Things that make me smile

My mom bought me this quite little sign the other day:

There are so many reasons I'm happy right now; so many reasons to smile. I've found that when you truly start to look for the small miracles in life, the tender mercies, and appreciate them, the harder things become somewhat easier. As one of my favorite scriptures goes, ". . . By small and simple things are great things brought to pass, and small means in many instances doth confound the wise"

Reasons Why I'm Happy

1) My keys that I thought were lost forever, turned up. Some kind person found them somewhere in the streets of Provo (how they got there...I have no clue), called the library back home (because the only identifying thing on my keys was an old library card key chain), found out my home phone number, and called my parents. Even though I already made new copies of all my old keys, I sure was grateful to have these ones back :)

2) I got a B+ on an essay in my Geography class that I really thought I would get a D on. I guess writing a 5 page paper at 6 am, 3 hours before it was due, still works for me ;-)

3) I got to spend time with ALL of my family last week. Love them :)

4) Taylor Swift's song "Mine" just came on my playlist. Forrest doesn't like this song, but I loveeeeeeee it.

5) BYU Women's soccer won their game tonight. It was so much fun. Forrest thinks I got so into it because it was girls...haha.

6) I found an apartment to live in in the Winter that is super cheap, super nice, and coincidentally (really; I had no idea where the place even was when I contacted the person!), even closer to Forrest!

7) My pumpkin cookies turned out to be absolutely delicious! Forrest said, "These are the best cookies ever!"

8) I have a secret parking spot at work that is always empty because people think it's Faculty parking...even though it's not :)

9) I have the best boyfriend in the world who I love so very much (and he's pretty fond of me too

10) This weekend is General Conference

11) I get to go home at Thanksgiving, and Forrest is coming with!

12) I discovered The Quilted Bear last week when my mom was here. If I had money, it would be spent there. Cutest place ever.

13) I've felt super motivated to eat healthier and go to the gym every day. I was actually super excited when I went to Gold's today.

14) Forrest actually has posted on our blog

15) I get to see my mom again this week!

16) I made yummy chicken soft tacos the other night

The list could go on forever, but I think I'll stop at 15. Hope everyone else is having a good week :)