Journal 1. 100 Things That Make Me Happy

1.  Vince
2. Brenden
3. Family
4. The spray of the ocean
5. My dog, Lemmey
6. An amazing sunset
7. Music
8. Double Chocolate Malted Crunch Ice Cream
9. My mother when she's laughing
10. When my dad tells stories
11. Those great laughing moments that bring me to tears
12. Spontaneous vacations
13. Witnessing random acts of kindness
14.  The feeling I have on hour after a good workout
15.  Junkfood day
16. Onion dip with ruffle chips
17.  Wine
18. Caprese salad
19. Mid-summer thunder storms
20. Palm Springs evenings
21. Winning at the Del Mar Racetrack
22. White Sangria at the beach
23.  Roasting turkey dogs at sunset on the beach
24. Spanish Haciendas
25. Expensive Furniture
26. Teal green sea water
27.  Finding a secret swimming hole
28.  Wine and french fries at Nepenthe
29. Charlie Parker blasting in the middle of the night in the car on a road trip
30. When the mean people are absent from work
31. My nephews interpretation of life
32. watching my son sing and play guitar in his band
33. When a student references something I taught more than a week ago
34. mashed potatoes
35. Fresh tomatoes off the vine
36. Volkswagen Bugs
37. Discovering treasure
38. Finding a shop with all kinds of random stuff in it
39. Honesty
40. Integrity
41. Hanging out on the evening porch and having conversation
42. Seeing whale flukes
43. Kickin it with the ole folks and listening to their stories
44. Watching dogs try to catch flies
45. Driving on the 395
46. Soaking in a natural hot spring
47. Watching red tail hawks swoop through the eucalyptus trees
48. daydreaming
49. The sound of quaking aspen trees when the wind goes through them
50. Floating down a river
51. swimming in the ocean
52. jumping into a cool pool on a hot day
53. The Grand Canyon
54. Yosemite
55. Jackson Hole Wyoming
56. Glacier Park Montana
57. Randon treks through San Francisco
58. God
59. Meditation
60. bean Cheese and rice burritos
61. Fresh clean sheets
62.  A shower after a week of camping
63. Warm water
64. rivers with a flat rock in the middle of it that I can sit on
65. Baby giraffes
66. Clothes shopping
67. Chocolate cake
68. red, orange, pink afternoon light shinning through the leaves
69. Grandparents
70. People with a sense of humor
71. Finding money unexpectedly
72. An afternoon nap
73. Hassle free days
75. Dancing
76. Singing
77. sleeping babies
78. Seeing a student gain success
79. The day before winter break
80. Fireworks
81. Boat rides
82. Cozy rainy days
83. Sierra Nevada Mountains
84. Knowing everyone is safe
85. Picnics by a river, in a meadow or oasis
86. Halibut
87. Fresh berries
88. Cantalope
89. Coffee
90. Tea
91. The sound of the waves
92. Fiestas
93. When something difficult is over
94.  Being able to forgive
95. Being able to help someone
96. Grocery shopping
97. Hiking
98. Salty Caramel Ice Cream
99. Gardens
100. Every day I wake up to a new day!