What are some little things that make you happy?

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Mine are: getting a text from a friend asking me how I am, seeing dog/cat/horse/other funny animal videos that someone's shared on Facebook, telling a joke and somebody actually laughing . Oh, and chocolate.

Yours?

Seeing my kids happy. Getting my washing hung out and dried on a sunny day. A tidy house. Everyone enjoying dinner.

DH always checks the bottle of water by my side of the bed and makes sure I have one.

Stroking a purring cat boy.

Freshly mown lawn

Fresh bread

My Birkies that 5 years in are like wearing my feet

Brand new shoes

Clean bed linen

Verdi

The way the air changes as you pass Limoges

Morning tea

Birdsong

Warm milk with a cube of sugar and cinnamon

The sun on my face

The sound of post on the mat

A baby's head

Snapping bubble wrap

An empty dishwasher

Bridget Jones reruns

The first bunch of daffodils

.......quite a lot of things make me happy.

I love seeing my dc happy and running around with their friends outside in the fresh air. Having a coffee with friends. Walking in the countryside, by the canal or the sea. Sharing a bottle of wine with my dp.

New make up

New earrings

My children eating all their dinner

A good hair day

Getting to the bottom of my ironing pile

A run.
An open water swim.
My dogs.
My morning coffee, made by my DH.
Pottering in my garden.
Reading in my hammock.
A good meal around the table with my family.
Hearing my sons laughing together.
Nice pjs.
Clean bedding after a bath.

Clean hair.

New make up.

Good hair days.

When my son snuggles up to me and gives me a big smile.

When he just randomly asks “you ok mummy?”

My first cup of tea in the morning.

My husband ringing me at lunchtime to check in with me.

New sewing material!

My family being together and happy
Cherry blossom in spring
Birdsong
Harvest moon
Fresh bed linen
Cuddle with dog
Being brought a cup of tea in bed
Thoughtfulness
Snuggling up to DH and watching a good film
Real fire - bonfire/fire pit/logburner
My daughters

A new book by a favourite author.
The sea, sight and smell, followed by a paddle.
Orange pekoe tea.
Smell of barbecues.
Hotel chocolate, there white chocolate batons.
My first and only grandaughter.
New beads, new ideas and new makes.
Watching snooker with hubby, with no interruptions

Sitting over coffee nattering to my teenagers

Fresh flowers (dh always makes sure I have them - daffodils then tulips then sunflowers!)

When dh and I finally get in bed he always snuggles up and says "nicest part of the day" except on Friday when it's "nicest part of the week!".

Cheesy wotsits

My dog falling asleep on my feet

Sauvignon Blanc

Having a relaxing start to the day..
Waking up naturally (no alarm)
Having a coffee in bed while browsing Mumsnet for awhile.
Shower and dressed at leisure, no rushing around.
Ticking things off my ‘to do’ list for the day

I can only go by today, but dancing round the lounge with friends, getting a hefty bill paid, a compliment, arranging an appointment for later this week, starting to establish boundaries to detach from my immediate family

Oh and figuring out how to do work in my bedroom carefully positioned so it looks 'office'. Foot of the bed was trying to sneak in but I repositioned the screen.

I’m 47 now and have a 10 year old daughter, I also have my mum of 83 living with me and believe me they are hard work haha
So when I have a hour to spare I love to watch Prime movies, tv series, especially the old ones from the 80’s.
I’m easily pleased .🤣

What a lovely thread! Thanks OP.
I echo lot’s of the above little things listed by PP’s.

It makes me happy when I see something I really like in my favourite colour, it could be a flower/plant or most recently our new sofa!

My niece (and goddaughter) face timing me to let me see my great-nephew.
WhatsApp conversations with my other niece.
Being outside just now on a cloudless night and enjoying the moon and the peace and quiet.

Hanging out with my older teens for the evening
Eating dinner in the garden & chatting with my Dh (minus the bastard wasps)
My kids calling my mum or going round to see her
Seeing my clean washing all neat & blowing on the line
Facetime with my best friend in Copenhagen
Walking away from work in the early morning & knowing I'm going home to bed while the rest of the world is getting up & ready for the day especially in the winter.

Spending time with my husband and my gorgeous Sheltie. The sun going down. Walking by the sea, in the woods, down the paths - just being out and about.

Clean washing drying in the sunshine. A good meal with friends. Sharing a bottle of wine. Tidy home.

Lots of things really - I love to smile

Disney vloggers, good food, the seaside, London, visiting old childhood spots, lying in, getting a good deal, watching the twilight movies, wine ect.

Needed this! Thank you for starting. Will be taking some ideas

The first cup of tea in the morning.

The sight of a neat, manageable To Do list.

Waking up from a nap on the sofa to find DCat curled up beside me.

Getting up before everyone else and having a peaceful cup of tea.

Walks in the countryside.

My family.

Baking.

my bullet journal
watching the goldfish in my pond
my garden
watching the birds and my feeder or bathing in the pond
my rose scented candle
a vase of fresh cut garden flowers
a good book
a good tv series
my greenhouse
chatting to oldest ds on the phone ( he has mved to another country)
whan I've managed to get the house all clean and tidy

birds on my feeder or bathing in the pond - the birds bathing, not me!!

A day off work - I'm always much happier at home!

These have given me some more ideas:

Getting an outfit JUST RIGHT,
Having a good hair day (rare, at the moment),
Scrambled eggs on white toast,
My cat running up to me when I go out in the garden while she's snoozing,
Messaging semi-famous people (authors, actors, singers etc) that I admire and getting a message back,
Watching The Devil Wears Prada/Mamma Mia 2/other light-hearted film,
Cooking something and it turning out all right (ie. edible)