Happiness is...
1. Ice Cream - slightly melted (current favorite flavors: Volun-Tiramisu (only at Target!) and Breyer's Black Raspberry Chocolate)
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| Cold Stone Creamery...with crushed waffle cones...nomnomnom |
2. Waking up NOT to an alarm
3. Friends from high school and college who keep in touch
4. Getting a compliment from a stranger
5. Listening to music that makes me smile and belt the lyrics (most recently, that 80s song that goes "I would walk 500 miles")
6. Watching Rudisha win the 800 meters and break the world record |
| I cried when he crossed the finish line! |
8. Swimming at Haines Point
9. Running again! (this will hopefully come in mid-October...boy, do I miss it!)
10. A grilled cheese sandwich after a workout
9. Running again! (this will hopefully come in mid-October...boy, do I miss it!)
10. A grilled cheese sandwich after a workout
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| Nothing beats melted cheese between carbs! |
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| Happy to be a student again! |
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| My one day as a chef in the Peace Corps... |
14. Getting paper mail that isn't a credit card offer
15. Indian curries with naan
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| Banana Leaf Thali in southern India |
17. Road trips anywhere with Bart...even to the local post office.
18. Getting licked between the toes by a dog
18. Getting licked between the toes by a dog
19. Air-conditioning in the summer and central heating in the winter
20. Coffee with cream and sugar anytime of the day
21. A PR
22. Cheese and (real) french bread
23. When airplane flights have Fresca
24. Traveling with my red backpack
21. A PR
22. Cheese and (real) french bread
23. When airplane flights have Fresca
24. Traveling with my red backpack
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| Hiking through the Himalayas in 2008 |
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| Raw tuna, anyone??!?! |
26. Finishing a sweaty ride and saying "YES!" when Bart asks if I crushed it
27. Chinese hot pot in the winter
28. Sleeping naked
29. Freshly shaved legs
30. Booking a ticket somewhere new
31. Mountains and altitude
28. Sleeping naked
29. Freshly shaved legs
30. Booking a ticket somewhere new
31. Mountains and altitude
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| Summit of Pisco - my first climb with an ice-axe! |
33. Learning new languages
34. Good Karma
35. Black seedless grapes and watermelon
36. A new recipe success
37. Sunglasses and goggles that fit my nose
38. Laughing at myself
39. Bart putting up with my cuddly antics when I pretend to watch a movie
40. Kids waving back to me in the schoolbus
41. The color Yellow
42. Coconut sticky rice with mangoes
43. Childhood memories: roadtrips to Vegas, hitting my mom with tennis balls, walking to the library and Arby's every day in the summer with Phebe, skiing at Brighton and Snowbird, and our luxury dining nights of Sizzler or Olive Garden
44. Window-shopping at Williams-Sonoma
45. Falling asleep next to and waking up with someone I love
40. Kids waving back to me in the schoolbus
41. The color Yellow
42. Coconut sticky rice with mangoes
43. Childhood memories: roadtrips to Vegas, hitting my mom with tennis balls, walking to the library and Arby's every day in the summer with Phebe, skiing at Brighton and Snowbird, and our luxury dining nights of Sizzler or Olive Garden
44. Window-shopping at Williams-Sonoma
45. Falling asleep next to and waking up with someone I love
