In no particular order:
- Humphrey Bogart
- Alfred Hitchcock movies
- The Dormouse
- The Caterpillar
- The KingofHearts
- cheese
- Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture and design
- old Alice in Wonderland book editions and movie versions
- wireless internet
- Leverage
- music - any kind
- digital video recorders and pausing live t.v.
- animals
- a cat that curls up on your lap to sleep
- cars that don't break down
- rock candy
- the Rocky Mountains
- Washington, D.C.
- fall leaves
- Igor Stravinsky
- that magical fifteen or twenty minutes at night where I'm holding The Caterpillar and singing her a song before bedtime and the house is dark and she's still and puts her head down on my shoulder and drifts off to sleep
- singing to the car stereo
- the Oregon coast
- anything Joss Whedon writes
- snow
- The Dormouse's enthusiasm for life
- graham crackers with cake icing spread on them
- driving
- going fifteen minutes one direction and being in the city; going fifteen minutes in the other and being in farmland
- kayaking
- dancing in the living room with my girls
- New York City
- Robert Fulgham books
- architecture
- road trips
- John Cusack movies from the 80s
- taking a really good photograph
- good conversation with friends
- old houses
- going out to eat somewhere I've never been before
- making things
- sunsets
- changing my own oil
- getting up before everyone else in the morning and feeling that ethereal few minutes when it feels like I'm the only one awake in the world
- pistachio nuts
- Tony Bennett
- Al Jolson
- talent of all kinds
- campfires
- inside jokes
- sushi
- adding a long string of financial records and having the amount come out right to the penny
- throwing away things I don't need
- reading a good book that changes my life
- pedicures
- finding the exact right gift for someone
- Jackie Chan movies
- over sized sweaters
- finishing my taxes in January
- street musicians/performers
- the smell of daphne flowers
- watching a thunderstorm from my front window
- weekend radio shows on NPR
- playing music in a group
- musicals
- museums
- a clean house
- getting mail
- homemade ice cream
- silence
- costumes
- homemade bread
- king sized water beds
- puzzles
- baby hugs
- traveling to places I've never been before
- when I know something about someone and they know I know it and my very presence in the room makes them uncomfortable
- daises
- well-written poetry or song lyrics
- laughter
- doing chores or mundane shopping trips but having a great time because The KoH is there to entertain me
- drinking hot chocolate on a cold, rainy day
- the Lethal Weapon movies
- Ayn Rand books
- the ease of email
- biographies
- buffalo wings
- a quick wit
- people who are creative
- when The Dormouse comes home from school excited because she passed a test
- being alone
- fixing things that are broken instead of throwing them out
- Diet Coke
- having the front door open and a breeze coming through the house
- Chicago
- the desert
- little girls in braids
- edamame
- talking walks in the neighborhood and looking into other people's windows
- the sound of leaves rustling in the breeze
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December 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM
You say that they are in no particular order, and yet you thought of Humphrey Bogart and Alfred Hitchcock before your family. Hmmm.
24. That's a given.
27. Had that for a snack last night.
28. When I first got my license everyone warned me that the novelty would wear off. Still hasn't.
36. Noticed you had to specify "from the 80s".
52. I do a little Tithing settlement dance whenever this happens.
77. Yet another reason why I like you.
92. And being amazed every time I do.
December 3, 2009 at 7:12 PM
@Scott: I'd say that they are in order of when I fell in love with them, but I met John Cusack before my family too, so that'd be wrong. Actually, the "from the 80s" part wasn't really necessary... any movie goes. He's on my list.
December 3, 2009 at 10:10 PM
In "no particular order" or not I love that cheese is right up there with your family. Some days I'd trade a small boy for some really good cheese.