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Thanks, Erin, for including me in your list of Happy 101 Award winners! Thank you for reminding me to think of what I have and how lucky I am. Erin Dorney, of course, is a rockstar librarian working at Millersville University in Pennsylvania. I met Erin while coincidentally interning where she worked (Rochester Institute of Technology) and taking an online class with her through Syracuse University. Just recently out of grad school, she has already mentored handfuls of MSLIS students and new librarians. On top of that, she’s a graphic design whiz, making libraries look hip, exciting, and polished. I can’t say enough nice things about Erin, so you should go and read her blog! But first…

Happy 101 Award!

Ten things that have made me happy recently:

1. My fiancé, Joe
2. Getting to see my family this Christmas, including my older brother who I hadn’t seen in over a year (!)
3. My always inspiring and brilliant cousin Sarah
4. Getting to see libraryland friends while in Boston, both old and new
5. A delicious pot of Genmaicha (also known as “popcorn tea”) on a cold Winter’s day
6. Getting to see Amy Millan (of Stars and Broken Social Scene) perform in Silverlake at an intimate venue
7. Being able to exchange ideas and make things with my partner, including an owl made of tiny painted canvases
8. Broken Social Scene, my favorite band, and being able to read a (signed!) book about them
9. Owls! New ones!
10. Cooking: I’m slowly but surely getting better at it

Ten (of the many) bloggers I enjoy:

1. Philippe at The LiS Kid
2. Heather at Flex Your Info
3. Bohyun at Library Hat
4. Ivy at From the catalogs of babes
5. Meredith Farkas at Information Wants To Be Free
6. Sarah at Gender Agenda
7. Tea Austen at Tea & Cookies
8. Lucy Knisley at ArtJournal
9. Minimal Mac
10. My Owl Barn

This is too happy of a meme; I hope it continues!