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.
Waking up with the windows open and a soft kitty on my bed. Fresh air makes their fur smell so good!
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Fresh flowers in my apartment!
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Holding a baby and Jan Karon’s Mitford Series.
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Good weather and friends always make me happy. Oh and pastry. Pastry makes me very happy.
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when my twin babies hug each other and go “Aaahhh”
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Clean sheets on the bed.
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Seeing any small child happy makes me happy. Also, puppies.
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Nothing makes me happier than picking my kid up at the end of the day.
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Finishing a task I’ve been putting off for too long!
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Watching it rain while the sun is shining. Makes me smile every time.
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The smell of my little boy’s head always makes me happy. Even when he’s sweaty.
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When in the dark, early morning my husband grunts, “Cuddle.”
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bright fall sun shining through clean windows
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This cooler fall weather, and all 3 animals (2 cats and a dog) on my lap.
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Weather cool enough so I can wear pj pants.
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Thinking about my childhood cat JJ. She was darling and easily the best cat ever.
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Watching a kid stand up on a surfboard for the first time. Their exhilaration=good stuff!
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One thing that makes me happy – watching my puppy run in the backyard of my parents house. She is a city dog and the backyard is a nice vacation for her.
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Old people holding hands. Period.
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Something that always makes me happy and giggly is when my boyfriend grabs me for a slow dance in an unexpected place, like the dairy aisle of the grocery store.
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Cooking for my friends and family. If you’d told me that would be my answer 5 years ago, I would have laughed at you!
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Picking my daughter up from school!
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Affection from my kids – especially the teenage boy.
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90’s era hip hop music. Old. School.
Flag football and soccer.
Long, laughter-filled phone chats with faraway friends.
Family…turning-cartwheels-down-a-hall-happy or pull-my-hair-out-at-the-root crazy depending on the day. 😉
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Cuddling with my 3 year old!
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As we descended our first Catskill peak (Hunter Mountain), the sun set over the ridge west of us. It had been a long, moderately strenuous but overall successful hike – a wonderful way to spend our anniversary. When we signed out in the log at the trail head, we realized we’d been the only ones to register that day and, somehow, that made it even more special. Memories like that make me happy.
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My candidate winning
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Standing ovations.
Only once have I been a recipient of one but have participated in many. The effect is always the same–a rush of joy that fills me to the core.
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The smell of warm, fabric softenered laundry always makes me happy.
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The changing leaves and colder weather always make me happy.
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my camera
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I’m sure someone has already said this, but what always makes me happy is that wonderful smell of burning leaves that fills the air in upstate New York during the fall. It just makes me feel cozy.
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Baby giggles!
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seeing my best friend, mary 🙂
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Making my family laugh. And cooking for for people I love.
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My kids laughing together. Best sound in the world.
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Watching my little boys laugh and play together when they don’t know I’m looking.
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A beautiful fall afternoon that smells of the coming winter. That is what makes me happy right now.
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Cookbooks… and workouts after they’re done. 🙂
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Finding a way to live and work full time in a sarong has made me incredibly happy… I own more sarongs than I do any other article of clothing!
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Knowing that it’s going to get better.
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Watching Family Feud. I always shout out the answers, and feel like a legend when I guess correctly.
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Big belly-laughs from my daughters. That’s the obvious one.
The smell of warm night air through a screened window. That’s the one that always surprises me.
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Beyond my very-soon-to-be husband during all seasons, which is true but borders on too cheesy, I’d say nothing makes me happier than a cup of tea, my grandmother’s armchair and a roaring fire on a late fall day.
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Smelling the spine of a book.
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Oh, and whatever book I’m currently devouring. How could I have left that off my happy scenario!?
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A pedicure. So original!
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Chocolate makes me happy!
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seeing my husband’s car coming up the drive
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getting squirt-your-own frozen yogurt with my daughter on a hot day.
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