10 Sounds in Everyday Life That Make Me Smile

aka 10 Onomatopoeias

1. The satisfying schnick of opening a new jar of tomato sauce.
2. The spi-twang spi-twang spi-twang of the cable hitting the side of a flagpole in the wind.
3. The mechanical hssssst of the bus door opening.
4. The hilarious sproink that my dad's coffee maker used to make (we were both so sad when it broke. We referred to turning a coffee pot on as "doing the sproink" for years after).
5. The hollow pock of dropping an empty paper ketchup cup at work.
6. The "prrrrrrow!" noise that my cat Emma makes when I walk in the door, which is shortly followed by...
7. The thrump of her head over-enthusiastically trying to rub her head against the nearest object (usually the kitchen island).
8. The crink of popping that disk in my neck just right.
9. The pok pok SQUICK... pok pok SQUICKITY SQUICK *grunt*... pok pok *applause* of people playing tennis on TV.
10. The sawing chzuuuuuuh chzzzzuuh of my boyfriend snoring (yes, it makes me happy. Call me crazy but I sleep better when he's snoring).