Good point: Instead of examining why I'm so depressed and unhappy.... The positive spin would be examining what makes me happy or why I'm happy!

Hmm....off to a slow start (but not going to let that get me lol!)

1. Sleeping in

2. My pugs, My sisters dogs (especially the baby, Pippi!)

3. Tanning

4. Getting comments on my blogs

5. Going for a brisk walk (weather permitting)

6. Taking a trip and buying a few things at the Dollar Store

7. Making a collage!

8. Completing a house project!

9. Getting my nails done (ooooh!!! toenails too!!)

10. Guitar Heroe

11. Laser Tag (a damn good workout too!)

12. Eating ice cream or anything sinfully rich and fattening (I didn't say it was going to be a list of good habits! lol)

13. When G massages me or just gently rubs my head.

14. Having a good day at school: feeling I made a connection; made someone laugh; really taught them something; gained more of their respect; positive connections with co-workers

15. Going out for breakfast, lunch or dinner

16. Going out for just a sundae at Friendly's!!

17. A caramel coffee from Dunkin Donuts! (starting to really see that my list has a lot of foods that make me smile...seeing a connection here with the existing weight problem :0)

18. Getting an e-mail from an old friend! (Reconnecting)

19. Watching Desperate Housewives, U.S. Of Tara, Worst Week, Dexter, Ghost Whisperer with G

20. When G writes me a new poem or a Blog!!! (hint, hint baby!)

21. Babies!! I've been getting lots of good blog comments lately! One of them was a suggestion of volunteering to hold babies at hospitals where children were in NICU and needed to be touched (aids in healing). Some of their parents can't be there all the time. This would be something that I would LOVE, LOVE to do! I can really see myself feeling good when I left there (even though I know I would see some sad things as well).

22. Reading! I like to read out loud to children too! It was one of my fav things to do when invited into my two kids' elementary classrooms to be a secret reader. Then this year, I decided to read all my classes (1 chapter a day) a novel that was written in English with Spanish words used within the text and I again found my love of reading to others. Perhaps I should have been an English teacher!

Ok! This will be Part 1 because it's a school night and I gave myself a 10 p.m. limit!