i am a faithful reader of "1,000 awesome things." here is my version of things in list form.

• finding new ways to make a peanut butter sandwich
• adding things to a "to do" list just to check them off
• celebrating your pet's birthday even though they don't know what is going on (#758)
• when you know your tv remote so well you don’t need to look at the buttons (#801)
• seeing a cop on the side of the road and realizing you’re going the speed limit anyway (#797)
• the sound of rain from inside a tent (#796)
• when you know all the buttons to speed through the automated telephone system (#783)
• when you’re watching one of your favorite movies and you realize you don’t remember how it ends (#776)
• grammar (99)
• camping (128)
• facebook stalking
• being woken up in the middle of the night and realizing you don't have to get up for at least 4 more hours
• finding a new blog worth subscribing to
• taking a vacation and building in one day of rest at home before returning to reality
• crayons
• finishing a project
• catching up right where you left off with an old friend
• when your dog comes the very first time you call him
• wellies
• christmas shopping solely online
• when you flip to a radio station just as a song you love is starting (#691)
• when the person scratching your back finds that one really itchy spot (#690)
• burgertime, the videogame
• finding exactly what you are in the mood for in the fridge or cupboard
• flavored mustard
• wine
• watching a thunderstorm and being startled by the thunder even when you're expecting it to follow lightning
• reuniting with friends on the first day of school
• discovering a roseanne marathon when flipping channels on a boring tv night
• putting on a jacket and finding money in the pocket
• reciting the punch lines from your favorite movie or tv show
• dancing in the car
• calling your spouse into the room to stare at the dogs
• reading a book cover to cover on a plane ride
• dancing it out
• new car smell
• reuniting a sock from the sock orphanage drawer with its freshly washed, once lost brother or sister (#671)
• sympathy and babying when you're sick
• breaking out the hoodie for the first cold day of fall
• sleeping with the windows open
• being told you smell good
• sleeping in freshly cleaned sheets - thank you leslie
• cross country skiing in the woods on fluffy new snow
• napping with puppies on the couch
• the other side of the pillow (#858)
• sleeping with one leg under the covers and one leg out (#717)
• building an amazing couch cushion fort (#834)
• watching a critter nibble food that they are holding in their little paws
• degu or chinchilla dust baths
• toasting the perfect marshmallow - golden brown crisp outside and gooey mess inside
• getting the color/flavor you want from a gumball machine
• squeaky clean teeth after a dental appointment
• when the weather is cool enough for a hooded sweatshirt, but doesn't require a jacket
• finding money you didn't even know you lost (#995)
• when cashiers open up new check-out lanes at the grocery store (#953)
• the crackle of a campfire
• taking your bra off after wearing it for hours (#876)
• watching a turtle eat food bigger than their head
• when the dog paws at your blanket until you let them cuddle underneath
• alarm free mornings (thanks ava)
• crunchy fall leaves
• telling grandpa jokes (the best: do you know why they outlawed round bails of hay?)
• when dogs howl in unison
• mixtapes - thank you mental_floss
• kicking those clumps of frozen slush off the back of your car’s mud flaps (#641)
• doga
• lying on the grass and watching the blue clouds pass by - thank you from bottom up
• being able to recount an entire dream
• finding something you lost a long time ago after you already gave up looking for it (#633)
• coming back to your own bed after a long trip (#631)
• the moment after you wake up from a nightmare and suddenly realize it was all just a dream (#632)
• peeling your socks off under the sheets (#628)
• when you make someone else's day - thank you papertissue
• being sent mail thank you papertissue
• listening to your favourite songs on repeat thank you papertissue
• people who just 'get' you thank you papertissue
• checking the time and it's exactly 11:11 thank you papertissue
• the smell of fallen leaves on a cold afternoon
• blanket forts - thank you holy shit, it's a fucking rainbow
• when your friend makes sure you got into the house safe after dropping you off at the end of the night (#615)
• trying to understand what your friend’s saying when you’re underwater (#616)
• smelling books - thank you bear
• direct flights
• the stanley cup
• finding out a close friend is pregnant
• falling in love - thank you 9gag
• hearing your favorite song on the radio - thank you 9gag
• lying in bed listening to the rain outside - thank you 9gag
• bubble baths - thank you 9gag
• giggling - thank you 9gag
• long conversations late at night - thank you 9gag
• laughing at an inside joke - thank you 9gag
• laughing so hard your stomach hurts - thank you 9gag
• laughing for absolutely no reason at all - thank you 9gag
• having someone tell you that you're beautiful - thank you 9gag
• anything on tap (#505)
• when a cop finally passes you after driving behind you for a while (#597)
• secretly sniffing your armpits and realizing you don't stink (#598)
• walking around naked when you're home alone (#599)
• accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you - thank you 9gag
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items with # are borrowed from 1,000 awesome things. items with just a number are borrowed from stuff white people like.