A good few weeks ago now Claire at A Whole Latte Love blog tagged me in the ’50 things that make me happy’ post… I’ve been adding to my list little by little and here it is!
- Dogs sticking their heads out of moving cars
- Greg Davies (I’m watching Man Down)
- When Athena naps long enough for me and Arlo to nap too!
- Old ladies with funky coloured hair (I mean bright, not a blue rinse!)
- Neatly manicured nails
- Stuffing cloth nappies
- Buying cloth nappies
- Watching my big baby give my little baby a kiss
- Going in to get Athena in the morning to find her reading her books in bed
- Chests of drawers with lots of little drawers in to fill with lots of little things
- Perfume
- Dressing my kids in nice clothes
- People with laughably bad eyebrows, like when they’re arches drawn on that practically meet their hair line
- When people almost fall over and then glare at the paving slab that tripped them up like it did it on purpose
- My what’s app groups
- Finding out the origins of words
- Listening to podcasts
- Trance music from the mid 00’s (Tiesto, Judge Jules etc)
- Drum and Bass and memories of raving till dawn and beyond
- When all the washing is miraculously folded and in the right drawers
- Buying and using slings and baby carriers
- Instagram – seeing snippets of peoples lives makes me happy as I am nosy!
- The colours purple and burgundy, and teal
- Birkenstocks. Aka the only flipflops that don’t give me blisters or sore feet
- Scented candles
- Bubble baths
- Reading
- Days with no tantrums
- Ice cream
- Meeting people I click with right away
- Not having to wear a coat, scarf or gloves
- Picking Athena up from nursery
- Sticky buns with currants in
- Dark chocolate
- Travelling to new places
- Being high up with a birds eye view
- Milky baby smiles
- Worcester Sauce
- Getting into a hotel bed
- Carrot sticks and Hummus
- The feeling you get when you’r really thirsty and down a pint of water
- Stroking a cat
- Reading to my babies
- Looking through old photos
- Squeezing spots
- Putting on clothes that I suddenly realise are too big!
- Having a de clutter
- Reading
- Sleeping
- A smile from a stranger
So, there we go! What are fifty of YOUR favourite things?