Day 158: Create a list of my favorite things (Ridiculously too long)

A clean house

A good book

 A goodnight’s sleep

A newly clean car

Achieving

Acoustic Guitar

Ansley’s freckles, hair, eyes, and spirit

 Antiques,

 Appetizers,

 Arriving and leaving

Artwork from my kids,

  Auburn game days

 Awards, good grades, recognition, compliments, and bragging

Awareness, observations, insight, and knowing

Azaleas,

Balloons,

Being in the newspaper

Being inspired,

Being moved to tears

 Bellingrath gardens,

Birthdays

 Blue skies,

Boat rides,

 Bon fires,

Boots,

Bubbles

Candlelight

Canoes,

Chips and dips

Christmas lights,

 Clarity,

Classic rock,

Clean sheets,

 Coffee in bed,

 Cold beer,

Commencement speakers

Completed projects,

 Connecting, bonding, and sharing

Cooking together

Creating

Dancing,

 Date nights,

Decorating,

 Decorative crosses

 Designing,

Diet Coke and sweet tea

Disney World

Down time,

 Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, and Oprah.

Dreaming

Dressing up,

DVD’s with JP,

Easter lilies,

Eating out, delivery, or drive thrus,

 Elegantly wrapped gifts

 Empty laundry baskets,

 Extra money,

 Extra time,

 Facials,

Fall

Farmland

Feeing beautiful,

Feeling proud

Fire places

Fishing

 Flannery O’Conner,

Flash lights

Flirting with my husband

Flower gardens

Fresh baked cookies,

 Fresh bread,

Fresh cut flowers,

Fried chicken, squash, okra, and pickles

 Front porches,

 Gardenias,

 Gardening in the spring

Getting my hair done,

Giving generously

 Going to church,

Golfing

 Good news,

 Greeting cards,

Grilling out

Harmony,

 Having a tan,

Hearing my kids laugh,

Hearing the sound of the waves from bed,

Heirlooms,

Hiking,

Hobby Lobby

Holding my children

Hot baths,

 Hotel rooms,

Hugs,

Hummingbirds

Hydrangeas

Ice chests, beach towels, and lawn chairs

 Inspirational and funny emails,

Inspirational quotes

 Jokes, joking, and making fun

 Jumping,

 June 1, July 4, and April 24

 Kettle Korn,

Key chains

Knowing I did a good job

Laughing until it hurts,

Laughter,

Learning and getting it, awareness, and understanding

Leaving,

Letters,

Letting go

 Lightning bugs,

Listening to Zach tell a story,

Lists,

 Long days on the beach or by our pool

Lotion,

Love

Lyrics,

 Making wishes in fountains,

Mardi Gras

 Meeting new people,

Monkeys, tigers, and horses

 Mountain views,

 Movies at the theater,

Music,

My backyard,

My books,

 My cell phone,

My desk

My family

My IPod and laptop,

  My photo albums,

New clothes,

 New pens,

New pillows,

New playlists

New tennis shoes

 New Years Eve,

 Nostalgic, and vintage, retro and old school

Oak trees,

 Off days,

 Old cameras,

 Old denim

Old photographs,

Open windows,

Organization,

Our Christmas tree,

Our home

Our home

Packages,

 Packing for a trip,

 Painting,

 Parties,

 Picking blueberries,

Picnics

Picture frames,

Pies:  Lemon, peanut butter, chocolate, turtle, strawberry, and Key Lime

 Plaid, argyle, and stripes

 Planning, organizing, and listing

Playing Uno

Poetry that leaves an impression

Power outages  

Pushing buttons

 Rafts to float on

Really sharp pencils

Remembering, memories, and looking back

Remote control cars

Retro, vintage, and nostalgia

Reuniting

Riding my bicycle in the neighborhood

Rocking chairs

Roller skating

 Room fresheners,

 Room service,

Roosters

Sand, seashells, seagulls, and suntan oil

Saturday mornings,

 Scented candles,

School supplies,

Scrabble,

Scrapbooking,

Seafood: boiled, fried, sautéed, grilled, or baked

Silence

Singing in the car

Slideshows

Smell of leather,

 S'mores,

Snoopy,

 Snorkeling,

 Snuggling,

Songs that I can relate to

Sound of crickets at night,

Spring mornings

St Augustine grass,

Stars

Statistics and facts, the truth, the absolute

 Storms,

Summertime

 Sunglasses,

 Sunrises,

 Sunsets,

Surprises,

Taking pictures,

Teaching,

Telling the story of how we met

Tervis tumblers

 Text messaging, email, Facebook, and phone calls

 Thanksgiving dinner,

The beach at night

The Cathedral,

The colors green, blue, red, pink, white, and black

The Fair

The Gulf of Mexico any time of the year

The Holy Bible,

The library,

The outrageous, eccentric, eclectic, clever, and the genuine

 The smell of lavender, Gardenia, vanilla, and cinnamon

The South,

The zoo

Time together

Time with my friends,

 Traveling,

 Trying new things,

 Walking,

 Watching Ansley dance,

Watching my kids sleep,

Watching the moon

Water parks,

Water skiing,

 Wearing my bathing suit,

Weather days,

 Whispering,

Winning

Winter nights

Writing list, poems, blogs, stories, notes, letters, or plans

XM Radio

 Yard sales with my favorite women

 Zach’s hands, laugh, sense of humor, and smile