Happiness is....

 Today - some of my favorite things....

• My husband's smile.  I remember the first time he smiled at me and I realized that smile was for ME. 
• My husband's hugs.  There is no place better than in his arms.
• My dog's soft coat and wagging tail and big brown eyes. 
• Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky
• Bruce Springsteen's version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Jon Bon Jovi's version of Baby Please Come Home
• Jon Bon Jovi in concert. 
• New England in the fall
• sitting on my porch on a nice summer morning, reading the paper, drinking coffee
• football
• Some smells - cinnamon, vanilla, pine trees
• Roses
• Freshly cut grass
• Slipping into a bed made with freshly laundered sheets
• the sound of the ocean
• Mint chocolate chip ice cream
• filet mignon
• butter cream frosting
• Marching bands
• Pretty, soft yarn
• Turning pretty soft yarn into something someone will enjoy
• a good book
• chocolate, preferably dark, never white
• the smell of coffee