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Sunday, August 07, 2005
one hundred things I like
This is going around right now and I couldn't resist.
- California winter
- geese flying overhead
- freckles on children
- board games
- good books
- accents
- red licorice
- the moment when the focus is just right, just before the shutter clicks
- old letters (mine and other people's)
- air conditioning on a hot day
- the library
- the smell of insect repellent
- horses
- old barns
- long hair
- woodsmoke
- pie
- old friends
- new friends
- old books
- new books
- weddings
- towels dried on the clothesline
- blackberries
- sunflowers
- narcissus
- ladybugs
- earnest worship
- piano music
- sunrise
- shopping
- changes in the weather
- sewing
- rain -- the sight, smell, feel, and sound of it
- losing myself in a story
- cats in twilight
- hazel eyes
- beavers
- long car rides
- female friendship
- the beach
- ordering things online
- romantic comedies
- strong winds
- sunset
- wit
- going for walks alone
- making something organized
- singing
- the astounding intricacy and creativity of God's creation
- blue eyes
- pleasant music, loud in the car
- finishing a project
- going for walks with my family
- clothes that fit
- holding hands
- the freedom to stop to take a picture if I want to
- the sound of a car driving on a wet road
- planning something fun
- swimming
- Sunday-afternoon naps
- cinnamon toothpaste
- losing weight
- brown eyes
- astronomy photographs
- comfortable new sandals
- great-smelling shampoo
- getting up early to go somewhere to have fun
- my parents' relationship
- prepaid prints at snapfish
- Yosemite
- book recommendations
- capri pants
- long, deep discussions
- occasionally looking pretty
- new hair gadgets
- long shadows
- going to sleep in a place that's miles and miles and miles from where I woke up
- the right kind of sentimentality
- butterflies and bumblebees
- intuition
- eating outdoors on a summer evening
- visiting new and interesting places, even cities
- compliments (giving and receiving them)
- my children singing
- a nicely set table
- being a mother
- spontaneity
- knowing people really well
- stories of other people's childhoods
- logic
- evening sunshine
- clean, wet laundry, hanging on the clothesline with the afternoon sunlight shining through it
- long loose skirts
- affectionate banter
- my hair off my neck
- cadbury roast almond bars
- doing something right for a change
- interesting architecture
- making lists
Comments
Oh, I would like some of that California winter right now!!
Posted by: debi at August 8, 2005 07:47 AM
We have so much in common ;-) There's this song called girl of a hundred lists by the Go-Gos...Just a question, what is the "right" kind of sentimentality?
Posted by: jenn at August 8, 2005 02:36 PM
That was a great list. I might try one of my own. Kind of makes you focus on the positive things! So, more mommy advice please. Bella is one now and I think I'm supposed to take her off formula, and off bottles. Any advice? Just do it?
Posted by: Carrie at August 9, 2005 06:12 AM
Carrie,
When my oldest was 1, I took him off bottles. He HATED cups, so I put ovaltine in his cup. he liked it after that. Oh, he hated regular milk too, so I put a scoop of formula and mixed in his milk and he loved it then. good luck!
Posted by: debi at August 9, 2005 09:51 AM
