Things I Love (because life should be balanced and because I was told I have to write this next)

1. Starburst jelly beans
2. cheap wine
3. expensive wine
4. the fact that just because I love wine people will think I’m a lush (I’m totally not. I have a glass – maybe two – every other day or less. My doctor told me it’s one of the best things I can do for myself as long as I’m not averaging more than one per day. Plus it feels like something an adult would do, ya know? I sip and enjoy. I don’t overdo it.)
5. nonfiction essays (especially humorous ones)
6. Romance novels (not, like, lady porn or anything – just some fluff every now and then… and maybe a good cozy mystery)
7. Classic novels (for when fluff and reality won’t cut it)
8. comics
9. basically, to read stuff
10. brownies
11. when little children laugh
12. dogs
13. horses
14. birds
15. fine, all animals, then
16. cooking (especially old family recipes when I need comfort food, and also trying brand new ones that are more gourmet)
17. comedic movies
18. action movies
19. my best friend (who told me I had to write this list)
20. music (pretty much all of it)
21. family
22. sunsets (I’m far too lazy to get up early enough for a sunrise, if I can help it.)
23. trees
24. climbing trees (I don’t get to indulge in this often enough. I’m told adults don’t climb trees, to which I say, pfffft.)
25. singing
26. driving (especially road trips)
27. traveling! (though I rarely ever get to do so)
28. writing
29. my job! (for reals – and how many people do you know who can say that?)
30. the fact that only about 3 people read this blog but I love the heck out of writing it anyway
31. people who use proper grammar and spelling (this is a personal problem I’m working through)
32. people who are willing to do my dishes (see “Things I Hate”)
33. peanut M&Ms
34. fishing with my grandfather
35. inside jokes
36. laughing at myself
37. making people smile
38. quiet time
39. the beach (pretty much any beach)
40. almost any natural body of water for that matter
41. heights (that’s right – I love high places)
42. bright colors
43. drawing
44. baking (not to be confused with cooking)
45. flowers (except the ones that smell like dead things or funeral homes)
46. resilient people
47. doughnuts (I’m starting to wonder how I don’t weigh 400 pounds the longer this list gets.)
48. Greek salads! (HA! I DO like one healthy thing!)
49. a clean house, especially if I didn’t have to clean it (*dreeeeeeeeeeam….dream, dream, drea-eam….*)
50. rain
51. also, thunderstorms
52. hugs (but ONLY from a very select few people, because I have a personal bubble of space that tends to be wider than most other people’s and I like it that way)
53. finding ways to fix things that are broken and make them better (This can also be on the list of things I hate if it’s something I feel like I have to do all the time, but I like the challenge in general. This is not effective or fun when dealing with broken people, who I tend to avoid.)
54. the fact that I’m much more comfortable now in my majestic awkwardness than I was a decade ago
55. getting letters the old-fashioned way, via snail mail

…and lots of other things I’m sure I’ll add at a later date.

(There! Now I’ve balanced it. Better?)