2 lane country roads
91.When you can actually find the station on the radio that goes with whatever the person in the next car is singing
92.Speaking of radio, finding a decent signal and good tunes on long stretches of lonesome highway
93.The irony that all the people who have satellite radio will be back in the same boat with me when XM goes bankrupt
94.The gratitude of finding the last two Tylenol when you have a pounding headache and having someone who makes you so happy you give them up to their achey back
95.Remembering you ran out of milk before you get back home from town
96.Holidays that include a day off but don’t require the purchase of cards or gifts
97.A Charlie horse you catch just in time and get rid of before you get knocked over in agony
98.Exact change at a store check out
99.When the party you dreaded going to is cancelled at the last minute
100.A black shirt that doesn’t attract lint
101.Finally knowing you can trust a young livestock guard dog even when the barking makes you crazy and seems to be for no reason.
Please add your own, winter has been long and we can all use some spring in here
101 reasons why life is just peachy
