1. Head boppers.
2. Chocolate croissants.
3. Magic 8 balls.
4. Calpol.
5. High high heels.
6. High School Musical.
7. Christmas.
8. Blu-tack pink.
9. Pencil sharpeners.
10. Roller skates.
11. Wearing pyjamas in the afternoon.
12. Fingerless gloves.
13. Makka Pakka.
14. My fairy godmother.
15. Pens that work.
16. Captain Jack.
17. E.T.
18. 80s music.
19. Striped paper clips.
20. The voices inside my head.
21. My babies.
22. Yellow roses.
23. Feeling like a real writer.
25. Simon Cowell.
26. Mini Eggs.
27. Books.
28. Tattoos.
29. Toilet roll.
30. Anything that kills ants
31. Knitted toilet roll covers.
32. Gold stars.
33. Nipple tassels.
34. Gingerbread men.
What makes YOU smile (in no particular order)?
Monday, March 17, 2008
34 things that make me smile
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My Hello Kitty pencil, the Welshman turning Smudge's ears inside out so he looks like a gremlin, Simon - obviously, people leaving nice comments on my blog, music that makes me get up and dance, Bill Bryson. Reading your blog - except on the days when it makes me cry!
Helen - oooh this is my way to get extra ones past my 34!
I am jealous of your 1st, 2nd makes me laugh, 3rd obviously, 4th totally agree, 5th yes (links to 18 on my list)! 6th will from now on, 7th yes (yours).
Thanks for the extra smiles. I refuse to fall apart this week - the focus is to be positive.
Positive thinking and lots of smiles.
x
How come all i saw was nipple tassels??????????
Ms M / Badger / Roooobeeeeee / Snuggling / Black Bic Crystal Biros / Squared Paper / Algebra / Sheep with black faces / Sunshine / Long walks / Sunday dinners / Chili sauce / Propelling pencils / Starbars / Refills / Peanut butter with jam on fluffy white bread / Sleeping in a tent / Guitar hero / Nice people / Finishing the crossword with Ms M
and
Caroline.
Ooh so many...Kid's Bedtimes * Kisses * Going to the bathroom on my own..(can you tell its school holidays?) * Eating Ckae * A good sneeze ...I'll keep thinking of this one all night! Thanks for the inspiration!
... the crazy cat that visits my garden - it is huge, black & white, more like a cow than a cat, & it just hangs out like it's in its *own* garden, sitting on the rockery, squashing the plants that have managed to survive the gales. x
my splats (cats) - Lugs has just done a vertical take off (all four feet - it was very impressive) because he was scared of....wait for it....a bunch of flowers (He really is stunningly stupid). Gai, who was sitting next to him, just turned and gave him such a look of disdain...... Ha, Lugs now actually looks embarrassed!!!
*Goes away giggling*
C x
N3S, Chopper, indoor sports, food and wine, tea (lots of it), seeing the end of 'Without Alice' looming, having lots of time to read, a whole day off work so I can indulge in uninterrupted writing while everyone else is at school and work! I can't believe Makka Pakka (the rock fondler) makes you smile but I am with you on the Calpol!
Peter - only you know the answer to that one :)
Stray (who is not stray) - Squared Paper is lovely for drawing patterns on/doodling, propelling pencils are ok but I really love a nice sharp pencil(!), I have never had tasted a Starbar, sleeping in a tent is so so sooooo cold, Guitar hero is genius, crosswords are too hard for me.
Helen - going to the bathroom on your own would have/should have been on there but I only had 34 numbers. Just once. That's all I ask! Just once going to the bathroom without someone coming in/needing me.
nmj - a cat that is more like a cow than a cat. Now that made me smile. See this is the way to ease the stresses and angst!
Carol - a cat who is scared of a bunch of flowers! :)
dj - a whole day off work to indulge in uninterrupted writing while everyone else is at school and work. Yip! Especially if I get to wear my slippers and no makeup. And I love Makka Pakka very very much. Poppy has a life sized one and I have a little one too :)
Oh I like this post!
Toilet roll????
My first cup of (real) coffee of the day. Ahh. Bliss.
- My family
- My friends
- Nice messages on facebook
- A friend who takes the time to help me even when she's having a tough week. (This also makes me cry but let's not split hairs?)
- Tulips (they make me think of our wedding day)
- Seeing the Cure on Thursday
- Scones (I am going to make some later)
- People who care enough to make a difference (they also make me cry but in a good way)
- The thought of having a car next week
- Dr Seuss
I need to think of more, and I need to smile more.
Thanks for this post Cas. A timely reminder for me, too.
Lucy D - oh yes! Especially when it is a full roll. An almost finished roll does not make me smile :)
Helen - before I had children I didn't like coffee. Now it fills my veins with hope :)
xx
B - you sneaked in :)
My friends - oh yes!
Nice messages on facebook - they make me cry too. I love Facebook very very much!
I am jealous of you seeing the Cure! So jealous :)
People who care enough to make a difference make me shiver,cry and smile.
And timely reminders are needed every now and then. Sometimes we get lost in the doom. x
Oh, okay...I get it. Full roll - good.
Here are some random ones of mine:
The smell of honeysuckle
Underwater handstands
The sound of my kids laughing
Singing Happy Birthday
Warming my hands on a good strong cup of tea
Sainsburys chocolate tiffin (mmmmm)
Stroking a warm dusty cat
Feeling the sun on my face
Cold glass of wine when the kids are in bed
School holidays!
Lego (apart from when I tread on it)
Big thick duvets
Ahhh....I feel blissed out now. Thank you!
You've got me thinking.
Gavin & Stacey
Lying on my bed reading
My Blue Tit Emma Bridgewater mug
Cold days
Autumn
Cream teas
Chocolate cornflake cakes
Sunday lunch with my family (mums cooking)
I'm with Lucy on the wine thing
The Royle Family
A sweaty body step class
Take That the musical. Oh yes indeed.
A lot of mine revolves around food, drink, TV and books...
I forgot - Looking at pics of Trent Reznor. now THAT makes me smile.
and arguing with my hubby about who would leave who for johnny depp. he reckons johnny would be more interested in him. I beg to differ (although Vanessa Paradis would almost certainly point and laugh at us both)
some more later i think.
Completely agree with 5, 13, 16, 23, 28 and 27. I have to add:
Neil Gaiman
Hot chocolate
Painting my nails
Finishing a chapter
Cinnamon coffee
Hearing the Lovely Bloke playing guitar
Singing
Squirrels
New notebooks waiting to be written in
Heath Ledger films
Books
Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel's song-fight
Captain Jack (Sparrow)
MAC lipstick
Puppies
Snowdrops
My best friend's daughter saying 'nosie' and pointing to her nose
Good dreams
Children enjoying themselves
Cats meowing
Corsets
Juliette - a HUGE yes to Neil Gaiman and corsets, even together, perhaps (sigh) x
B - I would leave you both for Johnny Depp :)
Helen - yes to Chocolate cornflake cakes, especially with Mini Eggs on the top and as to Take That the Musical ... I am lost LOST for words :)
Lucy D -random is grand!
The sound of my kids' laughing fading in the distance as I pour a large cold glass of wine knowing that the kids are in bed, that the school holidays are about to begin and I am to be wrapped in a big thick duvets ... *sigh* oh and if we add Mini Eggs or a Cadbury's buttons easter egg, then perfect!
xxx
I have bought the mini eggs this morning to pop on top for Easter.
As for Take That. Gary Barlow has been my secret crush for years.
Our lists both seem to have Nipple Tassels in them ... hmmmmmmmmm
Bobo - ah but not the same ones :)
Helen - yay to Mini Eggs. Not so secret a crush now :)
I like to smile at:
Frosty mornings painted with sunshine,
Apples,
My tortoise,
Black and white photos,
Cranes/Pylons/Railway stations,
Long showers where you sit in the bath at the same time,
Posh teas,
Pesto,
Female legs,
My friends' puns - which I'm crap at,
Driving,
Music,
Belting my drums,
Arnie films/Action films generally,
The Man from UNCLE and telly much like it,
Telling people I don't like Friends,
Children's observations,
Brilliant books,
Postcards,
Multiplayer online geek-outs,
Tattoos.
I could go on but I feel like it's an indulgence too far in somebody else's comments box :) xx
Being alive...which is also a bit of a surprise, which in turn is what makes me smile...friends,that glimpse of blue sky on a grey wind/rain swept day, RnB in full play mode,the patch of dry grass found to sit on midst the mud to watch them, a child laughing at my jokes, a smile from a stranger, home made chocolate cake in a newly found cafe, bottoms on the female of the species, books, swimming in the sea in the rain,high heels and fishnets - they make others go hysterical but I'm not seeing what they see I'm feeling what I'm feeling!, yarn-paper and fabric.... actually much makes me smile.
Cas - but you'd send me a postcard from wherever he whisked you off to??? Right??????
Planting spuds, spinach, carrots, cherry tomatoes and onions in big pots in the garden has made me smile today. Now let's hope my optimism is justified and they grow :) Last time the weather was too bad and they... didn't really justify the investment, let's say.
Smiles, Friends, Littlies, Families, One Step Beyond, Supportive Comments, This Blog (usually unless it's a sad one), everton mints, bouncing Jack Russells (not a euphemism), Fish and Chips...cake...,Smiles, hugs, diddly music.
raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings, cream coloured ponies and crisp apple strudels, door bells and sleigh bells, wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings and RUDE VEGETABLES AND FOOD!!!!
Pacha - I am kind of hoping that you had to google those lyrics :)
Jon - everton mints make you smile?????
b - and here's me today deciding just how much I dislike cherry tomatoes! I'll send you a postcard :)
d-w - what is yarn paper? And I'm with you (although perhaps seeing it differently :) )about high heels and fishnets.
Maffu - your tatts are some of my most favourites! (not that I've seen them all!!!!)
x
aha! But you recognised them?
It sang to me.
x
Visiting a blog for the first time in however long, and remembering how much I smiled when I visited for the first time....x
If nipple tassles make you smile (as well they should), try going onto youtube and checking out Goldfrapp....
What makes me smile?
Well apart from the above...
A non-pc joke about a cheese grater
Any number of silly memories which seem too good to have actually been real, but which definitely did happen
Cats
Cheap casio keyboards
Good friends
Cups of tea and bars of chocolate
Kitchen roll
Heavy rain when you're in a greenhouse
A knowing look
and so many other things...
Ms M - I miss you :(
Trousers - A non-pc joke about a cheese grater? I had a dream about a casio keyboard last night. Really, I was struggling to put it onto a stand.
I must say that cats are doing rather well in the whole smiling thing :)
xxx
Send me your cherry toms with the postcard. Love 'em :)
I missed my fudge delivery today and will now have to wait a WEEK. Well, 6 days. I am NOT IMPRESSED. That does not make me smile. Oh well....
Yes, yes, to 1, 4, 8, 13, 15, 21 (but mine), 27, 31, and 34!
Nice list!
b - you get a fudge delivery! If it is by Ringtons, then I will cry. I so miss their ginger biscuits.
Leigh - Hi and thank you.
x
Nooooo it is from the fudge kitchen in York. They do dairy free fudge. It is delish.
I can pick it up tomorrow - fiiiiiinally. But that means I am back at work. Which makes me sad. Oh well... at least it is a 4 day week....
oh honey. Are you already back at work????? How did that happen so quickly? :( At least you will have fudge.
x
I had some of the maple walnut and the choc delight, and that helped me get through :)
I could do with another week off but I'm sure I will manage! It's nearly my birthday which always helps :)
b - I have fudge envy! :)
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