Blue Sky Farm

My blogging posts and photos are part of me . I think of this as a scrapbook of my life. The names have not been changed.. they are real people who have crossed my path along my journey. Some I know intimately, my family and friends. If their names are mentioned it's a sure sign they are special to me and I love them dearly...come along see for yourself, perhaps you know some of them too..

March 8, 2009

My daughters challenge

My Joy list of 100 the things that make me happy and it serves as a great reference when I occassionally have had a really bad day. I am taking on my daughters Challenge from her blog http://myhomecook-n.blogspot.com/
I am taking the challenge so here I go:


  1. My Husband
  2. My 3 children
  3. My 7 grandchildren
  4. My home
  5. Blogging
  6. Shopping thrift stores
  7. Country music
  8. My Dog Buster
  9. Living here on our mini-farm
  10. Watching my chickens & collecting eggs
  11. Big Family gatherings
  12. Day car trips with my husband
  13. Christmas Holidays
  14. Decorating my home
  15. Gourmet Cooking
  16. Time spent with My sisters & mom
  17. Summer Evenings sitting on the porch
  18. Picking wildflowers
  19. Bubble baths
  20. Wine tasting
  21. Playing board games
  22. Bird watching
  23. Camping with my husband
  24. Walking on the beach (any beach)
  25. Traveling to places I have not been
  26. Gift shops
  27. BellaTremato Italian Restaraunt
  28. Egg salad sandwiches
  29. Chocolate cake
  30. Setting a pretty table
  31. Sewing ( making my prim dolls)
  32. Watching a sunset
  33. Waking early to the smell of fresh coffee brewing
  34. Micro Brewery Beer
  35. Traveling by airplane
  36. Reading stories about pioneer women
  37. Roast Beef dinner
  38. Laying on the lawn watching for falling stars on a summer night
  39. Swimming in warm water
  40. Feeling snowflakes falling on my face
  41. Being retired
  42. Baseball games
  43. Hotdogs with everything (except raw onion)
  44. Lunch out with my friends
  45. Face book Farm
  46. Vegetable gardening
  47. Making homemade Bread
  48. Warm homemade cookies & milk
  49. Peanutbutter & Jelly sandwiches
  50. Picnics
  51. Vanilla candles burning
  52. Lavender scent
  53. Fluffy pillows
  54. Fabric & craft stores
  55. Reading Country type Magazines
  56. Packing for a trip
  57. Getting my hair done
  58. Getting Massages
  59. The smell Clean sheets right off the clothes line
  60. Hanging clothes out on my clothes line to dry
  61. BBQ Steak
  62. Magic shows ( especially My son's)
  63. picking Fresh fruit right off the tree
  64. Eating Avacados & Persimmons
  65. Canning
  66. Making Jam
  67. Picking Berries
  68. Having more than three aprons
  69. Wearing My Big Black Rubber boots
  70. Playing golf on a nice day
  71. Writing letters
  72. Journaling
  73. The smell of fresh basil & rosemary
  74. Spaghetti
  75. Visiting my husbands family
  76. Eating Breakfast out
  77. Collecting chickens stuff
  78. Silver Earrings
  79. Going to Yard sales
  80. Pedicures & having my nails done
  81. Warm fuzzy socks
  82. Tea parties
  83. Visiting a zoo
  84. Listening to children laughing
  85. Driving in the country
  86. Smelling Fresh cut hay
  87. The feel of Silk
  88. Quilts
  89. Ebay Browsing
  90. Watching Movies at the cinema with my Husband
  91. Popcorn with Lots of butter
  92. Drinking Ice Tea w/ Raspberries
  93. Going to the cemetary to take flowers to My Dad's grave
  94. Watching the orca whales
  95. Cruising in the Bahamas
  96. Watching the deer around the property
  97. Sitting around our firepit roasting marshmellows
  98. Holding sweet smelling babies
  99. Baby animals
  100. Laughing with friends

That took some thinking but feels good to reflect on what makes me happy. Anyone else up to the challenge?