10 things that make me happy:)

I was very flattered when the adorable Lauren from With Two Cats gave me this blog award. If you haven't checked out her blog, you should!!! She posts gorgeous inspiration pictures, has the perfect blend of pictures, personal info and text (most blogs seem to be a bit heavy on one of the three), and her little family is just so cute. Make sure to check out her nursery! It's not even done yet and I'm already swooning.

This is by no means an exhaustive list, and I wanted to keep it light and happy rather than mushy and serious, so without further ado, here are 10 things that make me happy.

1. Pizza and a movie nights with my husband. Getting all dressed up to go to a fancy dinner is fun, but honestly ... my very most favorite thing is when we just pick up a pizza, rent a movie, and have a date night at home:)

2. Full House. I don't know what I'd do without this show. It's not even that funny, interesting, or entertaining ... and heaven knows there's no good acting or writing ... but it always makes me happy! For our first Christmas together, my husband bought me the DVD series that comes in the little mini-house. Best gift ever!!!

3. Making movies with my siblings. Let me tell you, we've made some doozies. We have several infomercials ... always for absolutely worthless and ridiculous products that my brother Sam (the mastermind behind the infomercials) comes up with. A little under a year ago, we pulled out all the stops. We re-made the movie Signs. The movie is about 12 minutes long, and has all the important scenes in it. The "swing away, Merrill" scene, the creepy leg in the corn field scene, even Bo's baby monitor scene. It's awesome.

4. Daisies. Aren't they just the cutest? Daisies make everyone happy. When my friend Mary Claire and I were young, we didn't have boyfriends (but we wanted some!), so on special occasions we would buy each other daisies, our favorite flower.

5. Nora Ephron films. In case you couldn't tell from my blog's tagline, this post, and the countless You've Got Mail and Julie & Julia posts I've done, I LOVE any movie Ephron is involved in, and they make me very happy:)

6. Oldies. I love old music. The majority of my iTunes downloads are Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, etc. Click here for a list of some of my favorite oldies, with a few new songs thrown in there as well!

7. The lyrics to In Christ Alone. You can click here to read them, or you can listen to it right here by playing this video.

8. Seeing a loved one you haven't seen in a long time. There are very few feelings in the world that can compare to that feeling you get when you first spot your spouse/parent/siblings/best friend at the airport after being separated for a while. I love that. You just can't beat that sudden rush of emotions.

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9.  Jemima's antics. She is about the funniest little creature I've ever seen. She's so floppy and cuddly, and she does a million tricks (some we taught her and some she just picked up on her own). She has us laughing all the time. We're convinced that once she figures out a way to make us laugh, she starts doing it on purpose.

10. Cute neighborhoods. I could drive around cute, sunny neighborhoods where trees line the streets and little craftsman houses in different colors are all in rows for hours and hours.

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Do something that makes YOU happy today!