There's a lot of negativity out there these days. There's sadness, despair, and pain. I get it. BUT....I believe love and life can be found in the little things too if you look for it. I set out to write a "What I'm Loving Lately" post, but the number 100 was on my mind with it being the 100th day of school and all, so I decided to go all in and make a list of 100 things that bring me joy. These flowed like a waterfall and this was one of the fastest posts I've ever written and that made me happy....it was not hard to come up with 100 things that make me joyful. I challenge you to try it, too!
These are in no order, whatsoever. What things bring you joy?!
These are in no order, whatsoever. What things bring you joy?!
1. Freshly sharpened pencils
2. Bachelor Recaps (Sheaffer Told Me To, Jennifer Weiner's tweets, and Ali Luvs are my faves)
3. Sunday meal prepping
4. Flair Pens
5. When AJ makes me have a laugh attack
6. The perfect song turned up loud in the car
7. Gel Manicures
8. You Version devotions and the automatic reminders
9. An "A ha" moment for a child
10. A classroom with no scraps on the floor (everyday I legit make my kids pick up 20 scraps each...human vacuum cleaners!)
11. Clorox Wipes
12. Costco Churros
13. Texting Tracy
14. Instagram filters that take away the bags under my eyes (#truth)
15. Starbucks Spinach Feta Wrap (add in a skinny vanilla latte and I am a happy girl)
16. Buffalo Sauce
18. Looking at Hadley's photo book
19. Shaking legs and arms after a crazy boot camp session
20. Bubble baths with pampering products
21. White Barn Candles
22. When my mom texts me spelling/grammar errors she finds
23. Celebrity gossip magazines
24. Coconut Oil (I have a bathroom jar and a kitchen jar!)
25. A long phone convo with college friends
26. Finishing a great book and having another one ready to start right away
27. Watching Shark Tank then researching the products
28. Teachers Pay Teachers freebies
29. Cookbooks with pretty photography
30. When the Sunday church message perfectly fits with the week you had/where your heart and mind is at
31. Looking at my sparkly wedge wedding shoes in my closet everyday
32. The fact that Charming Charlie is organized by color
33. How happy the golf store makes AJ
34. Tomato Soup and grilled cheese from Zupas
35. When "that kid" is absent
36. Sunny days
37. Finding a pair of jeans or shoes that you love and ordering the exact some ones online so you'll never be without them
38. Old Navy workout pants
39. When all the laundry is done and folded
40. Movie Theater seats that recline
41. Watching Fixer Upper On Demand
42. Getting excited about being a mommy again someday
43. Pyrex glass food storage containers
44. When there's no traffic on I-15 (rare, but when it happens, it's awesome!)
45. Looking through my memory boxes
46. Getting my hair blown out at the hair salon
47. Morning buns from Tulie Bakery
48. Leggings and boots and a long shirt as a perfectly acceptable outfit every chilly day
49. When AJ cooks and narrates it like he's on a cooking show
50. When students bring me baked goods
51. Writing to/praying for our sponsored child
52. Long sunny Sunday walks
53. Massages
54. Filling in my planner/monthly calendar
55. Tons of pillows on the bed
56. Having phone free evenings
57. When kids have manners
58. When Keith Morrison is the reporter on Dateline
59. A hilarious Buzzfeed list
60. When someone pays it forward in the Starbucks drive through
61. Stand up comedy
62. Summer evening walks to Sodalicious
63. Christmas music
64. An ice cold beer
65. Valentine Candy Heart math lessons
66. The Serenity Prayer
67. Wrapping gifts
68. Plantation Shutters
69. Mitch Albom Books
70. Fall leaves
71. The card/stationary selection at Target
72. My air popcorn popper
73. The farmers market
74. Classroom volunteers
75. Looking at the kittens at Petco
76. Reading the letters I wrote to Hadley before she was born
77. A productive early morning in the classroom
78. Freshly washed sheets
79. Chevron stripes
80. Asiago bagels with veggie cream cheese
81. Southern cooking
82. Coral and aqua color combination
83. An evening out with girlfriends
84. Babyliss Hair dryer
85. Teaching my class about butterflies
86. Shopping on Etsy
87. Puns
88. Face-timing with my in laws
89. Lunchbox notes
90. Rustic farmhouse decor
91. XM Coffeehouse station
92. Decluttering
93. Baking banana bread
94. An empty email inbox
95. Thoughtfulness
96. Reality TV (too many to list on their own!)
97. The Oregon Coast
98. Family dinners
99. The word "grace" and everything it means
100. Writing "Sunday Kinda Love."
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