I love a quiet morning and waking up to sunlight. I love garage bands. I love when an entire group of people get a joke at the same time and laugh. I love the way rain sounds on the hood of a car and the smell of someone using their grill in the middle of winter. I love the full moon reflecting on water. I love the feeling of a new fleece sweatshirt and how it reminds me of college. I love when someone whispers something in my ear. I love the way my dog will sleep in the crook of my legs and how she growls when I move and wake her up.
I love football tailgating in October, and tailgating in general. I love the first day of the year I get to wear flip flops. I love when strangers tell me their life stories. I love when I’m sitting in the office on a busy day and someone brings their kids in to visit. I love stopping for ice cream on a hot day and gazing across the room at someone that knows what I’m thinking. I love shoes with the slightest heel that I wear when I need to feel like a girl. I love running sprints, getting kisses, and seeing views that take my breath away.
I love phone calls for no reason. I love chopping food with sharp knives and putting a plate in front of someone I love. I love finding sand in an old travel bag that smells like sunscreen. I love baseball in mid-July, the Red Sox, and the fact that not everyone gets it when I say “so good! so good! so good!” I love peanut butter and apples. Packing a bag at a moment’s notice. The first run in new shoes. How my head still seems to fit on my mother’s shoulder. I love the hilarity that comes with sleep deprivation, and hour-long conversations about nothing. I love dreaming alone, I love dreaming with someone. About life. About home. About hitting the road.
I love the way my skin stings just a little after a day at the beach. I love blossoms on trees and the taste of cold Coca-Cola only after a really long run. I love biceps around my shoulders. I love highlights in my hair. I love beer and watermelon at barbecues. I love getting an ‘A’ in school. I love last-minute invites from just the right people, and tasting wine as if I know what I’m doing. I love the driving range and how I miss five out of ten times. I love floating in the middle of the ocean and how, if just for a moment, the entire world can go away.
I love good pens that let me sign my name like an autograph. I love rum. I love candle light and lazy couch days. I love big front porches and porch swings. Oh my gosh, do I love porch swings. I love sugar-free chai teas. I love when the phone rings just when I need it to. I love being productive. I love concerts, riding a horse, and wearing a ball cap. I love exotic destinations and old country roads. I love that I learned how to start a tractor. I love having good friends in scattered places. I love running on a hot day and the sweat drying into crusty salt on my face. I love my hometown.
I love the sound of a water rushing over rocks. I love good books. I love fresh snow. Riding my bike down an empty trail. Leaving the screen door open. I love sweet tea and chicken. I love Target. I love fireworks and blankets on the grass. I love songs from someone’s heart and loud music. I love good dreams. I love picking out constellations in the sky. And I love that I could go on and on.
Thanks to E.B., Sizzle, Brookem, and Brandy for influencing me.
Danielle says:
I love this post!! You and I would get along SOOO well (Twin Cities Marathon, 2009…seriously, lots of people from all over the country are coming, it’s a blog/yahoo groups meet up!!). And man, do I LOVE Target (we do have corporate headquarters here, I plan to run tours by the heart of the operations!!)
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:53 am
Wandering Turtle says:
I love your blog! Glad I found it
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:57 am
Nicole says:
I’m with Danielle - I LOVE this post and you for posting it!
Your post made me laugh - dogs, target, flip flops, etc.
Your post made me cry - having your head fit on your mom’s shoulder.
Your post inspired me - grades, travels, etc.
Thank you. And, I’m so glad I found your blog. Some day I hope we meet - Chicago, Nashville, St. John, CO. Maybe even MN - even though my marathon days are over.
Thanks
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:56 am
brookem says:
Yesss! I love that you did this list. I love your (?) dog! Love so many of the things you love. Love your photography. Love that your blog is one of my most favourites.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:02 am
pneumoniaBoy says:
I love chopping fruit/veggies, too!
Great illustrations, BTW.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:06 am
sizzle says:
YAY!
This is awesome. I love reading these. I have another one written for when I need a pick-me-up because these make me feel so damn glad to be alive.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:22 am
Alissa says:
Such a great post! I’m stealing this idea if you don’t mind!
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:24 am
The Exception says:
I love this - and the pictures… fabulous!
I am working on one of my own too!
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:33 am
Robb says:
I love you because you make the simple things sizzle!
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:45 am
Cat Chaser says:
Like the blue skies, the mountains and the driving range, sorry not the red sox!
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 am
swimlappy says:
I love your photos! Great post!
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am
anne says:
I love that pouty adorable face!
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
MN Sunshine says:
Always, I love your pictures.
I loved relishing the things you described … that I love too… And I loved being interested in the things I wouldn’t have thought of.
Always, your writing…
And I loved that it made me want to made a list of my own.. as long as I could imagine.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Jen says:
Beautiful pictures as always. I love this post!
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Becca says:
Lovely post
April 4th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Database Diva says:
I love rum, too! I also love laying in bed in the morning after Mr Diva leaves for work and Jasmine and I can stretch out and take over his spot! She’s going to be 12 next week, so mornings with her are getting to be extra special, because I know there aren’t as many ahead of us as there are behind us.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
barbara says:
I love that when I read your list some things strike such a chord that I all but yell “yes! me too!”.
Nicely done!
April 5th, 2008 at 8:58 am
singleton says:
I LOVE that I woke up to this this morning! I LOVE that I could see, hear, feel, smell everyword and that somehow, here in the early morning quiet, just my coffee and I , I’m left smiling…..
Clink!
Peace~love
April 6th, 2008 at 4:33 am
brandy says:
AHHHHH! I loved this. LOVED THIS! I thought I had already commented, but it would appear not. So much goodness here….
“I love good pens that let me sign my name like an autograph. “- That one was pure genius. Have a great Sunday lady!
April 6th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
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April 8th, 2008 at 9:08 am
charlotteharris says:
thanks for the inspiration… i just blogged a list of my own
April 8th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Josh says:
I love that this list made me smile.
I will share it so that others can smile too.
April 12th, 2008 at 11:38 am