Happy list.

"S p r i n g t i m e  is the land awakening..."

blackberries in the yard last summer

What better day to make a happy list than today...68 degrees and sunny and murmuring of spring?  Thank you, Tara, for the lovely idea!

• Envisioning my flower beds bursting with wildflowers in just a few short months.  I've got 5 or 6 packets ready to plant...
• ...and juicy, tart blackberries ripening on the white trellis in the back yard.
• Driving really fast with the sunroof open, windows down, and Margaritaville on a radio, as it was when I took a quick trip to the post office earlier...
• The little book/music/tea exchange program Jenni and I have going on.  I can't wait to borrow her copy of Peace Like A River by Leif Enger, and I sent her my Rosie Thomas When We Were Small CD, an all-time favorite. 
• Tazo Passion unsweetened iced tea - the only drink I'll get at Starbucks.  Now I'm craving it...
• How my hubby looks in his grey workout jacket from Lululemon.  Yowza.
• Thinking about future fun 4th of July birthday pool parties for our little girl.  Fresh-baked berry pies and that wonderful feeling of eating lunch in the sun while still wet from swimming all morning.
• Amy Butler fabric - there's not a single pattern I don't like.  Also, have you seen her rugs? There aren't words.
• In anticipation of Shauna Niequist's new book, Bittersweet, releasing later this year, reading this beautiful excerpt and savoring this line, "I believe that suffering is a part of the narrative, and that nothing really good gets built when everything’s easy."
• 2010.  It's been a year of restoration, redemption so far.

What are your happies right now?

Comments

[AlysonIsNeat]

Well, I did have a pretty shitty morning... (my front tire was flat, and i couldn't figure out how to get the spare off, and i worked really hard to look cute today, and i was covered in road dust...) So to turn my mood around I do have a few happies...

- I impulse bought some Orla Kiely stationary off of Gilt Fuse and its pretty.
- The sun is shining and there isn't frozen raining coming down
- I do have the satisfaction that I'm a little bit of an rennaisance woman because I almost changed my flat tire all by myself until I got so fed up I start crying
- I do still look quite cute today :)

[Lina Bean]

Christine!

I love the idea of having a book/music/tea exchange with friends! Who doesn't like those things (or getting presents in the mail)?! Thanks for sharing it! I also love hearing about future birthday parties for your little girl. I am so excited for you to be a mommy! I'm excited because I know your insights will plant seeds in my future-mommy heart; I'm already excited! Your happy list makes me happy. :)

[Tara]

What a great happy list! Is that photo from this year? Fresh blackberries might be one of my absolute favorite things. And 68 degrees? You lucky girl! Bring the warmth to Tennessee, would you?

[katy]

i like your list :)