Sunday, February 27, 2011

Journal # 3: 100 things that make me happy...

1)      Spending time with my husband
2)      Being married
3)      Being in the ocean
4)      Surfing with my dad
5)      Swimming from the pavilion to the Hanalei Pier
6)      Walking the Hanalei Bay
7)      Hiking the Hanakapi’ai trail
8)      Being in Kalalau Valley
9)      Living on Kaua’i
10)   Having my mom as my best girl-friend
11)   Camping
12)   Swimming in fresh water streams
13)   Getting my hands dirty from gardening
14)   Having dirt under my fingernails after a good gardening session
15)   Yoga
16)   Being able to run for 30 minutes
17)   Hearing the wind in the trees
18)   Being in nature
19)   Being in nature, alone and just listening to the sounds
20)   Laughing
21)   Speaking Portuguese with my husband
22)   Going Forró dancing in Brasil
23)   Traveling
24)   Packing my suitcase when I know I am about to go on an adventure
25)   Adventures
26)   Waterfalls
27)   Spending time with my mom and dad
28)   Listening to my husband laugh
29)   Wearing yoga pants and sweatshirts
30)   The SUN
31)   Laying out
32)   Being able to go to the beach everyday
33)   Salvador, Brasil
34)   Learning new things
35)   Ocean water on my skin
36)   The feeling of being sun-kissed
37)   Traveling with my husband
38)   The color yellow
39)   Dancing with my husband
40)   Dancing with my friends
41)   Dancing Polynesian dance
42)   Real life lessons
43)   When all my homework is done
44)   Working with preschool age children
45)   Working in the Teddy Bear room
46)   Hearing a student tell me “you are the best teacher in the whole world!”
47)   Working with clay on the wheel
48)   Driving to northern California
49)   Camping in Big Cur
50)   Being able to wear a bathing suit
51)   Buying new bathing suits
52)   Shopping in Brasil
53)   Watching something I planted grow
54)   Eating organic food
55)   Buying fair-trade food
56)   Helping someone
57)   How contagious a smile is  
58)   How contagious a laugh is
59)   Cuddling with my husband
60)   Watching my husband carefree childlike spirit
61)   The possibility of having children
62)   The prospect of becoming a teacher!
63)   Being able to love what I do (for work)
64)   Smoothies
65)   COFFEE
66)   Being warm
67)   Having sandy feet
68)   When my body hurts from being active
69)   When my day was productive
70)   The prospect of being a teacher and no longer the student (per-say)
71)   When my arm muscles hurt from surfing
72)   Being on our family farm in Brasil
73)   Spending time in Pirenópolis, Goiás, Brasil – the town my husband was born in
74)   Living near the beach
75)   Memories from my childhood
76)   Being around animals
77)   Sleeping in
78)   Knowing I can count on my family for support
79)   Creative freedom
80)   The freedom I receive from being from America
81)   Knowing that I speak two languages
82)   EATING
83)   DESSERT
84)   Love
85)   Looking at photos
86)   The possibility that my husband and I may move back to Kaua’i
87)   The possibility that my husband and I may move to Brasil for a bit
88)   “Free time”
89)   Playing soccer
90)   When a child giggles
91)   Having family dinners
92)   This year I will be walking the San Diego 3-day with my mom for the 2nd time
93)   Beach walks with my girl-friends
94)   Playing backgammon with my husband
95)   Learning new card games
96)   Making new friends
97)   Learning about different cultures
98)   Music
99)   Feeling happy
100) Being in love

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