100 Things That Make Me Happy

Valentine’s Day made me think of the meaning of love. Then I thought about Al Green. Love and happiness. Do they go together? I think they should. So in the absence of romantic love, I wanted to write a post about some of the things* I love in life, which just so happen to be some of the things that make me happy. By affirming them I hope to remind myself to get more of them, more often! Why 100? Well, I had to stop somewhere.

*Yes, I know that half of this list is comprised of food items. I just didn’t think it sufficed to say that I love food. I had to give each item its own glory. I’m pretty sure I was obese in another life.

  1. the smell of vanilla
  2. BBQ ribs
  3. pedicures
  4. Honolulu, Hawaii
  5. spam musubi
  6. snow cones
  7. Blizzards from Dairy Queen
  8. sitting on front stoops
  9. movies and TV shows where people sit on front stoops
  10. see: 227, Do the Right Thing, Friday
  11. every song Luther Vandross has ever sung
  12. everything Maya Angelou says
  13. white movies from the 80s
  14. see: Mannequin, Desperately Seeking Susan, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  15. black movies from the 90s
  16. see: Strictly Business, House Party, Boomerang
  17. skinny jeans (on women)
  18. summertime
  19. mangoes
  20. amusement parks
  21. Atlanta
  22. open mic poetry
  23. spiced chai lattes
  24. pencil skirts
  25. big hoop earrings
  26. the color blue
  27. cream soda
  28. banana split ice cream
  29. Law & Order (all of them)
  30. Jamaica
  31. massages
  32. soneone else greasing my hair
  33. peach cobbler
  34. Piccadilly
  35. Moscato wine
  36. black male poets
  37. every poem Nikki Giovanni ever wrote
  38. Sade
  39. funnel cakes
  40. midnight
  41. french toast
  42. New York City
  43. bourbon
  44. New Year’s Eve
  45. birthdays
  46. bookstores
  47. Twitter
  48. being on a college campus
  49. libraries
  50. glasses and people who wear them
  51. curly hair
  52. pulled pork
  53. bottled water
  54. grocery stores
  55. hotel rooms
  56. writing
  57. the Food Network
  58. live music
  59. cupcakes
  60. peach iced tea
  61. summer festivals
  62. cooking
  63. Ted’s Montana Grill
  64. Appleton rum
  65. Paris
  66. lobster
  67. the quiet car on the train
  68. lacy underthings
  69. boxer briefs (on men)
  70. also, male underwear models
  71. crowded dance floors
  72. buffalo wings
  73. Forever 21
  74. suspense movies
  75. Eric Roberson
  76. fried chicken
  77. date night
  78. mixtapes
  79. John Coltrane
  80. Eatonville
  81. black people doing great things
  82. reading
  83. bison burgers
  84. Oprah.com
  85. gospel music
  86. sweet potato pie
  87. Christmas
  88. book fairs
  89. farmer’s markets
  90. Vanilla Sky
  91. Coca Cola
  92. avocados
  93. happy hour
  94. art exhibits
  95. thrift stores
  96. brunch
  97. padded bras
  98. natural hair
  99. international flights
  100. red velvet cake
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  4. I love that you put padded bras on your list, I too love them and lacy underthings.

  5. 1 My Child
    2 Peace
    3 Good Food
    4 Summer
    5 Childrens laughter
    6 Music
    7 Smell of rain
    8 Cooking
    9 Reading
    10 Honesty
    11 Love
    12 Nephews
    13 Rest
    14 Parents
    15 Massage
    16 facials
    17 hair care
    18 Nutrition
    19 Soca Music
    20 Steel pans
    21 Motown
    22 Carnival
    23 Dancing
    24 Walking
    25 the colour purple
    26 the colour blue
    27 Underwear
    29 Shoes
    30 My mothers cakes :)
    31 Nutmeg
    32 Vanilla
    33 Orange Blossom
    34 Lemon grass
    35 Musicals
    36 the simpsons
    37 Nature
    38 Ice dancing
    39 athletics
    49 Fresh snow(looking only)
    40 London
    41 Columbo
    42 Agatha Christie Miss marple
    43 Inpector Morse
    44 Midsummer murders
    45 Imitation of life
    46 The Doctors
    47 RESPECT
    48 Jonny cakes
    49 Iris Moss
    50 Top gear
    51 LONDON

  7. I really enjoyed doing this exercise. It made me remember how beautiful life is.
    100 things that make me happy Here’s a few from my list:

    1. The color yellow
    2. The color green
    3. sunflowers
    4. smoothies
    5. my kids giggling
    6. art exhibits
    7. my family
    8. New York city
    9. thrift shops
    10. soft kisses
    11. blue skies
    12. sunny days
    13. rainy days in bed cuddling
    14. playing with my kids
    15. laughing at something random
    16. crunchy cereal
    17. cooking
    18. New ideas
    19. The sound of foreign languages

  8. 1. Chocolate
    2. Shopping
    3. Internet
    4. Reality TV
    5. Diddy
    6. Trey Songz
    7. Smell of laundry
    8. Car shows
    9. Vegas
    10. LA
    11. Valentine’s Day
    12. My birthday
    13. Yorkies
    14. Getting my hair done
    15. Getting makeup done
    16. Pizza
    17. Cookies
    18. Being in a relationship
    19. My previous coworkers
    20. Christmas
    21. Cookouts
    22. Pedicures
    23. Getting money
    24. Watching Hangover
    25. Going to Plays
    26. Going to Fashion shows
    27. Louboutins
    28. Oreo/ Reese Cup blizzards
    29. Warm weather
    30. Color Pink
    31. 112
    32. Brandy’s Full Moon cd
    33. Leather jackets
    34. Desperate Housewives
    35. Young and the Restless
    36. Mountain Dew
    37. Exercise when I do it
    38. Gospel chorus
    39. My laptop
    40. Blogging
    41. Big Earrings
    42. Funnel Cakes
    43. Ciroc
    44. Sleeping
    45. Bacon
    46. Suite in Vegas
    47. Tyson Beckford
    48. Saw Movies
    49. Dancing
    50. Babies
    51. Johnson’s Baby Lotion
    52. Carmex
    53. Changing my hair color
    54. Fur coats
    55. Distilled Water
    56. Burnt Grilled Hot Dogs
    57. Making Sweet Potato pies
    58. Thanksgiving
    59. Wendy Williams
    60. Usher
    61. Wayne Brady
    62. Red Velvet Cake
    63. Getting Tattoos
    64. Taking Pictures
    65. Looking at furniture
    66. DVRs
    67. Calla lilies
    68. Weddings
    69. Gambling
    70. Helping young women with decisions
    71. Spending time with bro
    72. Higher Learning
    73. Crash
    74. Why did I get Married
    75. Celebrity Gossip
    76. Kids opening presents
    77. HGTV
    78. Twitter
    79. Eric Jerome Dickey book
    80. Listening to poetry
    81. McDonalds Hot Chocolate
    82. Bright Eye Shadows
    83. Dark wood
    84. IKEA
    85. Leggings
    86. House Party Movies
    87. Kevin Hart
    88. Katt Williams
    89. Asos
    90. Arden B
    91. Uggs
    92. Motorcycles
    93. Flat Pillows
    94. Firm mattresses
    95. Skype
    96. BBM
    97. Fashion
    98. Charmin
    99. Tiffany & Co
    100. Chivalry

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  11. That was a great post, it definitely made me feel happy reading it! I agree with a lot of these, might even write my own! I found it on a search for UK holidays, including hotels, believe it or not!

    Maria

  12. That was a great post, it definitely made me feel happy reading it! I agree with a lot of these, might even write my own! I found it on a search for UK holidays, including hotels, believe it or not!

    Maria

  13. I love this list. Sweet potato pie is one of my favorite desserts! I’m also in the process of going natural. Good luck to you!

  14. I love this list. Sweet potato pie is one of my favorite desserts! I’m also in the process of going natural. Good luck to you!

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