friday — err, sunday — love list: and with this, we attempt to leave behind a) long term mood of encroaching grrr; b) no, that about covers it.
(To see more love lists, just click “listy” to your right. You’ll get more lists than that, but WHO DOESN’T LOVE LISTS?)

As you’ve read (or not read, really… it’s okay either way), I’ve been a little locomotive chuggin’ down the grrr track for more than a week now. I’d attribute that partly to health stuff and partly to I HAVE NO IDEA.
I can only drag so long before I start to wear down, though. And I don’t really see that as an option.
So — since I’m sitting by my fireplace watching the Pats play in their championship and I’ve got good coffee and I’m going to make brunch and that’s pretty awesome and I should really be thankful no matter how much Advil is in my system — here’s a love list to put the screws to a crappy time.
A crappy time I am leaving behind.
As always, feel free to leave your own in the comments or post one on your blog. But make sure you include a little love in your weekend, no matter what else you do.
THINGS I LOVE
Listening to XM radio ’70’s Radio) with my parents and trying to guess the songs before the chorus hits (I was 6 when the 70’s ended)
Tom Brady
Fabric softener
Peanut butter cups!
My super-soft brown chair and a half
Playoff football
Maple bacon (mmm….)
Other texting addicts
David Letterman
SEPHORA!
Rainless days in Vancouver — especially the cold, clear kind
My mom and dad
Potential vacation plans
Corn muffins
Phil Simms
48 Hours Mystery
My new hat (see above)
My Aquiesse Grapefruit-Basil candle
Patience
Political coverage, as long as I can watch it with people who don’t hate politics
Firm huggers
Sleeping in
Boys at ease in their own skin
Peonies
Crazy laughers
Barry White song intros
Hoop earrings
Advil Liqui-Gels Extra Strength
Mentally buying things from the Pottery Barn catalog
The tiny birds in our tiny bird tree
Clementines
Al Green
Onion rings
Doing faux ballet moves around the house like a dork
AND YOU??

January 20th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
sunny but cold days in Vancouver
Artigiano spanish lattes
Tylenol Cold & Flu
Taylor Pyatt
90s pop songs
my friends
Wholefoods
inky/fountain pens
the parental units
lemon ricotta muffins
dangly earrings
shiney things
January 20th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Heinz ketchup
When the Advil/Tylenol actually does what it’s supposed to do
Fine Argentinian leather
Asian food
My iPod Touch!
When the texts on my Twitter account kick back in
January 21st, 2008 at 6:14 am
Playoff Anything (even baseball)
2 weeks till Super Bowl
New Prison Break
Tom Petty
Green Tea
Flannel Sheets
January 21st, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Violent football collisions where both get up and pat each other’s helmets
College basketball
nerf hoop action against my lab
The Beastie Boys and other funky beats
boxer briefs
sons tackling me when I get home from a long day
creating coolness backfire situations for people who think they are, indeed, too cool for school
Turning just about anything into bread crumbs for baked chicken or pork
Making my chili
turning couch cushions into Fort Willis
January 21st, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Hooray for cold, clear, rainless days in Seattle as well! :)