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Because the lovin’ is past-due around here

April 3, 2008

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. 

22 Comments »

  1. 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

  2. Wandering Turtle says:

    I love your blog! Glad I found it :)

    April 3rd, 2008 at 5:57 am

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. pneumoniaBoy says:

    I love chopping fruit/veggies, too!

    Great illustrations, BTW.

    April 3rd, 2008 at 8:06 am

  6. 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

  7. Alissa says:

    Such a great post! I’m stealing this idea if you don’t mind!

    April 3rd, 2008 at 8:24 am

  8. 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

  9. Robb says:

    I love you because you make the simple things sizzle!

    April 3rd, 2008 at 9:45 am

  10. 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

  11. swimlappy says:

    I love your photos! Great post!

    April 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am

  12. anne says:

    I love that pouty adorable face!

    April 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm

  13. 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

  14. Jen says:

    Beautiful pictures as always. I love this post!

    April 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 pm

  15. Becca says:

    Lovely post :-)

    April 4th, 2008 at 9:23 am

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Things I love. « charlotte harris says:

    [...] 8, 2008 · No Comments Inspired by Just Run’s post.   Like her, I love chopping food with a sharp knife.  And these other simple [...]

    April 8th, 2008 at 9:08 am

  21. charlotteharris says:

    thanks for the inspiration… i just blogged a list of my own

    April 8th, 2008 at 9:11 am

  22. 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

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