It's Me, Sara Louise

(Rules: list 10 things that make you happy)

These are in no particular order and since loads of things make me happy, these ten just happen to be what’s popped into my pub fermented brain today.

1. A martini in a chilled cocktail glass with extra olives. Being in Dublin these past ten days, and not in Le Petit Village, I’ve gotten to have my fair share of these. Happy days. Although my liver is currently sitting next to me looking a bit bleary eyed and smoking a cigarette. He said to say hi by the way (yes, my liver is a he).

2. Buying something (from the want not need list) loving it, and not feeling a hint of buyers remorse.

3. Reminiscing about the first time I met The Husband. It’s a pretty good story and one day, when I feel I can do the story justice, I’ll post about it.

4. Being with friends that I hardly ever get to see and having it seem like no time has passed. You know when you fall right back into conversation, no pauses, no awkwardness… that’s when you know you’re real friends, when you go months, and years without seeing each other but you’re still as close as ever. Love that.

5. Little Niece and Niece when they are well rested, and not over sugared (although Niece did tell me the other day that it was always about me, and never about her. Quite insightful for an eight year old).

6. Strolling around Dublin (or Paris, Manhattan, or London), Starbucks in my hand, without any time constraints on a sunny day (and plenty of cash in the wallet to buy all those wants).

7. Being able to follow a conversation in French. Which I’m sure after 17 days away will be difficult for me. You should have seen me sitting around the dinner table at Papa’s house after the week in the States, I was a mute imbecile.

8. Date night with The Husband when he gets all spiffy and lets me do his hair. He’s quite the hottie. I’m still trying to figure out how we ended up together, especially since the girls he dated before were all about ten years younger than me, bubbly, blonde, and fake boobed. You know the type. Think opposite of me.

9. Fifty, right after he’s had his bath.

10. Helping people. Here’s something you probably didn’t know about me, I do a bit of charity work. I’m a do-gooder. There I said it. I’m a do-gooder and I love it. I’m a firm believer that everything you put out into the world comes back to you three fold. So considering all my do-gooding, I should be winning the lottery any minute now… any minute…