My Simple Pleasures

Life would be likely empty without simple pleasures.  I am, for whatever reason, inclined right now to list a few of mine (in no particular order).

1) Produce from my own garden
2) Woodchuck (the beverage, not the animal)
3) Hair clips and ponytail holders
4) Pictures of friends and family
5) Phone calls from friends and family
6) Rain
7) Being loved by my dog
8) My new "microwave safe egg pan"
9) Books
10) Napkins
11) Food
12) Being able to have doors and windows open so the breeze comes through the house
13) Having a house for the breeze to move through
14) Getting to leave work early
15) Flip flops
16) My teddy bear
17) Pajamas
18) Having a TV
19) Soap
20) Pretty things (like art and fancy dishes)
21) Blankets
22) Card tables
23) Finding fun new things on the computer like "Windows Journal" and "Sticky Notes"
24) A real mailbox
25) Did I mention books and Woodchuck?  Just kidding.  Laughter is another simple pleasure.

That's probably enough to list for now.  I encourage people to stop and think about what they have in their day-to-day lives that make them smile, that they are glad to have, that are just nice, and yet so often taken for granted, forgotten about, or ignored.  We all move too fast to see the simple pleasures in our lives.  Maybe the world would be a kinder place if people ever paused to think "Gosh that microwave egg thing is cool!"  And then giggle.  :-)