It has been a frantically busy month. As expected. 5 things that have made me happy this month: NOUNS Wiki: A noun is a part of speech typically denoting a person, thing, place or idea. New people Meeting new and like-minded people. I love how friends of friends have the potential to be your instant friends. Beer We had a Beer Pong party in our backyard which was cheap and a ton of fun. Most of our friends haven’t played Beer Pong before, but we got the hang of it pretty quick. I also went to Tiger Translate which meant great entertainment and flowing beer thanks to a great bartender (one of the great people I’ve met this month). Shade Sorry to rub it in to the folk coming into winter, but it’s getting warm here and there’s nothing quite as lovely on a lazy Sunday as a book, a blanket, a pile of pillows and the flickering, dappled shade of a tree. Birthday My birthday week was spent eating out most days. Eating out is …

Two things that inspired this post. First thing: On Wednesdays, Riz from Riz Made This posts a short list of things she loves. Every week! It’s her slightly altered version of a gratitude list. Second thing: The header on Writagal’s blog caught my eye the other day: This is your life. Do what you love and do it often. While we amass hundreds, thousands, millions of pins or posts on Pinterest, Reddit, Tumblr or whatever you prefer, we are squirreling away things that tickle us instead of actually doing things. It’s often easier said than done to go out and live rather than thinking about living. I figure that by consciously writing and reviewing lists of things that make us happy, we won’t forget them and we have less time to dwell on things that make us sad, stressed, upset, angry, etc. Besides, I’m a list making machine. 5 things that have made me happy this month: VERBS Wiki: A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word (part of speech) that in syntax conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run,learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or …