That inside joke only your bestie gets, a certain song on the radio that slams you back to being 22, holding a newborn baby............after 6 weeks of age you can keep them lol, the smell of the ocean and the sound of someone laughing unabashedly.
Mrs Sav
holding hands, looking at old family pictures, afternoon w/grandkids, glass of wine w/a good read, taking a nap, just to a name a few....
Shelly
Indeed, we share the same simple pleasure, Nic.
Seat heaters! How could I forget seat heaters?!
Cleverly posed pics, a la Cincy's "Glasses on a nipple:"
And this Beatles inspired shot from Sed in NOLA
Inscriptions in books in the used bookstore.
Listen to great Music and reading the forums...Simple enough. And always good for a chuckle.
The smell in libraries and book stores.
Cracking gum.
People watching.
A brand new notebook and new pens (especially if they are not just black or blue).
The giant message board our full length mirror has become since someone left a can of dry erase markers near it.
Seat heaters. Man, I love a warm bottom in a cold car.
If you ever met her, you'd understand.
"The way my daughter sprints at me, half screaming, half giggling, Daddy!"
I was going to post something about a sunset over the Gulf while sitting on the beach near Tampa in mid January, but...
If this were a contest, you won BT.
My cat sitting by me all day long as I work or idle here at the computer, crawling into my lap and burying his head in my armpit before dozing off.
Taking time to enjoy my youngest child's company before we head to the medical clinic where her health will be assessed (again) as she fights her chronic illness, and celebrating with her when the test results show improvement.
my 6 yr old daughter & i curling up in bed all day on a saturday together . Then she says ....just the girls...
"doods and doodettes"
That too.
A pink sky as the sun rises over the wetlands.
The feel of a big redfish hitting light tackle, and the sound of line spooling off my reel as he tries to run with it.
Watching my kids enjoy anything, seeing my dog haul ass across the driveway to greet me when I come home from work, a good college football game on a chilly fall Saturday afternoon
Time with my man, big hugs from my children. Horses nickering to me as I walk into the barn. Kitties purring. An email or text from a friend that makes me smile. Making a friend smile.
Simple pleasures...
The way my daughter sprints at me, half screaming, half giggling, Daddy!, which sounds an awful lot like the voice of the plant in Little Shop Of Horrors (Feed Me, Seymour?...Anyone?), after we've been apart for a while. How my son, at 12, has developed the very European habit of kissing me on both cheeks when he greets me, or says goodnight. The habit my 75# Lab has of thinking he's a lap dog, with his knack for creating space for himself on the couch, inevitably ending up with his entire upper body draped across my legs and that loud sigh before his snoring begins. The first taste of crawfish each year and the familial, communal spirit one feels at a Boil, standing shoulder to shoulder, often with complete strangers or new friends, in front of a pile of mudbugs, with a red keg cup full of cold beer in your red-tinted hands.
And then, there are simple swinging pleasures...
Simple pleasures--our five grandchildren, 4 granddaughters and one grandson. Taking the two oldest granddaughters skiing over Valentine's Day. Precious moments are the best simple pleasures.
Jan
My daughter responding to pretty much every text I send with "kk"
Waking up at 5AM and knowing I can go back to sleep for an hour and still have time to work out.
Seeing some of the coolest doods and doodettes I've ever met posting silly simple pleasures on a sex site brings a big smile my face.
:-D
Filet with a spicy crust, Peghey's lightening fast puns, craft cocktails with funny names, the two plastic rats that make the rounds of our house showing up where I least expect them.
Puppies.
My dad brought his puppy in this afternoon. I don't care if it did pee on the carpet in my office, puppies always make me smile.
Hell, I'm even smiling about the 6 new inches of snow on top of the 20 inches. That little shit loves it- tunneling under it and popping out several feet away from where she went in. Simple pleasure.
Yeah, puppies work for me.
Peanuts. Bacon. Good music. Funny movies. Etc
I'm a big fan of seeking out the small pleasures and celebrating them. My favorite people in the world are people who do this.
Hot beverages on cold days. The way Fun_Ahoy pronounces school and cool. Silly umbrellas and salt and pepper sets. Matching bras and panties. Cotton candy. Lotions, soaps and air fresheners that smell like candy.
Dance marionette, dance!
roflmao
What are some of the insignificant little things that always seem to put a smile on your face? Things that aren't necessarily obvious, or explainable, but just cheer you up ever so slightly?
I'll start, with one from right here in the forums:
A little less than two years ago some dude announced in a thread that he was having a "dood morning," and I just couldn't let it pass without making a smartass comment or six. One of my Brothers In Smartassery from Ohioi picked it up, and now the accepted spelling of dude is dood.
Why do I still get a smile every time I see the word Dood? I dunno; it's just funny to me. Simple pleasures for simple minds, I suppose. What are your simple pleasures?
