Day 116

1. A very clean house thanks to a morning spent doing housework.

2. A great night for a cookout with friends and without too much work thanks to Trader Joes.

3. A good day of exercise just from pushing a stroller to and from school.

Day 115

1. Putting together favors for my grandfather's 89th birthday party.

2. Playing a made-up game with my kids outside on a beautiful afternoon.

3. Walking, walking, walking

Day 114

1. Letting MJ stay home from school and taking her with me to Starbucks and Trader Joes instead.

2. A great selection of kid's books for us to read while we were at the Starbucks next to Trader Joes.

3. Wednesday night supper & choir practice followed by an end of year celebration on the playground.

Day 113

1. Shopping at a small weekly farmer's market - amazing strawberries, cheese, and salsa and all both local and organic.

2. Realizing that there are only a few weeks left in the school year so the drama of school politics shouldn't matter too much at this point.

3. My nightly reading time with M, no more Harry Potter, but I can put the day behind me and enjoy each evening.

Day 112

1. A day without a car - I didn't need it at all today.

2. Bedtime, I'm hoping MJ will finally get caught up on her sleep.

3. A low-key week coming up, I think...

Day 109 - 111

1. Spending time with my grandparents.

2. A family trip to the bookstore on a rainy Saturday afternoon.

3. The children's choir in church.

4. C's excitement about her upcoming birthday party - we check the Evite every 20 minutes for replys.

5. A walk on a beautiful evening.

Day 108

It's one of those days when I feel like I'm working hard to think of 3 things that made me happy, but here goes...

1. A Costco run which made me very happy that I live in town so that I very rarely have to get on the interstate in this town.

2. My kids asking to go play outside just a little longer.

3. The sandbox in our backyard.

4. A great (and clean) screen porch.

Day 107

1. Hearing a GREAT talk on sustainability.

2. Spring - I was worried that we were going to skip right to summer weather, but it was a beautiful day.

3. Feeling like I did my part to get informed about my school and community today.

Day 106

1. Rain to wash the pollen away.

2. A little blog time while C went to yoga and Grandma and Grandpa took M to karate, MJ along for the ride.

3. Getting back into the swing of things for a few more weeks.

Days 100 - 105

I'm still around, I think most of my readers were with me over the last several days, but in case you weren't, I've been in Houston for my brother's wedding. It was fabulous and I'll have lots to say about it in my other blog in the next day or so. Here are some happy thoughts from the last week - please note that most of them do not have to do with the 14 drive each way.

1. Flower girls.

2. Seeing lots of family members.

3. My kids' excitement about a hotel pool.

4. Remembering all the things we needed to have with us for the trip.

5. The best in-laws.

6. A husband who is willing to make a mid-reception McDonalds run for the hungry and tired younger members of the wedding party.

7. Watching 20-something boys play with Happy Meal prizes at a wedding reception.

8. A best-man's speech that really highlighted all of the great things about my baby brother (the groom)

9. A beautiful wedding.

10. Happily ever after...

Day 99

1. Dinner with my favorite 5 year old and my favorite 41 year old. My other favorites stayed home with Grandma & Grandpa.

2. Walking, walking, walking

3. Grounded kids yoga for C - she loves it.

Day 98

These are for Monday...

1. Back to school after spring break.

2. Going out for a beer with my husband and a friend.

3. New t-shirts.

Days 94 - 97

Although we didn't go away for spring break, I guess that I got to busy to list my happy thoughts for the last few days...

1. The kids excitement about a camp-out in the basement. 3 nights in the tent and sleeping bags while I slept in my own bed.

2. A one day mini-vacation to the Tennessee Aquarium.

3. Grandma and Grandpa's arrival which is big excitement for everyone.

4. Walking everywhere with the kids (M actually rode his scooter).

5. A day of not eating out - Whole Foods helped.

6. Catching up with friends while our kids played on a playground.

7. A clean dog.

8. Relaxing in front of a new episode of Brothers & Sisters.

Day 92 & 93

I hate to footnote my happiness, but I have to say that the last 2 days have been clouded (literally) by a fog of pollen covering Atlanta. A pollen count over 150 is extremely high, today the count was close to 6000. Did I mention that the kids are on spring break?

1. The mall - it's pollen free and has a food court and Starbucks.

2. Getting to know my neighbors.

3. The Library - that's what my great neighbors call the area under their cherry tree.

4. A small picnic on the pollen-covered playground.

Day 91

1. A beautiful day at Augusta National.

2. 2 great babysitters (1 of them is my dad) who made it possible for us to leave our kids for 13 hours so we could go and enjoy practice rounds at the Masters.

3. Great friends who invited us to spend this lovely day with them in Augusta.

Day 90

1. A happy Easter for our family, that's enough happiness for the day.

Day 89

1. A long overdue haircut (which also meant a childless hour at the salon).

2. 3 very cute (if I do say so myself) full Easter baskets waiting to be discovered.

3. Lots of time outside on yet another beautiful day.

Day 88

1. Getting into the neighborhood pool after 4 years on the waiting list.

2. Exercise & play on a warm day.

3. Visiting with the neighbors outside under the cherry tree.

Day 86 & 87

1. Kindergarten field trips.

2. The small world of alums from my high school.

3. Lots and lots of playdates.

4. My kids playing in the yard well into the evening.

5. Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

6. A healthy family.