i’m a lucky girl

1. “A penny for your thoughts”
2. 24-hour supermarkets
3. a baby colt’s first wobbly steps
4. a bay window breakfast nook
5. a Beethoven’s Ninth cell phone ring
6. a bike ride through the neighborhood
7. a bird’s graceful landing
8. a birthday surprise
9. a blooming onion
10. a bonfire and schmoozing
11. a book of puzzles
12. a bowl of buttered popcorn
13. a box of tissues for the car
14. a breakfast buffet
15. a bucket of KFC chicken
16. a bucket of mums
17. a burst of energy
18. a candlelit terrace
19. a carefully composed love letter
20. a carriage ride through Central Park
21. a change of scenery
22. a cheeseburger with bacon
23. a chef’s new dish
24. a clean kitchen
25. a close game
26. a cold front rolling in
27. a cold root beer
28. a cozy sleeping loft
29. a Dairy Queen run after lunch
30. a dash of Tabasco
31. a day at the races
32. a day at the spa
33. a day off
34. a day with family
35. a daylong bike ride
36. a deck chair and a thick blanket
37. a dog’s head resting in your lap
38. a family-run bed & breakfast
39. a few hours with a good book
40. a firm handshake
41. a flattering bathing suit
42. a flattering yearbook picture
43. a foggy night
44. a four-day workweek
45. a freshly mowed lawn
46. a friendly rivalry
47. a full gas tank
48. a garden gnome
49. a good-bye kiss
50. a good compromise
51. a good deed done
52. a good sequel
53. a gurgling stream
54. a handy almanac
55. a hillside of snowdrop flowers
56. a hot dog with “the works”
57. a humid greenhouse
58. a hushed crowd
59. a jar of seashells
60. a jar of spare buttons
61. a Kinder Egg
62. a lemony dessert
63. a light breeze
64. a lotus blossom
65. a loud game of Trivial Pursuit
66. a love of learning
67. a low moon
68. a lucky penny
69. a lulling downpour
70. a message in a bottle
71. a metal tin of colored pencils
72. a mom’s lap
73. a new book by your favorite author
74. a new lipstick
75. a new lipstick color
76. a new luxurious robe
77. a new record player for old albums
78. a new sound system
79. a new, uplifting color for the living room
80. a nice tip
81. a passport full of stamps
82. a pen pal from another country
83. a pencil behind your ear
84. a philosophical tug-of-war
85. a powerful flashlight
86. a prodigious memory
87. a promotion
88. a puppy rolling on its back
89. a puppy trotting purposefully
90. a quiet front porch
91. a quiet nook for reading
92. a reflexology session
93. a riotous board game
94. a roast sizzling in the oven
95. a round of miniature golf
96. a row of cypresses
97. a running start
98. a scientific breakthrough
99. a seaplane landing
100. a second wind