My List...Things I Love

Things I Love, in No Particular Order

Marley the Boston terrier

Mountains

Beaches…Myrtle Beach, especially

Orange, the color, and Cuties, the fruit

Jim Brickman

Romantic comedies…Love, Actually.  Failure to Launch.  How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.  Like those.

Café au lait, sweet and creamy

My Keurig

EARLY morning, before dawn

Reading (at the moment: Jim Gaffigan’s Dad is Fat, Rod Dreher’s The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar)

Hiking, especially slot canyons and along rivers

Biking

Soft textures: cashmere, fleece, old t-shirts, lambs’ wool

Silly socks

Diners that are locally owned, in new locales

Writing

Fragrances:  citrus, cinnamon, pine needles, sage, cilantro, lime, garlic, onion, horses, fresh air, Old Spice (love ya, Dad), Marc Jacobs’ Daisy Eau so Fresh

Gingerbread cookies with lemon frosting

Cold milk in a glass
The three people to whom I gave birth: Dylan, Sierra, & Bridger

Skiing, downhill and cross-country

Live theater…Wicked and Phantom of the Opera. SWOON.

Listening to my youngest play his guitar

Riding in a convertible with the top down when the sun is shining, and the wind is blowing through my hair
Sparkly frosted flakes of snow

Brushing my teeth with Colgate white paste

That “just been to the dentist” feeling after I’ve just been to the dentist

Really large coffee mugs; 16 oz. is a good place to start

Typography, subway art…words in art

Fonts

Writing with Zig calligraphy bullet pens

My MacBook Pro

Snail mail

Funny cards…romantic cards…cards with dogs…okay, l love cards

Reading cereal boxes

Finding grammatical & spelling errors, unless they’re on my published blog entries

Fried eggs, over hard, or scrambled…nothing suspiciously runny or gelatinous, please.

Manicured nails on other people

Soft hands

Walking my dog

Old photographs

Writing poetry

Blue jeans

Yoga pants

Funky hiking/running shoes, the closer to neon, the better

Quick breads: pumpkin, strawberry, Amish Friendship bread

Snickerdoodles

Shrimp with cocktail sauce

Homemade rolls from my oven

Bath and Body Works products

Massages

Meditating with Deepak Chopra

Warm sheets in the winter

Tulips, daisies (especially Gerber), geraniums, pansies

Pinterest

Photography

Helping others

Text messages from family and friends

Jack Johnson, John Mayer, John Legend, Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles’ music video “Brave”

Although I haven’t had one for almost 3 weeks, my favorite drink after water is Dirty Dr. Pepper (diet, please, with coconut syrup to dirty it up)

Downton Abbey, Super Soul Sunday w/ Oprah Winfrey, and CBS Sunday Morning

School supplies

Making connections with people

Soaking in the hot tub

Luxurious sheets: Egyptian cotton with a high thread count

Air conditioning in the summer

Listening to my Boston Terrier grunt and groan like a baby as he finds his comfy spot

BIG dogs:  Mastiffs, Saint Bernards, German Shepherds

Any kind of bulldog: English, French American, Pit

Chai Lattés

Milk chocolate

Ugg slippers

Sunrise, sunset

Comments on my blog

Smoothly shaven legs

Shoes that cradle my size 11 feet in comfort:  Merrells, Danskos, Børns, New Balance, Nike

Whole-grain bread

Accomplishing goals