The Happy List

So, I've always been a little OCD about making lists. Okay, maybe more than just a little bit. I love making lists. I even own books about lists. Not just about them, but books of lists. Yeah. To-do lists, grocery lists, decorating lists, gratitude lists, Christmas lists and cleaning lists. I make lists on what lists I need or want to make. I am a list writing fool. So here I sit on my semi-comfortable futon at almost 2 AM, and I'm thinking about what makes me happy in life. Those random things that are out of the ordinary that make me smile. And what better way to let everyone know what those things are than by making a list?? Why...I can't think of another way! Buckle your seat belts ladies and gents...it's gonna be a random ride.

• When I'm driving down the interstate in some hellacious traffic and all of a sudden I see the taillights in front of me start to blink in a rhythmic manner. That's when I realize that whoever is driving is tapping their brakes to the radio or CD they're listening to. It always makes me grin because I know that someone is jamming out and having a little bit of fun in an otherwise stressful situation.
• Watching kids cartoons. I love watching Spongebob Squarepants or Fairly Odd Parents or something like that. Not only does it take me back to being a kid and watching cartoons on a Saturday morning, but I love how the writers of the cartoons sometimes use vocabulary and humor that only adults would understand. Some of the puns they put in there are hilarious. The other day I was watching an episode of Spongebob and they were on "Karate Island" and Sandy Squirrel had to fight an enemy. His name was "The Tickler" because his technique was tickling, and he spoke in a french accent. Get it?? HA!! It totally cracked me up. The french tickler. Too funny. Maybe I'm just too easily amused.
• Vanilla ice cream with peanut butter in it. I think that's pretty much self explanatory.
• Magazine subscriptions. I literally have about 6 of them. I love magazines. I love reading in general, but there's something about being able to read fun articles about human interest stories, makeup, health, sex, boys, and Oprah's dogs that just tickle me pink. And looking forward to getting something in the mail is pretty great, too.
• Babies' belly laughs. There are several commercials out right now in which little kids are just letting it rip...and you can't help laughing right along with them. It's contagious. Not to mention insatiable. That yummy sound coming from the mouths of babes. The sound is just so pure and innocent and real. I'm not exactly sure what it is...but if someone could bottle and sell that stuff, they'd be bazillionaires.
• Making lists. Seriously. If you haven't quite grasped the reality of the list situation...come to my house. They could probably do an Oprah show on me or something.

Now, time's a-wastin'! Go make your own "Happy List!" You never know...it could be the start of a whole new obsession!