I snatched this idea from Steve (loose robes) at his open invitation. I liked his use of pictures, so I borrowed that too. My five pleasures here have more to do with the pictures I found in my collection than a list of pleasures I'd come up with if I sat around and thought about it. But these are the top 5 that have pictures associated with them!



1. My Sweetie!

Yup, gotta be number one for many reasons. Imagine what would happen if I somehow managed to put the boyz before her. Not only would it spell the end of my sex life, but I wouldn't even have anybody to talk to for quite some time! I've been single, and I've been shacked-up, and I much prefer shacked-up with the right woman to single. I love you, Sweetie, and the pleasure is a bonus!







2. My Boyz

Look at those faces! Need I say more? I will say more anyway.. Benny is well-behaved, and although Buster needs work in the come-when-called department, he's too cute to get mad at. Besides, they never argue with me, and they're always ready to do whatever I expect from them... "Oh yeah Dad, our favorite thing"!







3. Food

More specifically, Chinese (Americanized) buffet! On the other hand, I like to cook too. Doesn't matter too much how I'm doing it--indoors, outdoors, charcoal, gas, wood.. We'll be having a BBQ next weekend for a few guests and I'll be cooking on a wood fire. That's one of the things I like about camping, but doing it in the yard is Ok too!







4. Camping, Outdoors

I graduated to the rig when getting off the air mattress got to be too much work while tent camping. Hopefully we'll get as far as western NY this summer--where Donna is originally from and where her maw and other relatives still live. The goal is to get out west. Camp on BLM lands for free, and see "real" nature!







5. Nature

I probably could have combined 4 and 5, but I think gardening also fits into this one. That's a much younger me in the middle pic, on Haystack Mountain--second highest in New York state!

If I wanted to include a few things that I don't have pictures for, I think I'd have to say something about going to 12-Step meetings. Not only for what it does for me, but what it does for others. There's a great deal of pleasure in having somebody come up to you after a meeting and say, "what you said really helped me," or "Thanks so much for what you said, now I understand..."

I think it's almost misleading to single out such a few pleasurable activities, since I get pleasure out of most things I do--even when the thing is something that most people would call work! For example, I like looking at the lawn after I mow it, even if it's 80-something degrees and I'm sweaty and tired. "I do nice work" I can usually tell myself, and there is pleasure in a job well done.

Thanks for the suggestion, Steve, it's been a pleasure posting this!

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