HAPPY LIST

This page, originally inspired by an old blog post titled “Happy List” published here in June 2005, features a progressive list of Jayred’s favorite things; things that make her happy.

So here goes Jayred’s Happy List:

1. Reading a good book in bed
2. Caotina Noir
3. Going to the cinema
4. Christian values
5. Trees
6. Press freedom
7. Booksale and Powerbooks (Philippines)
8. Little House on the Prairie DVDs
9. Wearing my Crocs
10. True love
11. 1 Samuel 16:7
12. Book/DVD/coin collection
13. Calida pajamas
14. Floating on the Dead Sea
15. Unguarded moments spent with a soul friend
16. Polaroid
17. Bohol
18. Playing with my niece and nephew
19. “Home is where the heart is.”
20. Simplicity
21. Blog therapy
22. Film festivals
23. Feel-good movies
24. The sound of the French language
25. Teaching English in Ukraine
26. Autumn leaves
27. The gift of humor
28. Matthew Macfadyen in Pride & Prejudice
29. Movie soundtracks
30. Piano music
31. Public library memberships
32. Taking photos of people, especially kids
33. School and office supplies (love those Post-It pads, index cards, and paper clips!)
34. Wooden coin boxes
35. Brocante shops
36. Recycling paper and shoeboxes
37. The LOL acronym
38. Spontaneity
39. Travel adventures with my husband
40. “Just do it.”
41. Sincerity, integrity and responsibilty in action
42. Customer service staff who go the extra mile
43. Supermarket baggers
44. Scribbling on a Paperblanks mini notebook
45. Bach
46. Regret-free decisions
47. To-do lists
48. Measurable goals
49. Starbucks mugs and tumblers
50. Hope
51. The absence of malice
52. Driving
53. Flea markets
54. “Gratis” signs
55. “Thank you”
56. Surprise gifts from thougtful people
57. Old photographs
58. Seeing my Swiss doctor’s Twike car
59. Summer school break
60. Globe lamps
61. The Swiss flag
62. The sound of raindrops
63. Shopping at Ikea

(Note: More to come since this is a progressive list.)

– Updated on 11 June 2008