It’s been almost three months since I posted my I Love list. I really enjoyed compiling it and thinking of all the small things I love, and usually take for granted. The point of the list is to exclude individual people. It reminds me 
that I don’t need to be dependent on someone for happiness. I can find it almost everywhere I look. So here is my second installment of my “I Love” list.
Home-cooked meals. Stepping into a puddle on a hot day. Inky pens. Fireworks. Raw vegetables. The “crunch” sound that follows after biting into a raw vegetable. Weeping Willows. Museums. Wishing wells. Fountains. Pianos. Popsicles. Biting into a hot dog that’s been cooked on a grill. Sleeping sans pants. Anxiety before a trip. Puzzles. Purring cats. Cashews.
Rain drops. Dixie cups with cartoons on them. Soft kisses. Colorful paper clips. Dry-erase boards. Lilacs. Banana bread. Making pumpkin bread. Planning ahead. Curiosity. Butterflies. Ab exercises (Crazy right?). The ukulele. Picture frames. My feet sinking into wet sand. Stepping into warm, dry sand. Painting. The sound of somebody typing. Lightning. Cupcakes.
Feeding ducks/geese/deer. Washing my car. Flinstone Push-Ups (Orange please). Yellow file folders. Marble counter tops. Catepillars. Finding sea shells. Fabric softner. The scent of a cake baking. Ice skating. Jumping into a pile of leaves. Saturday mornings. Having my hair played with. The smell of burning leaves. Popcorn popping. Lemons and limes.
What is it that you love?
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I love vacations. Love. Love. Love.
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This post.
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Blackberries picked right off the bush, a violent thunderstorm watched from a safe place, the giggles of my nieces being tickled, fireworks, a muddy horse, my dog’s smile, digging my toes into the beach, the smell of sunblock, the smell of spring rain and fall leaves, going to a movie alone, a rousing cheer at the bar with my circle of friends, and is it wrong that I love a high traffic day on my blog?
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Comic books, Bob Ross, Riesling, playing my guitar really well for 10 minutes
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I could come up with more, but my head my explode from happiness.
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My favorite thing I love right now is reading to my daughter. I’m reading Bill Bryson’s “A Walk in the Woods” at night and she loves it, brings it to me to read to her even when she’s not tired.
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Wow… that is a really cool list. I have only met one other person who has a fascination for playing with long hair. When I had long hair they introduced me to the hair massage/playing, utterly AMAZING feeling – could put me right to sleep.
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I’ll spare you my really long list appearing in your comment section
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I love a good cup of tea, the smell of books, biting into a really crisp apple, that moment when you begin to see a photo develop in the dark room, puppies, and hand written letters.
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Sign me up for some Flinstones Push-Ups with a side of Flinstones vitamins, please.
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Mmm..Flintstone vitamins..:-D
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I like wearing clothes fresh out of the dryer. Cold sheets, hot chocolate, Warm rain, and a cool breeze..:-)
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This list, which makes me think about all the things I love. Thank you.
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Oooh, I love lilacs too! My first house of my own had a lilac bush. Rochester also has the Lilac festival every year, which I love. I made it to the most recent one (and my last, since we moved) on the last day, because my honeymoon ended just one day before. I was SO happy! I still have to post pictures from it. They have hundreds of lilac bushes in full bloom then, and it is just divine.
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veggie booty. I’m eating it right now.
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Banana bread – yes.
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Butterflies – no. They are really kinda gross when you see them up close.
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coffee in the morning. yum.
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I LOVE lilacs. I always forget how amazing they smell until every Spring, when they are assaulting my nasal cavities with their amazing amazingness.
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read blogs im such a voyeur. i also love a good glass of wine on a patio in the city with friends.
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that is perfect.
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Good smelling flowers… i’m not really into the ones that don’t serve a purpose- LOL
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I love SMILING. I wrote a blog about all the different smiles I love on myspace one time. Smiling because of Disneyland, smiling because of pets, etc, etc…
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the way kittens purr – so super, extra, loud, rattling through their entire bony bodies. LOVE.
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I love learning so much more about you by reading your blog. I
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Nutella and Ritz crackers. If you are a chocolate person (dear god, how could you not be?), I beseech you to try them together.
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Also: Museums! I love museums too! I thought I was the only one! I also love aquariums and science centers. Anything with exhibits.
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Oh! And I love your blog.
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Clean apartments. Good friends. Lazy Friday evenings.
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You.
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I like feeding ducks and deer would probably also be cool but geese scary me when they make that hissing sound.
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I had an orange Flintstone push up yesterday. Nice call
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I like the smell of office supply stores.
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What is it about that smell anyway?
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Spending time with someone special. New Mexico sunsets.
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tulips, sugar cookie scented-candles, sushi, peach-ginger green tea, having my hair played with, walking through a pile of crunchy leaves, reading in the sun, hitting snooze, sitting on my parents’ deck, getting a nice haircut, brownies, and mini golf.
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Thanks for bringing this back. I love planning trips that I cannot afford. It’s a really bad habit.
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Being reminded of the many things I love! Love this idea!!
I agree with all of the above.
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coconut flavored snowcones, my dad and his crazy ways, a backrub, that feeling before you go down a rollercoaster, snowglobes/waterglobes, music boxes, cameras, fake fairy wings for kids!, cloud watching, crayons, mac and cheese, those opportunities to be a kid again and enjoying every minute, holding my younger cousin’s hand, sleeping beside someone, singing in the shower…and so much more!
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i love laying in a warm bed in a cold bedroom.
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i love the howling of the wind when i don’t have to leave my house. i love the beginnings of a relationship when they FIRST grab your hand. I love butterflies. I love being chalenged, then rising to the occasion. I love the feeling of adrenaline in my veins.
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I love hitting the snooze button.
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