1. highway driving

2. babies whining (but she's usually real happy :)

3. fidgety kids at the dinner table

4. children bickering

5. when my husband is gone during the day and then the evening hours

6. dirty dishes

7. piles of off-season clothes, finding a spot and getting them there

8. wet cloths that should be hung up to dry or washed before stinky

9. holey socks

10. lost socks

11. people who talk constantly about themselves and are LOUD

12. debt

13. boxes of junk that need to be sorted

14.rumpled beds

15.books that won't be finished because they just aren't worth it.

16. the lack of opportunities and time to go out with aforementioned hubby

17. dried out droopy flower beds

18. shoe piles in the closet on the floor instead of on the rack

19. broken relationships

20.a backlog of kid school sheets to mark

21. never quite able to see extended family enough or to 'connect' when we actually do

22. rust on vehicles

23. broken toys

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1. all our kids sitting in the livingroom reading quietly

2. a  windy day with the leaves on our beech tree rustling

3. the smell of roses and lilacs

4. tea-time with my hubby

5. a good hug from a close friend

6.hearing fellow brothers and sisters sing together in church

7.hugging my baby who smells so wonderful after a bath

8. walking in the woods

9. a sunset with my fella

10. remembering I'll be with loved ones again someday when I cross over

11. re-reading an old favourite

12.the sound of frogs and crickets and the flicker of fireflies

13. reading a good book to my kids

14. having a ladies night and watching a good flick

15.receiving a nice letter in the mail

16. when my mom brings me food she made

17. clothes fresh off of the clothesline

18. a fresh vase of flowers from my garden

19. fresh, warm cookies and bread

20. hearing my children laugh

21.sitting around a campfire

22. watching the waves crash on the shore and looking out to the horizon

23. a dark starlit sky