the happiest place on earth

That is still Hershey's slogan, right? No wait, it's "sweetest place," isn't it. Whatever it's called, I am totally looking forward to heading there for Angie's wedding and spending time with so many of my favorite people. And then this struck a chord and made me want to do it too. So, consider this a meme! I tag you and you and you.

Thunderstorms. Snow. Big, fat earthworms. Waking up with someone's arms wrapped around you. Dan Savage. Getting lost in fiction. Big dogs. Small dogs, medium-sized dogs. All dogs. Alpaca yarn, handpainted sock yarn, jellybean-colored cotton yarn. All yarn.

Kayaks. Life preservers. The ocean. Crockpots. Iced coffee. Ice cream cake with those chocolate crumbles in it. Food on sticks. Old cookbooks with lots of turned-down pages. Looking up recipes on the Internets. JibJab. Facebook friend requests from unexpected people. Google Reader. Bingos in Word Twist. Paint samples. Seeing what your handwriting looked like when you were 10.

Tomatoes on the vine. Clean sheets. Open Midwestern skies. The crackly plastic covers on library books. A new red Netflix envelope sitting in the mailbox. Porch swings. Festivals of all kinds. Familiar voices on the phone. Pottery. Taking off your shoes at the end of the day. Greek mythology.

I feel like I now need to balance this out with my customary sarcasm and negativity, but I'll refrain. Tell me some of the things that make you happy.