Scintillectually Yours

G, over at Can I help you, sir? has been writing a few installments of things that she loves. This morning, I read a similar post by my BFF, Femme Fairy Godmother. Because I have spent a lot of time wallowing in the depths of self-pity lately, this seems like a great way to practice a bit of gratitude and start the day off with joy and wonderment. I hope this spreads like wildfire!

Things I love:

really good cheese (like triple creme brie and pimente d’espelette); long, flowing romantic clothes with a hippie-chic bent to them; the digital Yahtzee game I keep in the bathroom; Zumba; The movie Bell, Book, and Candle; the way DPR gets so animated talking about any topic she’s truly passionate about; long, hot bubble baths; going surf fishing with my dad at dawn; a huge bowl of asparagus drowning in hollandaise sauce; afternoon naps with my honey; shooting hoops with my kid; the smell of fresh cut grass; rainy days with nowhere to go and nothing pressing to do; the way my cat sleeps pressed against my legs; driving the Blue Ridge Parkway at dusk; making meals for friends; pedicures; gleaming hardwood floors; The Office; playing Mahjong on my computer when I’m bored.

Day trips; brand new hardcovers; clean sheets on a freshly made bed; singing in the choir at church; picking up actual prints of my photographs taken with my non-digital 35 mm camera; horseback riding on the beach in Aruba; snakes; the smell of my son’s hair when he’s just out of the shower (even though he’s big enough at 9 to use Axe now!); going shopping alone with a few hundred dollars for my birthday; the smell of a new car; the fact that my own car was gifted to me, is 13-years-old, and still runs really well (gotta love the Lesbaru); other people’s babies; movie night at home with a big bowl of popcorn soaking in real butter; camping; dancing at a club until it closes.

Starbuck’s iced green tea/lemonade unsweetened; getting paid on time; the promise of a dishwasher in my new house; the fact that my darling DPR is refinishing lots of cool furniture for me and is getting rid of the nasty old carpet for me before I arrive; long talks with good friends; catching up on episodes of The Young and the Restless; drawing; the smell of the dryer vent; Las Vegas; her fist inside me; simmering stew on a crisp fall day; reconnecting with old and dear friends; writing.

I think that’s a good start. Pick it up and pass it on, won’t you? I want to know what YOU love!