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100 Things To Be Happy About

Please read these with your own list in mind. Post your “happy stuff” at the bottom and we’ll see how many we can get…

  1. These particular children

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  2. These perfect grandbabies

  3. Lyndi's computer 008
  4. 3.  Missionary boy phone calls on Christmas daywith-elder-vehawn 4. Fleece slippers
  5. 5- A bag of Cheetoes–baked not fried       cheetoes
  6. Painted toenails
  7. The smell of real Christmas trees
  8. A well stocked bird feederblue-birds
  9. Picking raspberries
  10. Real Hot Chocolate with real whipped cream
  11. Wearing pigtails
  12. Striped socksclipboards-037
  13. Bright pink mittens
  14. A reading lamp
  15. scotlandMen with Scottish accents
  16. Baby kittens
  17. Stone cottages

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  18. Cherries from a roadside stand
  19. A backyard full of autumn leaves

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  20. Thundery rainstorms
  21. Cheerios
  22. Snowed in with everyone home
  23. Gas prices right this second gas-prices
  24. The power of prayer
  25. Thatched roofs
  26. “Baby First Step”presents-020
  27. Indian corn
  28. Music boxes where you can see the insides
  29. Porch swings
  30. A sister   ward-campout-2008-9
  31. Baby kisses
  32. Pecan logs without cherries
  33. Pumpernickel bread with Swiss cheese    pumpernickel1
  34. The picture book, “The Relatives Came.”
  35. Old photos of total strangers
  36. Caramel apples
  37. “Seabiscuit“
  38. Metal crochet hooks with taped handlessnow-08-025
  39. Christmas lights in very tall trees
  40. Canopy beds with curtains
  41. PeeWee baby dollshoney-and-babies-020
  42. Football games
  43. Very old houses with very old trees
  44. Jack in the Box tacos
  45. Border’s gift cards
  46. Surfer hair

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  47. Crocheted dust ruffles
  48. Old buttons

  49. “Little Lost Baby”

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  50. Lousia May Alcott books
  51. Beloved crazy people with New Year’s fireworks  new-years-eve-2009-015
  52. Being read to
  53. Flute music
  54. Beany my lovehoney-and-babies-030

  55. Vlasic Kosher Dill Spears

  56. Farm houses
  57. A Brother   lyndipictures2-122
  58. Embroidery scissors
  59. Rainbow Britehoney-and-babies-014
  60. The “Out of Africa” soundtrack
  61. Summerfest copy-of-summerfest-2008-101
  62. Peter Brinholt music
  63. Cable tights
  64. Light purple
  65. Cinnamon pinecones
  66. Mourning doves     dove-in-the-pine
  67. Creamers
  68. Rootbeer floats in grama’s backyard
  69. Christmas cards with photos inside

  70. Letters with foreign stamps

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  71. Wind chimes
  72. Gift baskets with really cool stuff
  73. Jane Austen movies
  74. Wool Felt
  75. Kilts   andrew-j-237
  76. Pink malt balls
  77. Babies born gently
  78. Snapset pools
  79. Maxfield Parrish paintings
  80. Baby fingers and toes   honey-and-babies-035
  81. Cute boys with big feetdec-31-001
  82. Freeze dried ice cream
  83. Church steeples
  84. Old friends that come back
  85. Icicles  dec-24-2008-092
  86. Waterfalls
  87. Free range giraffeswild-giraffe
  88. Button up sweaters
  89. “Goose Girl“
  90. Twelfth Night
  91. Christmas Eve     christmas-eve
  92. Stuffing
  93. Kisses on the hand
  94. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
  95. Pastry Blenders
  96. Little girls in dresses and tights

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    by Eloise Wilkin

  97. Pink and purple petunias
  98. Ballet Slippers

  99. My sweet Mom

  100. My cute daddy

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100th Post…

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This week marked the posting of the 100th…ahhh…post. Now that is either really cool, and means that I am very ambitious and dedicated, or it means that my family is right…I just talk a lot. I fear the latter will always be the case. sigh…

So in celebration of whichever thing is the case—I have decided that in keeping with the theme of this blog, “…making the most of what you’ve got,” I’d like to come up with a huge list called, “100 Things To Be Happy About.”

I’ll post what I’ve got on New Year’s Day and then, by way of your comments we will just build the list. Everyone has things that make them happy–and I’d love to hear what that is for you. With your help, I think we could easily get to 10 times 100 and that will only help us be happier, and more grateful…which will make us happier…and…oh, you get what I’m saying.

It will be great!

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Caramel Corn Pops

If you’re looking for a quick and easy New Year’s snack–then give this one a try. Word of warning…you may just be making this well into March.

Just saying…

Caramel Corn Pops

1 box Corn Pops Cereal

2 cup pecan halves

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup corn syrup

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Combine cereal and nuts in a greased, shallow baking pan. Set aside. In a saucepan, bring butter, sugar, and corn syrup to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and soda. Pour caramel mixture over cereal and nuts.  Stir well until all are coated. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Pour onto waxed paper and break apart. Store in airtight container.