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Well.
I’m having a super excellent week (note: this phrase intended to drip with irony, which I evidently failed to accomplish, since I had to add this note.)
Why, just yesterday, I had a migraine, what appeared to be a scorching sunburn on my face, neck and chest on and off all day, and fits of nausea.
Unless I’m having triplets (which we all know is not possible, since the babyhaving is not in my biological plan) or recovering from a whirlwind vacation to Aruba, I’d say this is unacceptable. But all bets are off with my quirky yet cuddly body at this point, so it behooves me to seek out some fun and cheer to mitigate the bizarre side effects of my treatment.
SO!
How can you help this process? Well, by joining in I LOVE EVERYTHING day.
What is I LOVE EVERYTHING DAY?
It’s an occasion I just made up to cheer myself. What of it?
Today, on this here blog, I invite you to return regularly to discuss not things you merely like and/or appreciate, but LOVE. Really LOVE.
Stuff you are COMPLETELY AND RIDICULOUSLY SOLD about.
We’ll be talking about many kinds of things and many types of love, and there will be something for everyone.
So. I LOVE EVERYTHING.
How about you?
Let’s get started.
TOP TEN THINGS I LOVE RIGHT THIS SECOND
1. Coffee
2. My roommate
3. Texting
4. My bed, though I left it behind
5. Crullers (I wish I had one)
6. My red boots
7. Dreamweaver (working oddly well this am)
8. The people of Northern Ireland
9. My leopard-print ring
10. Wintergreen mints
And you?
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:19 am
1. Diet Pepsi
2. Sushi (and the coworker who is going out to get us some for lunch!)
3. The return of Texas-like weather, meaning it’s going to hit 80 today!
4. My little girl with Down Syndrome who was so excited to see me when she got off the bus that she had to hold my hand all the way to her room.
5. My Space because I have old friends for new friends now.
6. My work computer with its FAST Internet
7. My car
8. Blogs
9. Meetings that aren’t too long and where things actually get accomplished.
10. The song, “Say It Right”
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:24 am
1. Moo
2. a nice hot latte
3. strawberries
4. the heater under my desk
5. my warm down comforter
6. morning bun’s heated up
7. meg’s blog
8. chocolate
9. weekends
10. friends
items 2-10 in no particular order.
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:38 am
1. Airport Express
2. Hugs
3. Anticipation of my trip next weekend
4. The possibility of a bonus
5. Cinnamon Dulce Latte, with whip
6. The water right next to me
7. Ugly Betty is on tonight
8. Whoopee cushions
9. My little MOO business cards that I got from Flickr
10. The warmer temperatures and the disappearance of ice
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:53 am
1. target pharmacy
2. momma/poppa
3. couger gold cheese
4. listening to ‘august and everything after’ after not hearing it for a year or so
5. the sky today
6. general tso’s tofu from china dragon (in atl, ga)
7. mary oliver’s poems
8. swimming for a long long time
9. smirnoff martini, slightly dirty, extra olives
10. jersey dresses
February 22nd, 2007 at 10:11 am
1. Chocolate Chip Bagel w/ Cream cheese
2. Laying in bed and not having to get up (didn’t happen AT ALL today, but I love it still)
3. A bathroom that smells clean and is
4. An empty ironing basket that lasts more than a day
5. Watching The Price is Right while working from home this morning–I feel like a sick third grader who was dropped off at Oma’s house to recover from whatever it was that ailed me.
6. Oma rubbing my head, and pulling my hot hair away from my neck.
7. Wine paired with some seriously soft and tangy cheese–or just anything they want to serve me at the Stumbling Goat in Seattle
8. That my pregnant cousin is coming to visit from Chicago tonight.
9. Starbucks Gift Cards
10. The Internet
February 22nd, 2007 at 10:14 am
1. a warm bath
2. the thought of food - any solid food
3. the sunshine and the cool breeze during the same second
4. Diet Coke
5. cigarettes
6. random blog comments
7. making lists
8. smudge-proof mascara
9. the smell of clean
10. Oregon
February 22nd, 2007 at 10:27 am
1. the fact that it is sunny and warm today…though it is supposed to snow again this weekend.
2. i am wearing flipflops…in february
3. i ate a hotdog and chocolate truffles for breakfast and didn’t think twice about it.
4. my new down comforter
5. american idol (i can’t help it; i adore simon cowell)
6. fresh, clean filtered water
7. new office supplies (nerd alert!)
8. tomorrow is friday
9. my best friend’s baby shower is this weekend
10. a warm, steamy cambric made with vanilla-almond tea, steamed milk, and plenty of honey.
February 22nd, 2007 at 10:27 am
1. My roommate.
2. Coffee.
3. Sleep.
4. Coffee.
5. Hot places that I can dream of.
6. Songs that make my muscles relax.
7. I can’t remember if I said coffee.
8. My apartment
9. Grey’s Anatomy.
10. Email at work.
February 22nd, 2007 at 10:36 am
1. Sitting on my back deck early in the morning.
2. Sitting on my back deck early in the morning drinking some spectacular tea.
3. Sitting on my back deck early in the morning drinking some spectacular tea and smoking a cigarette (sigh).
4. TiVo so I can watch the Academy Awards this year in under an hour.
5. “Hoosiers,” which I watched until 2 a.m. last night even though I’d TiVo-ed it.
6. Show tunes, lately.
7. Hamburgers, lately.
8. The Daily Show.
9. My son’s sense of humor.
10. My wireless headphones so I can wander around the house listening to the show tunes station on XM radio while I make hamburgers, sit on the back deck, drink tea and smoke.
February 22nd, 2007 at 11:04 am
Right this second?
1. Coffee.
2. Coffee mug.
3. The Internet.
4. The Sun.
5. Cinnamon Hearts.
6. Honeycomb Cereal.
7. Toast.
8. Grey’s Anatomy.
9. My holey shoes.
10. Stanley.
February 22nd, 2007 at 11:12 am
1. Singing very loudly and dancing very provocatively to “Hey Big Spender!”
2. Getting my groove on in a car with the windows down and some darn tasty music on the radio.
3. Goat Cheese.
4. ILOVERMONT! (I really need this bumper sticker…)
5. Snow. Snow everywhere. Snow anything. And then put some maple syrup on top and I am in heaven.
6. Music in general. And dancing to said music.
7. I love my apartment. I feel like it is one of the few places where my insides match my outsides; very intrinsically “me”.
8. Lots and lots of plants. Everywhere.
9. Flirting. Makes any day a good day.
10. The Sun.
February 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 am
TOP TEN THINGS I LOVE RIGHT THIS SECOND
1) a husband who shovels the driveway and puts my car in the garage for me
2) how fast I type
3) the internet
4) language
5) finally getting some real winter
6) 3 kid-free nights in a ROW!
7) being able to refrain from snacking
8) my clear skin
9) www.pandora.com
10) seedless red grapes
February 22nd, 2007 at 11:26 am
1. E-mail
2. Comments
3. Staying in bed as long as I want
4. Diet Dr Pepper
5. That feeling right when your airplane takes off for somewhere you are excited to go
6. Cupcakes
7. Discovering that you can pick up a copy of The Onion right here in Austin
8. God help me, Grey’s Anatomy
9. Coffee
10. A good hair day for once!
February 22nd, 2007 at 1:32 pm
omg! I have to do ten?
1. Mint chocolate chip ice cream on a very hot day.
2. mumble, mumble…star wars phantom menace..mumble mumble.
3. My polka dot Vans
4. The emormous, FREE cup of coffee I get when I hit the shift change at 5 AM sharp at my local mini-mart. (They don’t want to mess up the cash registers, so they give me my coffee free. I might be taking advantage…)
5. Hitting the zone when I’m working.
6. Banana flavored jelly beans. Actually, banana flavored anything.
7. Driving in blue sky, 60 degree weather, with the windows down, the heater on, and the radio blaring.
8. Pie
9. Misting fountains on hot days.
10. The ocean, anytime.
February 22nd, 2007 at 7:42 pm
#1.My husband.
#2. My daughter, Meg C. Fowler and her older brother Sean A. Fowler
#3. Life-as hard as it is for them all at times.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:31 am
1. I love sleep. I love sleeping in. I love taking a nap. I love going to bed early. I love, love, love sleep. I miss it so.
2. Chocolate. Dark, dark, chocolate. Plain, with caramel, with nuts, in baking, in bread, whatever. Give me the dark-chocolate, baby! (Death to those who add coconut to it!!)
3. Ice-cream.
4. The Prairie
5. megfowler.com
6. My mother’s cooking
7. Zingerman’s bread (see Zingermans.com) (especially their chocolate sourdough!!)
8. Nursing The Alien (yes, STILL)
9. Norman (last, but not least!)
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:33 am
1. My computer
2. Starbucks
3. Zack Stortini and Nick Lidstrom
4. Tetris on my phone
5. Living in Edmonton (hardly any crazy weather)
6. My maple leaf mittens
7. Team Canada Hockey Logo
8. My Merrell shoes (all 7 pairs)
9. AK India Pale Ale
10. Not being at work today, because I’m in Vancouver at Northern Voice