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101 Things That Make Me Happy

Friday, January 22, 2016 (Updated: Monday, May 5, 2025)
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Pansies

Reading a book by the fire




Snow falling

The first day of the NCAA Basketball Tournament

Caroline’s belly laugh

Being married to my best friend

Playing favorite hymns on the piano

Autumn leaves

Rose-breasted grosbeaks at our feeders

Drives in the country

Black patent leather

Beaumont Tower

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Pink

Telemann

Vermont in autumn

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My NIV Study Bible with decades worth of notes

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Miss Suzy

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Listening to Caroline and David playing

The wit of Downton Abbey

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Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon

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Petoskey

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a capella

More a capella

And more a capella

A male cardinal feeding a female cardinal

The Enchanted Cottage

Traverse City

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A smooth pen

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Goldfinches

Miracle finishes against rivals

Christmas lights

Snow days

Galileo

Cozy bookstores

Black and white houndstooth

The Windmill

Rainbows

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Philippians

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Ticonderoga pencils

Harvest moon rising

The Look

Hand-written letters

Kindred spirits

Crescent moons

Daisies

Mr. Knightley

More Mr. Knightley

Candles in the window

Comfy sweaters

Grace Livingston Hill favorites

Monarch of the Glen

Violets

Deer in the backyard

Once in Royal David’s City

Being a mommy

Dark-eyed juncos

Excellent dramas

Peppermint

Constable Benton Fraser

Johnny jump ups

The Drive

Constant friends

Chickadees

This never ever gets old LOL!

Using my planner

Caroline’s quick wit

The Little House Books

Thoughtful comments on my site

Christmas lights in the snow

Michigan State Fight Song

The Milky Way

Phoebe singing with the bagpipes

Yellow roses

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Sallie Schaaf Borrink is a Christian, wife, mother, homeschooler, homebody, and autodidact. She owns a home-based graphic design and web design business with her husband (DavidandSallie.com).

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