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.
when our dogs join us in bed on weekend mornings for some family snuggle time, we’re all together and everything is right 😉
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When my littlest son “cheeses” for the camera. I’m pretty sure his big brother taught him that one, and it never fails to make me laugh.
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Oooh very nice.
Drinking red wine on the back porch with my fiancé always makes me. The way my iPhone autocorrects the word fiancé to include the appropriate accent makes me happy. In fact, I’m still in that stage where having a fiancé at all makes me very, very happy.
But mostly it’s the fiancé on the back porch with the wine. Every time.
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Dancing with my two year-old. Puts a smile on my face every time.
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Hearing my daughter laugh.
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The 84 mile relay run I ran this weekend in which I experienced runner’s high for the first time in a long time!
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Sharing a caramel apple with my husband last night made me happy.
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An unexpected gift
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Seeing dogs playing in the dog park. I don’t have one but they are usually goofy and having fun when I walk by on my way home.
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seriously these giveaways are AWESOME. I’d love the wine for dummies book because frankly.. yea i frequently wear the dunce cap when having to talk about wine.
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Hearing a song I love but haven’t heard in years being played in a store. Makes shopping in crowded store much more bearable.
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Going to visit my almost-two-year-old niece, and seeing her SO EXCITED to see my car that she’s waving through the window with BOTH her little hands. Fantastic.
Also, wine pretty much does it every time too.
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Puppies!! How can puppies not make you happy??
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wind in trees – gets me every time
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Hanging out on the beach on a sunny day in San Francisco with my family!
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Sunshine makes me happy-especially in the winter!
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Coming home to two happy, bouncing dogs that are always thrilled to see me no matter how crappy my day has been.
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The smell behind my dog’s ears. Pie. Frost on dead leaves on the ground. Pancakes. Peppermint ice tea when it’s warm outside.
Oh! And hey! I crossed off one of the five things I’m doing by the end of the year this week!
I got a custom toy portrait of my childhood teddy bear done by Jennifer Maher. It is wonderful! There is a picture of it on her website here!
Now I just have to learn how to make tortillas, play backgammon, finish my Associate’s Degree, and buy one more cashmere sweater! 🙂
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Watching my dog sleep reliably makes me happier than just about anything else on this earth. He is just ridiculously cute.
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Good food shared with good friends
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My kitten’s fuzzy white tummy. Wuzza wuzza wuzza.
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a fresh, hot cup of green tea always makes me happy.
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Waking up in the morning to find my dogs face resting right next to mine on the pillow!
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Being with my boys (husband and son) always, always, always makes me happy.
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A good book and a comfy chair. And, maybe a kitten or two curled up at my feet.
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Sunshine on my shoulders….
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The beginning of fall!
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An ice cold beer after working in the garden for a few hours on a hot, sunny day.
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Buying new fabric! I love to carry the folded yardage into the house and stack it on my craft table before washing it.
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Good friends that have lunches that make you late for meetings with the boss. You know it’s okay though b/c if you get fired they will take you in.
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My daughter’s head on my shoulder.
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Sinking my toes into the sand on the first beach trip of the summer…
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Petting my dog’s tender, soft ears…makes me happy and calm.
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One thing that always makes me happy is the sound of a real belly laugh from my nineteen month old daughter, especially if I’m the one making her laugh like that. Oh, the power!
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Hot apple cider season always makes me happy!
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Successfully completing a sewing project. I started teaching myself to sew last summer and I’m always so pleased (and a little surprised) when I’m really satisfied with a project.
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The thing that always makes me happy is at the end of the work day, when I get to my daughter’s daycare, and I get to watch her face light up just because I’m there. She smiles, yells, “MOMMY!” and jumps into my arms to give me a squeezy hug. I look forward to it every day.
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Peet’s Italian Roast coffee!!!!
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A nap always makes me happy.
It could be a quick nap on the couch with my arm flung over my eyes to keep out the light…or a full-fledged “am going to crawl into that bed for at least two hours to catch up on some sleep” experience.
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As I wake up each morning–and before I even get out of bed or turn to kiss my husband–I think of three things that I’m grateful for that day. Waking up and knowing that I have so much to be thankful for always makes me happy, and always starts my day off right.
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A perfect autumn day, like yesterday. Sunshine, blue sky, colorful foliage, breezy, exploring the river with my husband on his sidewheel paddleboat.
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Free time always makes me happy, so I buy it whenever possible.
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Yesterday I saw my two dear friends marry each other. It was such a beautiful wedding and so moving to see two people who obviously belong together have that ritual. I’m still feeling so happy for them.
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Cotton candy. Also; winning giveaways.
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The thought of drinking hot chocolate.
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I love it when my twin boys are belly-laughing with one another. I can’t think of one other thing on this planet that makes me happy like that.
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Feeding people always makes me happy. I love to host and cook. So much.
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when I have blog posts from friends’ blogs unread in google reader.
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Sesame Street always makes me happy. I don’t have kids but I do find myself still watching Sesame Street on the occasional Saturday morning and it always makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
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Apple butter.
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