# Name a really ordinary, everyday thing that makes you happy. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 17, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945 "2003-03-17T06:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/1 "2003-03-17T06:06:42Z")
My personal fav is getting into a freshly made bed, with clean linens. It helps if you’re also freshly clean, which is why I’m going to take a quick shower and hop into mine. So - whats a normal, everyday thing that makes you happy? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/2 "2003-03-17T06:12:55Z")
::thinking about AIW taking a shower:: mmm…huh? wassat? 🙂 Oh yeah: Getting all my important work finished early, so I can leave work early. Excellent! ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/3 "2003-03-17T06:13:39Z")
Ejaculating, but maybe that’s just me 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/4 "2003-03-17T06:18:24Z")
A bright sunny day. Sounds tired and cliche, but my moods are tied in with the weather. Cloudy day = depressed. A sunny day though? I’m on top of the freeking world. – Emp, who is looking forward to spring ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/5 "2003-03-17T06:30:25Z")
red socks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/6 "2003-03-17T06:49:04Z")
being held. ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/7 "2003-03-17T06:54:26Z")
Snuggling up between my sleeping boyfriend and my sleeping puppy. ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/8 "2003-03-17T06:57:35Z")
My dog gives me these delicate little licks on the tip of my nose. Makes me want to bawl with happiness. God I love her!! ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/9 "2003-03-17T07:01:49Z")
Seeing a beautiful bird like a flicker, tanager or hummingbird. Getting mugged by my pets when I come home. Listening to my cat purr so loud he almost snores. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/10 "2003-03-17T07:19:15Z")
Trees. Just got to love them, big beautiful green things, and so many shades of green–can’t get tired of looking at them. And the ones that lose their leaves in the winter–the bare branches against the sky–very nice. A single tree in the middle of an empty field, a focal point of beauty. To stand amid the forest is to stand in the heart of beauty.\* Yep. I like trees. \*Especially a redwood forest, but let’s not have regionalism interfer with this thought. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/11 "2003-03-17T07:27:37Z")
Baby oil on my skin after a shower Pelicans balancing on streetlights The smell of dry clothes, hung outdoors ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/12 "2003-03-17T07:35:14Z")
Fresh cut grass and baseball mitts. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/13 "2003-03-17T08:13:56Z")
The scattered golden hue of spring dawn’s light. Sunsets. Jet contrails high overhead. Watching a dragonfly skitter and dance through the air. Children laughing, engrossed in play. Making a friend laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/14 "2003-03-17T08:23:25Z")
A foggy morning. ---
**Author:** ![bugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@bugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bugs)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/15 "2003-03-17T08:26:38Z")
yes, dragongirl…you can hate the war and like the militay or hate the military and like the war or like both of them or hate both of them. it doesn’t really matter cuz pres bush is going to do what he’s going to do. there are those who like bush and those who hate him. my wife hates him…says he’s stupid. my response is that you don’t become an airforce pilot and graduate from harvard by being stupid! admiral nimitz once said “there are no great men, only ordinary men rising to the task” (i may be off a bit in the choice of words…it was a long time ago)…but, hopefully you will get my drift. here’s something for you to chew on…can you name a single war which was stopped by prayer? ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/16 "2003-03-17T08:29:50Z")
Posts in the correct thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/17 "2003-03-17T12:39:58Z")
When my husband holds me close and kisses my forehead. Snuggling back against Hubby to go to sleep and bending my knees and he traps my leg. Waking in the morning to my cats sleeping beside or on me. Holding hands with my husband when we walk through the grocery or anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/18 "2003-03-17T13:02:31Z")
Getting a phone call or, better yet, a visit from someone I haven’t heard from in a while. Pleasant interactions with children and total strangers. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/19 "2003-03-17T13:11:13Z")
When I wake up, realize I don’t have to get up yet, and easily fall back asleep for a little while. And I’m with Emporer Penguin about the sunny day. I especially like sunny fall days when the trees seem to glow… ---
**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945/20 "2003-03-17T13:16:13Z")
Walking my dogs Getting finished with all of the yard work Feeling healthy Laughing with friends A vacation, even a small one A good friend of mine bakes the absolute best cakes ever. When she calls and says, “come over, I just baked a cake”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-really-ordinary-everyday-thing-that-makes-you-happy/161945.md?page=2)