100 things I love :)

   I love lists. I love lists about things I love even more. So what could be better than a list of a hundred things I love?? To broaden my horizons, I will not list a hundred animals I love, a hundred soft drinks I love, or a hundred activities I love, but will try to be extremely specific. (If it is on the list, I must really, really love it!) Also, God, my family, and my friends are sort of a given. And, these aren’t in any order. Okay…here goes…
1. cherry 7-up
2. putting together abstract mosaics
3. waffle fries
4. dancing in the rain
5. the color purple in various hues
6. camping in a tent
7. starting novels (I didn’t say anything about finishing them, unfortunately)
8. hotdogs with ketchup-mustard-relish-chili-cheese and onions (all at once)
9. star-gazing
10. comfy gauchos
11. running competitively
12. milking goats
13. brownies dipped in marinara sauce
14. ocean blue
15. cold weather
16. family theatricals
17. kicking a soccer ball around with friends
18. wild horses
19. organizing events
20. forest green
21. guzzling Pepsi
22. taking surveys
23. going barefoot
24. summer storms
25. dogs of all breeds and sizes
26. inside jokes
27. classical music
28. dried fruit
29. cooking in the kitchen
30. archery
31. missionary stories
32. freshly baked bread
33. quiet moments of introspective solitude
34. sweet and sour chicken
35. standing in front of a concession stand for ten minutes, and then inevitably walking away with a bag of skittles
36. Pixar movies
37. studying other cultures
38. pizza buffets
39. kayaking and canoeing
40. shooting hoops with my brothers
41. laughing so hard tears come to my eyes
42. painting a watercolor sunset
43. blogging (when I have the time)
44. wildlife photography
45. doing preschool with Daylon
46. overalls
47. wading in cold rivers
48. sour lemonade on hot days
49. driving four-wheelers
50. homemade jam
51. getting handwritten letters
52. curling up with a good book
53. dark chocolate (the bitterer the better)
54. people I can be myself around
55. word games (read: Scrabble, Balderdash, Apples to Apples, etc.)
56. the literary masterpieces of C.S. Lewis
57. the cold side of the pillow
58. tangrams
59. finding money I forgot I had
60. family road trips in the Green Mono (15-passenger),
61. people you love so much that just hearing their voice makes you smile
62. wildflowers in grassy meadows
63. wet hair in braids
64. volunteer work
65. sleeping in on rainy days
66. games involving glow-sticks
67. roller coasters
68. subtle wit
69. spicy salsa
70. tobyMac
71. pushing elevator buttons
72. cardinals (the bird and the football team)
73. the fresh scent of school supplies
74. yard sales
75. tower bedrooms (or ones with balconies!)
76. running through other people’s sprinklers
77. book lights for reading under the covers at midnight
78. tire swings
79. The Sound of Music
80. libraries
81. blowing bubbles
82. strong, dark, bitter coffee
83. weenie roasts
84. those random spurts of creativity you get at two in the morning (doesn’t everyone??)
85. oxymorons and paradoxes
86. fudge pecan pie
87. song lyrics printed inside CDs so you can sing along without having to guess your way through the next stanza >.<
88. lime green duct tape
89. meeting someone and finding that you have a lot in common
90. winning really competitive games
91. perogies
92. having an empty house all to myself so I can sing as loud as I want to, and nobody will ever hear
93. wrapping myself in warm towels fresh from the dryer
94. listening to elderly people talk about their childhood
95. making the most of every opportunity
96. waking up and realizing I still have an hour of sleep left
97. replaying wonderful conversations over and over in my head
98. roller-skating at a rink
99. finding pennies on the sidewalk
100. zip-lines