What makes you happy?

[suthnbelle]

Okay, I'm reviving the happy thread after my awesome Key Largo trip.

Some of the things I came to appreciate/enjoy during the Key Largo trip:

1. Diving Key Largo reefs for the first time;
2. Swinging in a hammock under palm trees;
3. Giggling with friends;
4. Playing a prank and laughing about it over and over again;
5. Making new friends;
6. Taking your time to observe the small stuff on a reef;
7. and last but certainly not least, Bonine!

 

[Hank49]

Recently someone posted a thread in the W&C section called "What Irks You?" To date, there have been 146 responses.

Of course it's fun to whine and cheeze a bit, but there's more power in positive thinking. I'd be interested to see whether the SB denizens lean more to the positive or to the negative.

So----what makes you happy?

I'll start with a few:

1. Anticipating a dive trip; diving; remembering the dive trip!
2. Talking about diving.
3. Getting a friendly PM or email.
4. Words of appreciation/affirmation.
5. The silvery path of the full moon on the lake outside my window.
6. An unexpected, "happy-day," present.
7. A hug from someone who loves me.
8. Going shopping.
9. Throwing a party.
10. Getting on the plane and going somewhere fun. I'm doing that this weekend! (Niagara Falls with my SO, just for the fun of it.)
11. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens LOL

my kids
110 foot vis
perfect, glassy, 6 foot waves
ice cold beer after work...or play
playing an unreal riff on my "axe"
hooking a big fish
conch ceviche
women...most of the time

fast gowing, healthy shrimp

 

[Mako Mark]

This little guy.

somehow Kyle, I always imagined that WAS you....

 

[Scubaguy62]

Things that make me happy....hmmm
1. My wife and kids
2. Diving in 200' vis, flat, no current seas.
3. Good seafood
4. Hooking a nice snook
5. A beautiful day at the beach or on a boat
6. A beautiful day outdoors
7. Winning (there must always be some sort of competitive spirit, even if against myself)

 

[SueMermaid]

Hooking a nice snook

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

-Waking up on a Saturday morning with the whole weekend ahead of us.
-The Sunday NY Times
-My funny, creative, cute, thoughtful, brilliant husband. (who really has fabulous taste in women).
-When my cats wrestle
-Malteasers
-The smell of the ocean
-Walking along the surf by the hour and looking at what washes up. I have found some fascinating stuff that way.
-Great photos of people I love
-Diving with no wetsuit. I love the feeling of the water rushing past my skin
-Raising and nurturing a baby thing (kitten, fish, puppy, plant, etc) to adulthood.
-The knowledge that a plane ticket to some far off, exotic locale awaits me.

 

[Potapko]

Things that make me happy
1. Asking God for something so specific that when it happens it could only be from Him
2. My beautiful wife of 23 years
3. My children, especially the younger two we were blessed with after my vasectomy reversal.
4. Seeing my two older daughters grow into godly young women
5. Speaking with someone about my Savior
6. Seeing the joy that crosses a persons face just after they have received Christ as Savior.
7. Our (rare) vacations with the family
8. Getting a new dive toy in the mail
9. Great Visibility
10. Seeing some incredible part of God's creation for the first time

 

[Scubaguy62]

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Nope...it's just one of the tastiest game fish in the ocean. Unfortunately, the Florida Wildlife Commission will not let you keep one less than 32 inches long.

 

[pennypue]

1. Those little gray boxes that pop up and say I have a PM.
2. The incredible quiet at 5am just when the sun comes up.
3. My daughter, even when she's at her most annoying.
4. Knowing that someday I'll be even happier than today.
5. Driving with my top down. (On the car......doh!)
6. The smell of little kids skin after they've been playing outside all day.
7. Campfires.
8. Laughing so hard I snort.
9. Fifteen minutes in the steam room at the gym.
10. Being in love.
11. Being loved.
12. Great sex. Sorry, can't elaborate......
13. Seeing the twinkle in someone's eyes.
14. Doing something anonymously for someone. (Something nice.)
15. Finding a dive buddy with whom I click.
16. Getting on a plane.
17. Takeoff at that very moment when the tires leave the tarmac.
18. Having a regulator in my mouth, whether I'm warm or cold.
19. Reading my gauge and finding I have LOTS of air left.
20. Sunset on the beach, by the quarry after a kicka$$ dive. (all of them qualified so far)

 

[Mako Mark]

when I cook something that my three year old daughter wants seconds of..

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[pennypue]

when I cook something that my three year old daughter wants seconds of..

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You mean it would make you happy if it did actually happen.........:evil: