Happy 101

So a super great awesome blogging friend of mine...Tami fromhttp://therothreport.blogspot.com
gave me this fun Happy 101 award.

Tami's blog cracks me up every single day. If you haven't read her blog yet, head on over...you won't be sorry. Tami and I met through blogging and now are great friends on Facebook. We are in the process of working out details to meet for a shopping trip...can't wait! Anyways, for this award I have to list 10 things that make me happy, so here are ten things that make me happy, in no particular order.

1. My friends!! I've said it a million times...I have the best friends EVER!!! My three best friends in the entire world are Megan pictured here....Meg and I met in college and instantly became great friends. One of our favorite activities to do is go shopping.


and here Jennie and Lora. My Ohio buddies. The three of us love spending time together and actually can become a little obnoxious when we all get together. However, we all have the best of fun together. Yeah...I have awesome friends and they make me so happy!! I of course love all my blogging friends as well!!

2. Shopping-Yeah, you could say I love to shop, always have and probably always will. That's all I will say about that!

3. Bo- Many of you know that I have a Boston Terrier Puppy that I got three months after Shawn died. I love that little dog more than you know. He makes me laugh every single day! I was going to include a picture, but I realized I don't have a new one. So Bo will be getting his own post one day soon.

4. Memories- I'm now to the point where I can look at pictures like this one....


and think of all the good times that I had in my past and smile while I look at them instead of cry. I love remembering the good times and I'm so happy for the many memories that I have!

5. Working Out- Yup you read this right. I love love to work out. Going to the gym has become a great stress reliever for me and I always feel so much better after a good hard workout. I usually do a 2.0 or 2.5 mile jog and then spend about an hour lifting weights. I do this three to four days a week...and yes I will say it again...working out makes me happy!!

Note: this is not a picture of my arms...but I sure which it was!

6. The Sun and Summer time- Living in Michigan, especially in the winter the sun hardly ever shines...but when it does I love it
and I love the sun in the summer time even more!!

7. Music- Listening to music really does make me happy and puts me in a good mood. One of my favorite CD's right now is this one...


Colbie Caillat's Breath Through album. It's a great upbeat CD. I think I listened to it four times in a row yesterday.

8. Reality TV- I almost hate to admit this but watching reality TV really does make me happy. My favorite shows right now is The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Bachelor, and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
I'm also totally guilty of watching Dancing With the Stars, The Bachelorette, and Torie and Dean Home Sweet Hollywood (new season starting April 5...so excited) I never used to watch this crap...but I don't know something about it just makes me...well...happy (in a weird kinda way!)

9. Diet Coke- What can I say. I love a nice cold can of Diet Coke, there just about isn't anything better.

10. Blogging- Last but not least blogging makes me happy. I love being able to share my thoughts and feelings with all of you. I also love reading about what each and every one of you have been up too....blogging really does make you happy!

Instead of naming 10 blogs that make me happy I'm breaking the rules. If you would like to use this post, please feel free. I think it's great to share our happy things with each other and I would love to see this post appear on your blog as well.

***Thank you for all of your great comments on yesterday's post. You all said such heartwarming things to me, thank you so much for that, it really does mean a lot to me.