What makes you happy?

[Q9]

Firing guns, messing with the chickens, finally getting done with Latin, fishing, and simply being outside admiring God's creation.

 

[welsummerchicks]

What no one says work makes them happy????

Work makes me happy.

But so does cooking, riding and fishing. Photography, reading....just about everything I do makes me happy.

 

[Duramaxgirl]

This thread makes me smile!
Here's some of mine...
Completely 100% healthy kids.
Kisses from my 3 year old.
When my kids say 'I love you mamma'
Teaching my kids home school and watching they're faces light up when they finally understand a concept. Listening to them read! Yeah! Success!
Looking at DH... He's still gorgeous after almost 9 years of marriage.
Going for drives with my family... In the duramax of course!
Buying ice cream for my kids because it makes them sooooo excited.
Yard saleing whoo hooo I love yard saleing!
Talking about or playing with my chickens!
Being debt free someday...sigh...
But best of all: when the healthy kids are sleeping peacefully in there beds, the chickens are happy in there coop, and the cow is in the barn, and the house is clean, and I can go to bed and watch some old movie with my man and feel like for maybe a little while I won't be needed for anything...

 

[phaethona]

-early morning cuddles with my 3 year old

-watching my older kids grow up and make better decisions than I did at their age

-Jumping out of perfectly good airplanes

-looking up at a fully functional parachute after jumping from said airplanes

-being in Alaska wilderness

-tax return money

-taking the kids on summer trips

-sleeping in

-daydreaming

-reading a book I can't put down

-a nice breeze

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

-good laughs with good friends

-Random outings (Like last night. My friend and I made a small and unexpected detour to the movies!)

-Family

-The smell of my horses

-The satisfaction after drawing a good picture

-sitting outside at night looking at the stars

-campfires

-dancing my butt off

-Realizing I'm happy when I wasn't trying!

-When everything goes right and makes for a perfect day!

...soo many other things too, but I've gotta run and do something else that makes me happy! Volunteering my time to a good cause!

 

[Cat Water]

- my silkie Alfred running to me and squawking every time he sees me
- walking out of the garage with a t-shirt and bare feet on a cool, sunny day
- playing in the snow
- playing a flute duet with my music teacher
- joking with my friends
- finding a penny on the sidewalk
- getting a peice of candy
- random mini-vacations (like going to Delaware, Boston, or an amusement park on a three-day weekend)
- going hunting with my dad
- daydreaming
- holidays
- days with no homework
- having my dad scratch my back
- watching Indiana Jones movies
- hugging my dog
- listening to my favorite song
- waking up before everyone else
- finding out my dad is making meatball subs for dinner
- telling wild and fantasic stories
- making people laugh
- getting a letter in the mailbox
- seeing that smily up in the corner telling me I have PM's
- half-days at school
- out-witting my teacher
- being the life of the party
- that feeling you get after you sneeze...

 

[Boyd]

Right now I have a new definition of happy. I went walking the trails with my 4 month old on my shoulder and he's at that wobbly floppy baby stage who's just starting to articulate. blargyyyysnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaffffffff

So I stopped. He's waving his chubby arms around and it took me a minute to figure out he was trying to catch sunbeams filtering through the foliage. That is happy.

 

[Laurajean]

Being alone with nature. My chickens talking to me. Laughing really hard with someone until tears stream down my face. Writing. Sifting leaves out of my koi pond. Having a man I care about touch my hair. My kitty sleeping with his chin on my chest at night. Making other people happy. Getting flowers. Talking to the chipmunks on my wood pile. Scratching various farm animals behind the ear. Wearing long hippy skirts. Meditating.

 

[Whispering Winds]

Quote:
You have a wonderful theory on life. I feel the same way, enough food to last at least 2 weeks . . .(a chef to prepare it would be nice, but I can handle it!

) big full bag of dog food for the pyrs, and a smallish one for the inside pups . . .alpaca chow, hay and cat food for sick ole' Pierre . . .love the sunrises, sunsets and the sunshine in between . . .my good friends, my boss/broker's wife and her NEVER ending happy support NO matter what . . .bills paid for the month also . . .knowing my kids and gk's are healthy and happy . . .not anything too heavy . . .just peace and love and always having a plan.

Most of all I am thankful for my 10 year old gs we adopted. He is the shining star in my life. Makes me happy to be able to get up every morning to see that sweet smiling face.

 

[Adorkable]

Being able to grow and raise a lot of my own food.
Standing outside of my house and looking up at the starry night.