happy list - November, part 1

• The beautiful colors of fall: maroon, orange, and yellow
• A brand new bar of soap
  
• Starbucks' winter seasonal mint chocolate brownie
• The moment the plane's wheels leave the ground
• Flight attendants who make funny jokes that are actually funny
• The millions of tiny points of light created by my engagement ring in just the properly angled ray of the sun
• Tuna sashimi
• Alex O'Loughlin , actor
• College a Cappella groups
• Being nominated for an award
• Being nominated for an award when the nomination involves the nominator writing something nice about the nominee
• Discovering birds live in the bush in front of your house
• Fresh air - particularly the smell - after being trapped indoors all day.
• Frappe Friday
• The smell of winter in the air
• The way " Gormogon iconography" rolls off the tongue
• The first holiday light spotting of the season
• Writing 108,506 words during your first NaNoWriMo
• Guittard Green Mint Chips
• Cherimoyas
• Nanoisms : a typo made while writing that results in something particularly funny. For example: "He watched the frost fork on the ground." (Where "fork" should have been "form.")
• Flavored hot cocoa, mint and raspberry in particular
• Online Christmas shopping

(Posted 12/10/2007)