25 August 2007

1. A clean car.
2. Rain!
3. A day time high that is under 100 degrees.
   

22 August 2007

1. Knowing that at least one person is reading this!
2. Being prepared for tonight's den meeting.
3. 100th Happy Thoughts post.
   

15 August 2007

1. Surviving the first den meeting.
2. Being read to.
3. Back scratches.
   

14 August 2007

1. Stumbling upon a four point deer in the woods - and getting to watch him for ten minutes!
2. Nearly self sufficient shower kids.
3. Left over steak.
   

13 August 2007

1. Fat steaks.
2. Rioja wine.
3. Closure on a business crisis.
   

11 August 2007

1. Sleeping in.
2. Being a bad parent and letting my son watch the Simpson's movie and listening to him snicker through the whole thing.
3. Decluttering a bedroom.
   

09 August 2007

1. Emptying a few boxes out of our clutter pantry.
2. That my son would still rather listen to me read a story to his sister than read on his own.
3. Back rubs.
   

08 August 2007

1. The first day of school. (Admittedly a bit melancholy)
2. My son's alarm clock.
3. Knowing that my wife would be late coming home on a school night!
   

07 August 07

1. My daughter braving the blue slide AND the yellow slide AND the red slide AND the diving board. Peer pressure is truly a wonderful thing.
2. Being on the money regarding an employee.
3. A phone call with my mother in law. LOL
   

06 August 07

1. The power of ice cream.
2. Helping out a neighbor.
3. Realizing that the first den meeting is not until NEXT week.
   

03 August 2007

1. The cement pond.
2. Goliath Rex.
3. Mu kids laughing at jokes they don't understand.
   

July 27th thru August 2nd

Back from vacation with far too many good things to share with you. But here's a few:

1. Being legitimately beaten in putt putt golf by a nine year old.
2. Sweet catawba wine on a hot summer day.
3. Napping on a Lake Erie beach.
4. Connecting with cousins.
5. Sport stacking.
6. Stolen concretions.
7. Grandma's farm.
8. Grandma's apple pie.
9. Grandmas.
10. Tony Packos' hot dogs.
11. Watching peer pressure force my daughter to be daring at the swimming pool.
12. Baby possums.
13. Slot machines.
14. Deflated air mattress.
15. Feeding the monster blue gills.
16. Amazing children in a maze.
17. Golf carts on Put-In-Bay.
18. Fried walleye.
19. Amish buggies.
20. Sweet corn.
21. Reconnecting with so much of my childhood.