101 Things I Love

When I was a teenager, my mom gave me a book titled 14,000 Things To Be Happy About. Since that time, I have always kept a list of things that make me happy.In the spirit of Thanksgiving, here are 101 things I am thankful for (in no particular order):

1. My dogs, Betty and Blanche
2. Ice cream
3. Red wine
4. Mom
5. Dad
6. Rob
7. Wanda and George
8. The kitchen table in my childhood home
9. Books and reading
10. Movies
11. My iPhone
12. The Big Chill soundtrack
13. The color pink
14. Laughter
15. Packing a suitcase
16. Unpacking a suitcase
17. Comfortable hotel rooms
18. Home
19. My front porch
20. My back deck
21. Feeling confident when I walk out of my back door
22. High heels
23. Flip flops
24. Pretty toes and feet
25. Music
26. Patagonia
27. Keeping lists
28. A shiny, new piece of technology
29. My passport
30. Eyeglasses
31. Sunglasses
32. Big hats, well, hats in general
33. Jeans
34. Tshirts
35. Light blocking curtains
36. Driving fast
37. Big, bear hugs
38. Taking self-portraits
39. Waking up early
40. Going to bed late
41. Running five miles
42. Cotton pajamas
43. TOMS shoes, because they make me feel good when wearing them
44. Family photos
45. MOR marshmallow-scented body products
46. Chanel Rouge Coco Mademoiselle lipstick
47. Nars Orgasm blush
48. JCrew
49. Madewell
50. Anthropologie
51. Purses and bags
52. Shoes
53. My emerald earrings
54. Mom's diamond earrings
55. The Graduate movie
56. Watching my dogs sleep
57. Starbucks green tea latte with soy, hot or over ice with no sweetner
58. Full lips
59. Rain, when sitting on my front porch
60. Rain boots
61. A lamp-lit room
62. My flat iron
63. My dining room table
64. My chaise lounge chair
65. Opening my front door to find new packages delivered that day
66. Learning/education/classes/lessons
67. Louisiana
68. Arkansas
69. Takeoff
70. Landing
71. The Apple start-up bong
72. Library bookshelves
73. Blank notebooks notebooks
74. Sharpie pens
75. Reusable water bottles
76. Fountain pens
77. Really big purses
78. Dinner with friends
79. Audrey Hepburn
80. Fingerless gloves
81. Diptyique candles
82. InStyle magazine
83. Classic vanilla cupcakes with white icing
84. Gummy bears
85. Reese's peanut butter cups
86. Red Bull
87. My iPad
88. New Balance "big N" grey sneakers
89. Yoga
90. Lululemon
91. The Boss Ladies
92. The Global Orphan project
93. Entrepreneurial spirit and energy
94. Carry the Load
95. Writing
96. Brown Sugar Cinnamon PopTarts
97. Audio books for long car rides
98. A fire in my fireplace
99. Being a godmother to a beautiful little girl
100. Eye masks for sleeping
101. Framily