It is a while since I got meme’d, but Paddy K hit me twice. The first one was in May, the other more recent. Being the lazy sort that I am (and having had my hands full keeping my wife alive while she has her hands full keeping the baby alive) I haven’t had a chance to respond yet. But better late than never. So…

List 10 things that make your day
1. Listening to the rain. I just love to hear a good dump of rain coming down on a roof or tent, while I am warm and dry inside.
2. Having a frozen morning – going out early on a frosty day, or just after a snow fall, with clear blue skies, sub-zero temperatures and the sharp air biting into your mucus membranes as it clears the cobwebs of mediocrity from the brain.
3. Laura’s smile – then I know I done good.

4. Roquefort cheese – Totally with Paddy on this one. Some fresh roquefort spread on a piece of bread torn from a fresh baguette. There is no better experience. *droool*
5. An idea that makes me think – you never know where they might come from, someone on the radio, a blog, a book. But I love that sensation of sitting back and going, “hmmm, that is interesting, I hadn’t thought of that before”. Last time it happened to me – yesterday thinking that if Sarah Palin or her kind got elected in the US their isolationist policies would resemble those enacted by the Ming Dynasty in China which contributed to its 500 year decline.
6. Sunrise in the mountains. Never more alive.

7. A pint with friends and talking shite for hours. Just taking it easy. BTW, that pint is not Guinness as I hate the black stuff.
8. Computer game payoff – that moment in a computer game when something you have been planning and working on for a while comes together. The wonder is built, the city falls, the battle is won, the alliance forged. Satisfaction from the job achieved. It’s why shooters, racers, and console games in general will never hold a candle to a PC strategy game for me.
9. Cup of tea and a scone – Rule 32 Enjoy the little things. The scone should be big, and not heated with a moderate amount of unmelted butter on it. Away with yer cream ya.
10. Rosemary – a new one. But she is the thing that makes my day these days. Her smile, gurgle, but most of all the look of curiosity as she tries to figure out the world, and the two certifiable lunatics the lottery of life gave her as parents!