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.
You see this? This is also good therapy :)
Posted by: Miriam | November 04, 2005 at 04:52 PM
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. :-)
Posted by: Holly | November 05, 2005 at 09:08 AM
Congrats on your 100th post. A great 100 things list!
Posted by: eyeleen | November 06, 2005 at 06:17 PM
There are lots of Ryan things in that post; shouldn't they all count as one thing? :)
Posted by: Teri | November 08, 2005 at 02:06 PM