This here is the last Mighty Summit giveaway! Hello, trusty tote.
Large Natural Zip Top Canvas Tote Bag by Lands End
Man, these things are useful, and strong. We use ours to carry our child like an expensive, overbred dog. No, I kid. We use it on our yacht.
Yours will not say “Gifts” on the front, but it will have yellow trim. You could use it to carry around all these books:
You Lost Me There, by Rosecrans Baldwin
Hey, my friend Rosecrans is a novelist! Even better, the book he wrote is very good, and you will like it. It’s about a memory specialist who loses his wife and later finds a set of index cards covered in her writing. He comes to learn that his memories of a perfect partnership aren’t true to his wife’s feelings of isolation and disenchantment with the marriage.
No One Cares What You Had fro Lunch, by Margaret Mason
This is a signed copy of my book, which is not a novel. But! It is very green and full of good ideas for your blog.
Wiley’s Guide to California Wine
In which you will learn that California wine is delicious. Apologies for the spoiler.
This is the book Laura edited full of great writing and photography from women around the Web. Also, it is pretty.
In addition to the tote, Lands’ End also threw in a gift card. You could use yours for this. Or this. Or one of these. Whatever you want, really.
$50 Gift Card from Soma Intimates
And who doesn’t need new skivvies?
To enter, please tell us about one thing that always makes you happy. And remember that we still have a few open giveaways, so put your name in over there too if you haven’t already.
Fine print: Please only leave one comment for each giveaway, because it’s the nice thing to do, and also because multiple entries will be disqualified. I’ll use random.org to select the winner, and I’ll announce who won at the top of this post and in a separate post next Monday.
Mighty Girl 
Vacation with my husband!
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A kiss on the cheek from my children before they leave for school 🙂
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One thing that always makes me happy is seeing a little kid immersed in a book in public.
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One thing that always makes me happy – seeing my daughter or my husband sleeping soundly. Their peacefullness puts me in a happy place. And if I get to be awake a while when they’re asleep – doing things *I* want to do.. Even happier! 🙂
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Ooh, I so want one of these totes. Adorable! One thing that always makes me happy is the smell of lilacs in the spring. Especially first thing in the morning, when they’re all damp and dewy. Sadly, now that I live in Northern California, my encounters with this smell are few and far between. What’s up with that — I thought we could grow anything there? 🙂
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A new pen always makes me happy – the way the ink just rolls out smoothly makes me want to write love letters.
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One thing that makes me happy – As a lifelong non-lover of exercise, I’m now in shape enough to appreciate the moment in a workout (specifically swimming for me) when it actually feels delicious to be moving and using my body toward its potential. I always thought that feeling was a myth.
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enjoying a good meal with friends – like the early canadian thanksgiving dinner with good friends this past weekend!
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One thing that always makes me happy? Clean sheets day!
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Autumn light always makes me happy.
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A perfectly sunny, crisp Fall day.
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Fresh flowers make me happy!
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I just figured this out (I’m a bit of a slow learner, it seems), but making good decisions that benefit my family and me makes me very happy. Who knew?
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What makes me happy is when my friends remind me how lucky I am to have them.
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The fall / changing leaves.
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Going into my daughter’s room when she is waking up, she always smiles and giggles and it just makes my heart MELT with joy. It is the best way to wake up.
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One thing that always makes me happy is waking up early in the morning to find my beautiful grey kitty curled up at my side purring away contentedly.
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Reading other people’s life lists and saying to myself “hey–I’ve done that!” I think of the enjoyment I had while doing it, the enjoyment the other person will some day have as well, but what makes me the most happy is that I remember even though I’ve not done a lot of things on my own life list yet, I have actually had a pretty awesome life so far.
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What makes me the happiest is waking up to my husband and our child each and every morning. They are what recharge my battery! 😉
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A hug from someone I love (and who loves me back!) always makes me happy.
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Hearing my daughter laughing.
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Happy Dog Tail wagging never ceases to make me happy. Especially when the whole back half of them wags in unison.
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One thing that always makes me happy: the logic puzzles in Make magazine!
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Cuddling with my ginormous Newfie always does the trick for me! Thanks for the contest.
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having my future husband tell me that we are building a wonderful life together (like he did last night). having that reminder from him when things get uncertain is the thing that makes me the happiest.
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My son and daughter’s insane bedhead in the morning.
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my hubby!!
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Finally taking control of our finances and feeling like we’re going to make it. Lame? Possibly. True? Totally.
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The ocean. Especially now that I live in the desert.
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I love looking out my office window and seeing the clouds get “trapped” by the mountains.
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Wow… so much. Bringing home a new book (or two, or ten) from the library. Harmonizing with the nine other women in my choir. Having a clean and beautiful dining room table. Getting “that look” from my boyfriend. And like Annie: a beautiful, new pen, and also a new notebook to write in!
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Biking home from the train station on a perfect spring evening, a gentle breeze releasing a mist of apple blossoms.
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Spending quality time with a dear friend over a good meal.
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Corgi puppies!
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Something that always makes me happy: driving in the sun through a beautiful region (like my Columbia River Gorge) with good music.
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looking {and laughing} at old family pictures. 🙂
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BBC Costume Drama!! Bleak House, Pride and Prejudice, and Little Dorritt make me so happy!
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One thing that always makes me happy is listening to my son laugh.
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The one thing that makes me happy? The one thing that always makes me truly happy is when have a whole day off with nothing that I “have” to do. It rarely happens with kids. I have to make an effort to do nothing. (sigh)
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Watching videos of bulldog puppies.
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A great stationery store makes me happy.
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Yesterday made me happy. Oysters and Champagne in Dolores Park with my best buds, my daughter and my husband, Blue Angels flying overhead. Man, I love this city.
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Playing ukulele!
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My giant ridiculous puppies always make me happy… even when they’ve just stolen my dessert off the counter again.
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Whenever I hear my dog snore I smile and chuckle to myself. That always makes me happy!
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Picking an outfit to wear on the plane ride before a big trip.
xx m
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my son when he says “mama!”
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Posing for our annual family group photo at my parents’ house on Christmas night – and watching the group grow over the years.
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Wine tasting in Traverse City, MI, with my husband. We’ve never had wine in California, but the wines in norther Michigan are exquisite and the views are even better. ♥
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My sweet, sweet rescue mutt makes me happy, no matter how bad of a day I’m having, she just makes me feel great when I see those big brown eyes.
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