Thursday thanks

I'm not even sure how this all started, but "things that make me happy" lists are cropping up in the blogosphere like pumpkin-spiced-goods in coffee shops...

Here are a few things that make me happy:

• Strong, hot coffee. (Loved best with skim or hazelnut milk. No sugar... but really I'll drink anything as long as it contains coffee.)
• Before-dinner walks with Hubby.
• Pumpkin anything.
• A nap after a long run and hot shower.
• A hot shower.
• Good, non-fiction books.
• Cool, crisp days.
• Sunsets so colorful you stop what you're doing, no matter what it is, just to watch.
• Magnolia blossoms.
• Bumble bees.
• Watching pelicans dive for fish.
• Watching geckos climbing around the outside of my dining room window.
• Learning new things.
• Watching my students learn new things.
• Running. (Duh.)

(Thanks to Kate and Miss Zippy for the inspiration!)

What things make you happy?