100 Things

Today is my 100th post on this blog!  I thought about doing a 100 things about Me list, but it's too hard to think of 100 things and still maintain my catwoman-like mysteriousness.  And then I thought about doing a 100 things I'm thinking about right now, but then I remembered that I rarely think about more than 7 things at the same time (7 is the magic number, beyond that my brain explodes).  And then I thought about listing 100 favorite foods.  But then I realized I only have one favorite food, and that it's chocolate.

And then it dawned on me.... It's NOVEMBER!  November is a month for GRATITUDE!  And so, I present

100 People, Places, and Things that I LOVE (in no particular order)

1. Ryan – Because he’s sexy and gives good massages and does the dishes for me and is my best friend all at the same time.  Ryan will always be number 1 on this list.

2. Matthew – who is technically tied for first place.

3. the rest of my family, who ties for second

4. my house

5. Lexington

6. green tea with milk and splenda

7. chocolate covered mint discs from Cocoa Mills

8. my wedding ring

9. fall

10. mp3s

11. almost too hot water in the shower

12. Victoria’s Secret satin pajamas

13. IKEA

14. Rachael Ray cookbooks

15. yoga pants and tank tops

16. jogging strollers

17. Target

18. lipstick

19. lotion from Bath & Body Works

20. pears

21. lightning and thunder

22. air conditioning

23. road trips

24. people who are nice for no reason other than just being nice

25. DVR

26. photography

27. cute dishes

28. Ryan’s “bathroom fairy” messages in the shower

29. S&B friends who still keep in touch and read my blog

30. Fridays

31. Saturdays

32. Sundays

33. Holidays

34. prayer

35. flowers, especially the tropical looking kind

36. the beach

37. good restaurants

38. knitting

39. scrapbooking

40. the opera

41. Rachmaninoff

42. good books

43. cookbooks!

44. my camera

45. hardwood floors

46. homemade lemonade

47. swimming

48. evening walks

49. massages

50. leftover turkey sandwiches

51. Christmas decorations

52. spirituality, in whatever form you choose

53. cultural diversity (aren’t you glad we aren’t all the same?)

54. Ryan’s carne asada

55. my dad’s dutch oven BBQ

56. Grandma’s molasses cookies

57. Ryan’s family

58. cars that function

60. colorful trees

61. snuggling

62. Puerto Vallarta

63. freshly harvested potatoes

64. talking on the phone with my mom and sisters

65. writing

66. getting fun things in the mail

67. law school friends

68. football games

69. parks with good toddler toys

70. Sesame Street

71. having enough money to live on, even though we are limited

72. having Ryan in a top 20 law school

73. cute purses

74. fun socks

75. my video camera

76. all those piano lessons my parents forced me into over the years

77. cats (I so want one)

78. holiday traditions

79. nice neighbors

80. hairdye (gotta cover up those grays!)

81. a good night’s sleep

82. long summer days

83. Sunday breakfast

84. Mom’s decorating ideas

85. Jenni’s wild parties

86. Logan’s loud music

87. Shanda’s ballet shows

88. Dave’s crazy faces that he makes in every picture we ever take

89. Dad’s insane spoiling of Matthew

90. Maria Elena’s empanadas

91. Ryan’s sisters’ help!

92. Clair’s annual Memorial Day tour

93. Matthew’s funny laugh

94. Ryan’s “ideas.”  (“Hey Kimi, I have an IDEA!”)

95. Ryan’s history lessons

96. My love for my family

97. My willingness to help anyone to the point that I volunteer for way too many things.

98. My creative spirit

99. My determination to be a kinder, more grateful, more productive, more artistic, and more loving person (Because you have to be love yourself, right?)

100. All of the small and simple blessings that make my life as wonderful as it is.

Comments

[Miriam]

You see this? This is also good therapy :)

[Holly]

Great list! I was going to write down every number that I could say "me,too!" on, but by the time I had written down about 50 numbers, I decided to just say we definitely like many of the same things. :-)

[eyeleen]

Congrats on your 100th post. A great 100 things list!

[Teri]

There are lots of Ryan things in that post; shouldn't they all count as one thing? :)