It's been a rainy, gray, stormy day, and instead of wallowing in the doldrums, I decided to celebrate what makes me happy today.To quote the Andrew's Sisters, "You've Got To, Accen-tuate the positive...."  I hope you find inspiration in my smiles.

1.     My kids playing together
2.     My hubby
3.     My gorgeous house
4.     I have a Porsche in my garage!
5.     Forgiveness
6.     My new closet
7.     Rainbows
8.     New clothes
9.     Sandals
10.   Mickey Mouse and Tinkerbell
11.   Designer bags
12.   Camping
13.   Pattie and the girls are coming for a visit!
14.   Praying, even when there is no hope that the person I'm praying for will ever care
15.   Trace is coming for a visit Friday!
16.   Mikey's birthday is Friday.
17.   Emily played catcher in tonight's game...and did VERY well. She also got 2 hits.
18.   Curves
19.   Roses
20.   Iced tea under a shade tree when the sun is beaming hot.
21.   Blackberries right off the bushes
22.   Professional pedicures
23.   I had a picnic with my family, Uncle Vic, and Darren's parents, on Father's Day.
24.   Mom's antique buffet
25.   Looking out my back window into the yard where I was so happy as a child
26.   Singing at the top of my lungs
27.   Baseball season! My Royals!
28.   Steve Carrell is SO FUNNY
29.   Dance class (I SO WANT TO TAKE TAP)
30.   My new red, black and white shirt
31.   '80's music
32.   Curling up on my porch swing with a god book
33.   Mikey curling up in my lap and sharing his day with me
34.   "Girl's Day Out" with Emily
35.   Date Night with Matt (although I'm not allowed to call it that anymore)
36.   When the electricity goes out in the winter and we fix dinner in the fireplace...hot dogs, beans and s'mores!
37.   Cuddling on the couch, sharing my day, and drinking a good glass of wine
38.   Plush carpet
39.   My goofy dog
40.   Awesome neighbors
41.   The architecture in my neighborhood
42.   The SWOOSH of a roaring river
43.   Glittery chandeliers
44.   Cheesecake
45.   Getting an email from my Uncle Vic, where he shares memories of my family
46.   Coming across pictures of Grandma and Grandpa's house (and sharing them with my neighbor, who lives there now)
47.   A soft blanket
48.   Baseball movies
49.   A surprise baseball game
50.   Sonic diet vanilla coke or diet cherry limeade
51.   Waffles from Waffle House
52.   Accidentally bumping into Darren's arm, then he grabs my hand.
53.   King of the Hill
54.   Watching Darren read his Porsche books with a grin on his face
55.   cute videos (like Funniest Home Videos)
56.   S L O W dancing with hubby
57.   Listening to mine and my neighbor's kids playing in the backyard
58.   Lunch with friends after church Sundays
59.   Hot tea
60.   Garlic Parmesan wings at Buffalo Wild Wings (and whooping Darren's butt at NTN)
61.   Playing catch with the family
62.   Starbucks
63.   When we happen to wake up early in the mornings and we just snuggle and talk
64.   Traveling. Seeing new places
65.   Confetti
66.   Vanilla
67.   When Lisa smiles, because it's so good that she's happy again
68.   Teasing mine and Pattie's kids about being "black sheep cousins."
69.   Cynthia's phone calls
70.   Friday nights with the Camerlinks
71.   Bennett Park
72.   Disney World
73.   Funnel cakes
74.   Fall on the Square
75.   Little League baseball
76.   Fall
77.   Piles of cruncy leaves just waiting for me to jump on them
78.   Campfire coffee (and Irish Creme)
79.   Full House reruns
80.   Spongebob Square Pants
81.   George Brett
82.   Journaling
83.   Reading my Grandma's newspaper articles
84.   My wonderful neighbors
85.   Richard and Ginger and Tradmark Realty on The Real Deal
86.   The drawers built into the wall of my house
87.   Wrought iron furniture in my yard
88.   Kauffman Stadium H O M E
89.   The Broncos losing
90.   Watching Emily throw a softball. Chickie has a cannon for an arm!
91.   Watching Matthew play soccer
92.   Living in Liberty
93.   Fourth of July at the Missouri River, and setting of the gazillion bottle rockets I still have
94.   The Twin Drive In
95.   Jeannie's
96.   Road Trips
97.   Late night runaways to grab dinner with hubby
98.   Thunderstorms
99.   The All Star Game
100.   Planning vacations
101.   Baseball on TV
102.   Picnics
103.   Big Band era music
104.   Showtunes
105.   The first snowfall of the year
106.   My kids' school
107.   My new pink robe from Bath and Body Works
108.   New stamps
109.   Darren's chili
110.   The pasta buffet at Dish
111.   Watching TV with the kids
112.   Sitting outside, drinking a beer, and chatting with hubby/neighbors
113.   YouTube
114.   I CANNOT BELIEVE I DIDN"T PUT THIS HIGHER!!!!!!  OF COURSE, MY SISTERS AT W@H  Doh!
115.   My Darren's, "Morning Sunshine" emails
116.   Bonfires
117.   Theater
118.   Plush carpet
119.   Sitting on the couch chatting up Pattie
120.   Her hubby's "Week in Balad" emails
121.   Stash tea (snob)
122.   The sound of the ball hitting the bat
123.   My boys hanging out together and laughing
124.   The fact that there are just cool kids in our neighborhood, and they are all really good friends
125.   My subcontractors
126.   Classy Chocolate...Friday morning cinnamon rolls Mmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmm
127.   Garlic mashed potatoes from Ginger Sue's
128.   Erin's daughter, Madi
129.   Joyce's driving range
130.   Getting cards from Aunt Elva—I think I still have every one she ever wrote me!
131.   Planning April's Fool jokes
132.   My camper
133.   Blue eyed boys
134.   Brown eyed girls
135.   My Durango
136.   Baptisms
137.   Lake of the Ozark
138.   Pictures of my wedding
139.   My scrapbooks
140.   Reading Mom's notes...I MISS YOU MAMA!
141.   Pappa's silly cards...I MISS YOU PAPPA!
142.   Camp notes from Grandma...I MISS YOU GRANDMA!
143.   Surprise packages in the mail
144.   Books
145.   Running into old friends
146.   Watching the bunnies run around in my backyard.
147.   Watching the cardinal family who lives in our backyard in the "catcher's backdrop" tree.
148.   My awesome backyard   
149.   Darren took me to New York
150.   Las Vegas, baby!

To quote one of Pappa's favorite songs, "These are a few of my favorite things."