A Leap Month of Little Joys and Satisfactions: Valentine's Trail Mix

My husband gave me a plastic candy cane tube filled with green and red M & M type candies at Christmas. I had a thought -- I could eat them all myself in about a half hour and have joy for me, or I could share them with my family and have joy for all of us. Expand the joy by sharing. When that's possible, it's a no-brainer, right? 

Only problem -- when I separated out the colors, there really weren't that many. So, I mixed the red ones into some trail mix with mixed nuts and raisins, making Valentine's trail mix.

I can tell you this -- it put a smile on the faces of my family members. One daughter exclaimed, "new and improved trail mix!" This made me very happy, much happier than if I'd eaten them all myself.

I'll save the green ones for St. Patrick's Day.