Things that make me happy...this week

• That one day, for a few hours, all my laundry is done, folded, neatly put away. There’s no fear of "is that clean" or "I can’t wear this if my white shirt isn’t in the drawer". Stress-free-laundered-existence.
• Watching television with friends and/or family. For some reason hearing other people comment on regularly scheduled television programming is extremely amusing to me.
• Saying to Brian at 12:32 p.m. on Saturday "the one thing I really needed to get today was a plain white long-sleeved shirt, but I guess I can live without it" and then at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday finding a white long-sleeved shirt for $3.00. At the same store I found the white sweater I wanted for $9.00. God Bless Cheap America!
• When Brian goes to Smokey Row (coffeehouse/icecreamshop) and orders a Reese’s Pieces Blizzard (they call it a "Tornado" so as not to get sued by DQ) he does not merely order and walk away. No no. He is super-great-husband-of-the-month and stands right by the counter and watches as the silly girl begins making a reese’s peanut butter cup blizzard. And out of fear of my wrath he speaks up and says "No. I didn’t order that. I ordered Reese’s PIECES!". He brought home the right thing and I am forever grateful.
• Internet radio. Endless array of Christian ROCK. Not the fluffy stuff that some people think qualifies as "rock". No Michael W. Smith. No Steven Curtis Chapman. If it weren’t for this lovely invention called the internet (thanks to Al Gore) I would not have fallen in love with all these awesome rock bands.
• My ability to bluff my way through running an internet webpage. I even added the Jeremy Camp header all by myself. This involved reading code. Its not easy. I don’t care what any of you webgeeks say!
• The way Brian helped me shop at Bath & Body Works. This is soooooo very un-DeVries of him, I just can’t explain it to you. The DeVries thing to do is to smell anything and complain of the odor. (Nevermind the fact they hail from a dairy farm.) I digress. My dear husband followed me around the entire store and helped me pick out lotions and perfumes that he liked. I was, and continue to be, impressed.
• Unexpected compliments. I’m not great at complimenting people. I do it often in my head (granted it is certainly balanced out by some negative internal comments as well) but I fail to actually VOICE my positive thoughts to the subjects of my observations. Last night I got a compliment and as SMALL as it probably was to that person, it made my night. I’m not fishing for anything here. Just a friendly reminder to say something nice to someone today. Its not hard. Its actually pretty fun :)
• The fact that I can sit here and type all kinds of really ridiculous and random comments and you guys read them. I hear from some of you that you even find me amusing. One of you suggested I might consider journalism. Wow. This is totally flattering and terrifying at the same time!
• Saying the phrase "Beyond words" at the end of everything. Its a new habit. Bad or good?