Friday, September 11, 2009

my happy place

I have come to discover that there are several small things in my life that take me to what I consider to be my "happy place." (It's similar to "Kate-land," for those of you in my high school choir class...thank you, Ms. Van.) Here are the ones I've recently discovered:

1. Letters/Emails/Pictures from Matt (Duh.)

2. Chocolate (Okay, yeah, maybe I've ALWAYS known this one...but I still had to add it to the list.)

3. Sugar Babies (It just doesn't get much better than that.)

4. Jon Schmidt's Love Story combined with Viva la Vida (Produces uncontrollable dancing...therefore, happiness.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfH2BY5pdLw

5. The early 80's TV show "Scarecrow and Mrs. King." Never heard of it, right? Neither had I until my (awesome) new roommate Jana showed me the first episode and I got addicted. It's definitely not what I would call "intellectual," but heck, I'm in school for like 6 hours a day and then at work for another 2. My brain just doesn't handle intellectual when I get home from school. (That it handles intellectual at all is still in question.) It's cute and romantic and just...cute. Watch it. You'll be happy you did.

http://video.aol.com/video-search/query/scarecrow%20and%20mrs.%20king

6. A 44oz. Mr. Pibb or Dr. Pepper (Okay, so maybe this is another given, but I still have to add it to the list anyway.)

7. Emails from Ashley or Cait. Awesome. (Still best friends even though we're hundreds of miles away from each other. LOVE.)

8. The song "You Can Close Your Eyes" by James Taylor. Awesome memories, good song. Happy Place.

I'm sure there are dozens more (it doesn't take much to make me happy, fortunately), but here are a few for starters. "Count Your Many Blessings," even if it's the small things, right? :)

4 comments:

Kate said...

OMG! I LOVE that Taylor Swift/Coldplay song. And I lvoe John Schmidt! Can you buy it anywhere?

Katie said...

Yes, according to YouTube, you can download it at www.jonschmidt.com :)

Cait the Great said...

I LOVE #7!!!!!! I also love you. And life. I'm so happy! I'll send you another email later. I have to get ready to go. I'm going for a walk and then I'm going to see Ryan's band perform again. :)

Travis Butterfield said...

p.s. you're awesome.