Things that make me laugh or happy

1) When cats and dogs are forced to wear those protective cones on their heads. They look like Elizabethan ruffs and I always like to imagine that when alone they strut around reciting choice lines from Shakespeare's
plays.

2) My friend Meaghan's stories about her neighbor Hugh. My favorite: the time he was on a chartered plane coming home from rehab. He decided to open the hatch... while in his wheelchair when the plane was at 10,000 feet.

3) Mrs. Grossman's stickers. Beautiful colors, simple and charming designs... they make me want to open up a sticker store.

4) My two favorite perfumes: Kors by Michael Kors and Paris by Yves Saint Laurent. Both are sexy, sophisticated and classic

5) Watching small children eat sweets. It's so messy, unselfconscious and joyful.

6) Driving along the roads in my hometown. It's so lovely, year-round, which is a compliment to nature, the setting and the people who by living there, continue to believe in the beauty of the town and its values.