Looking at the other side of the coin

I am feeling like i have been caught up in the spiral of unhappiness and only I can really do anything to change it. So I have decided to take a good hard look at what it means to be happy and what I can do to make myself happier.

The simple thing is to look at the things that I am thankful for so here is a list:

• My husband
• My family
• My beasts, no matter what they make me smile
• The funny random e-mails that I get from my dad and my father in law
• My friends
• Wacky messages on FB
• The ability to pay off bills each month and how I am starting to accumulate savings
• My fireplace
• Hot Chocolate
• Shoes, make up and girly things
• planning vacations
• Julia Child and how she stated cooking in her 30s,
• the down comforter that I get to curl up in each night
• The upcoming holiday in NY
• Pasta
• White wine
• sleeping in
• the last of the fall leaves

What are you thankful for these days?