1. A Toddler's face light up like a Christmas tree while playing with the pure joy that is bubbles.

2. The sparkling white sands of La Costa Del Sol along the Mediterranean Coast of Spain (*LA LA LA conveniently forgetting the part about the old fat guys wearing Speedos LA LA LA*). (Follow the link--how freakin' cool is it that they have a webcam on the beech?!?! I used to sit RIGHT THERE nearly every night.)

3. The Toddler spontaneously teaching others to stop and smell the flowers.

4. The Steelers win a SuperBowl.

5. Mr. Husband's pride the first time he held his daughter. And his subsequent Papa Bear Fierceness when they gave her shots, making her scream.

6. The vast nothingness that is North Dakota as it enables me to more greatly appreciate that which is absolute and complete boredom. It can't be found anywhere else. (You can tell me that the photo is pretty, and it is, but imagine looking at it for sixteen years or so. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO LOOK AT.)

7. The One Step Ahead catalog because it's STILL the funniest thing of all time. Yes, I am easily amused.

8. Walt Disney World through the eyes of a child.

9. Enough sadness and heartache to recognize that life really is good just the way it is.

10. A scrunchy-faced Toddler nibbling on corn on the cob.