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101 Things That Make Me Happy

Friday, January 22, 2016 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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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

Pearls

Pink

Telemann

Vermont in autumn

Cozy candles

Peaceful Christmas music

Polka dots

Hugs from Caroline

Buzzer beaters on my birthday

My NIV Study Bible with decades worth of notes

Stones of remembrance

Watching robins in the birdbath

Loving parents

Miss Suzy

Marching band drum lines

Listening to Caroline and David playing

The wit of Downton Abbey

Picture books

Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon

Pine cones

Petoskey

A good night’s sleep

New notebooks

A forest floor full of white trillium

Plaid skirts

Little Giants

Puppies

Seeing people use my Little Free Library

Satisfied customers

You’ve Got Mail

The smell of new books

Babies

a capella

More a capella

And more a capella

A male cardinal feeding a female cardinal

The Enchanted Cottage

Traverse City

Kittens

The Brandenburg Concertos

A smooth pen

Holly berries and greenery

Goldfinches

Miracle finishes against rivals

Christmas lights

Snow days

Galileo

Cozy bookstores

Black and white houndstooth

The Windmill

Rainbows

Forget-me-nots

Philippians

The Dowager Countess’ wit

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

Pansies Everywhere

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101 Things That Make Me Happy

Category: Contentment

About Sallie Borrink

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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