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10 Things I (Still) Find Totally Awesome

10 Things I (Still) Find Totally Awesome

This original post was from 2015 - but alas, nothing has changed.

Enjoy.


Here are 10 weird things that are TOTALLY AWESOME.  If you’re having a crap day, it helps to think about some little silly things that just make you so so happy and warm inside. Because when you stop and think about it, we’re pretty lucky to be human and alive.

  1. When I’m drinking coffee in the morning and my cat is eating her breakfast at the same time.

  2. When I’m washing my hands and I can see that they’re becoming noticeably cleaner.

  3. Watching a movie on my Mac, under my covers– Harry Potter-style.

  4. When boys have really nice fingernails.

  5. Shaking my chipotle bowl vigorously and then putting it in a real bowl. Then eating it.

  6. Saying hi to strangers.

  7. When I say “you should put tea tree oil on that” to someone and they let me do it for them.

  8. When I see someone being really nice to an animal of any sort.

  9. Putting Lacroix in a wine glass using frozen fruit as ice.

  10. When someone’s talking about a song and I say “sing it” and then they do.

Not So Singlia

Not So Singlia

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