So, here's my list.

A few days ago we had a bad day in a harvester's world. 

Here's how it goes. 

The big green thing in the picture is called a combine. The long bar-ish thing that goes out in front of it is called a header. What the header does is spin really fast and these things on it spin and literally comb the wheat into a chainsaw-esque blade. The blade cuts the wheat and then moving belts push it into the mouth of the combine, actually called a feeder house, and the combine eats it up and pushes the waste out out the back. Got it?

You see what happened was that since the wheat is so thick and so full and so beautiful this year...  you can't really see much of what's in front of you other than wheat.

Long, sad story later...our header was broken. 

Following this there was a little gloom hanging around and no one really had good words to say and then I remembered this:

A looooong time ago (okayy..maybe just a few months) one of my very good friends said that one of her very good friends made a list of 100 things that made her happy. It sounds simple, but the whole point of it is to realize that even when you have big, big things go wrong you still have many, many little things that still make your cup of live overflow with happiness.

So, here is my list.

 1. When I find the PERFECT song on the radio that matches my mood

 2. The best friend moment when no words are spoken, because none have to be

 3. Learning something new and after tedious practice realizing you aren't that bad at it

 4. Dancing.

 5. Trusting God and letting go. Then waiting to see that everything turned out WAY better than expected.

 6. Thinking about my sister trying to use a turkey call mouthpiece without throwing up

 7. The smell of clean laundry

 8. The "my life is so put together" feeling I get after flossing before bed

 9. Matching. Oh, I love it when things match. 

10. Songs that will ALWAYS remind me of a person, story, or time of my life

11. Fonts that the exactly match the tone of voice that you want to talk in

12. The first night in freshly made bed

13. Slumber parties. Call it crashing at a friend's place, or visiting a friend, or couch surfing...whatever you want...it's a slumber party. 

14. Walking out of a cold building to get roasted by the welcoming summer sun

15. State fair corndogs. Aaaand funnel cakes.

16. The sound of my teeny, tiny 26 pound cousin STOMPING through the house on her teeny, tiny feet

17. Long drives late at night that seem to relieve all the stress in my life

18. JR. HIGH. CAMP.

19. Any time that my very best friends are together, including the BQ.

20. Happy hour sodas.

21. Finding the.perfect.gift for someone

22. Running with Erin

23. Inside jokes that are old enough to have lost their original meaning, but still make you laugh

24. Getting a pedicure

25. Waking up and realizing you had the most ridiculous dream and telling someone about it before forgetting it completely 

26. Flowers.... even if they are from a cattle pasture and are placed in a "Big Gulp" cup for a vase

27. Seeing a picture of two people so in love that is just oozing from the photo

28. Alliteration. Hence: Happiness with a Harvester

29. Puppies! PUPPIES! PUPPIES MAKE ME HAPPY.

30. Finding the perfect scripture to give your soul peace when you need it

31. Loooong, silly, pointless voicemails

32. Going to bed and not having to set an alarm

33. Baby/Mini sized anything

34. The whisper that wheat makes when it's ready to harvest

35. Baking

36. Seeing trees start to bud after the cold winter months

36. Hearing my silly farm boy call me Darlin'

37. The smell of new schools supplies...shoot the whole school supplies aisle

38. The silly hugs I give my dad because he's so tall I just have to wrap my arms around his belly

39. Listening to my mom tell stories

40. Having all my laundry clean and folded and put up all at one time

41. Knowing that something I did made someone else smile

42.Christmas lights

43. O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A

44. Before and after pictures

45. Old couples that still hold hands

46. Finishing a good book

47. Starting an even better one

48. When I find out other people besides those in my family play they card game Pitch

49. Sunsets

50. The peace that comes after prayer

51. The janky, old, small town food joints that always have the most grease and the best burgers

52. Finding out that I spelled something right… which doesn’t happen very often

53. Well organized things….shoot, the whole school supplies isle

54. Coffee…. Mmmmm Coffee

55. Ordering…well, anything and when I receive it, it being EXACTLY what I was hoping for

56. This little guy… Creed

57. God’s humor and how he lets me know that he is sovereign: My favorite food is peanut butter and Lance is one of those peanut allergy freaks…good thing he’s not the swell up and die kind!

58. Words of affirmation

59. The overwhelming feeling of accomplishment I get after a long day of work

60. Surprises… as long as I don’t know that they are coming

61. Walking out of a cold building to be roasted by the Oklahoma summer sunshine

62. Hugs

63. Making Lists….. obviously

64. Celebrating every.day like a holiday

65. Roadtrips

66. Large sonic waters with extra extra extra ice

67. In car concerts…. The only place that I can sing well

68. Painting my nails

69. When acquaintances turn into good friends in just one conversation

70. Earning something that I’ve worked for

71. Making captions to pictures

72. Fireplaces

73. Wheat on an apple pie

74. Noooooodles. Yes, noodles at holidays.

75. Coming home to a clean house

76. Getting all “gussied” up

77. Arts and Crafts

78. Antiques

79. Napping on Sunday afternoons

80. Rain

81. Naming things…I just love to name things

82. Opening anything that comes in a box, bag, or envelope

83. Cooking and cleaning for those I love

84. Heels and pearls

85. Family

86. Burned CD’s

87. Spelling things with pretzels

88. Really good pillows

89. My family <3

90. The just brushed clean teeth feeling

91. Traveling… any where, any way

92. Windows down, sunroof open, radio up.

93. Calling people by their first and last names

94. Hashtags

95. Soft, warm, fluffy towels

96. GIANT windmills

97. Palindromes

98. Correct grammar and punctuation

99. Good time spent with God

100. Feeling so blessed because He gave me all of this

What makes you happy?