friday love list: counting my blessings because whiny, insufferable women only find true love in romantic comedies, not real life — MEG RYAN I’M LOOKING AT YOU. except for this one girl I know. she was much nicer once she had a boyfriend. not naming names or anything, just saying.
I’m on the mend.
Really, truly.
Which is SO AWESOME I CAN’T EVEN STAND IT.
Sure, the cough and the Kathleen Turner-esque tone of voice remain (oh, who am I kidding? I still sound like a squirrel who swallowed a cactus), but the color is back in my face and I can honestly say I don’t wake up in the morning wishing someone would bundle me in a blanket, deposit me gently on the couch (SOFA), and bring me clear fluids.
Then again…
NEVER MIND! IT’S TIME FOR A LOVE LIST!
Today’s love list is going to be dedicated to counting the blessings in my life, since I have spent the last two months typing out some variation on MEH or FEH BLEH or MENEH here at my wee blog. It’s time to move on and push forward and look around and twinkle at things as best I can.
As always feel free to share your own love list in my comments or at your blog. Actually, you can do whatever you want at your blog because it’s YOUR FREAKIN’ BLOG.
THINGS I LOVE AND AM BLESSED BY
My parents, who show up randomly after I’m done work to take me places I need/want to go
New leaves on the trees
Words
Music that makes me feel more alive
New friends that make me laugh
Old friends that make me laugh
Sunshine!
Faith
Getting well
Being able to smell things again
Antibiotics
American boys
Learning to stop running myself down
A place to share what I feel about things, and what’s going on in my life
Clean water, which becomes REALLY special sometimes
Days where my pants don’t get soaked on the way to work
My roommate, Catherine, who shows me unconditional love and likes to clean as much as I do
Access to good, healthy, fresh food, even when it costs approximately $1K per heirloom tomato (GO WHOLE FOODS GO)
Color and light
Accountability
Wisdom
Wit
Grace
Patience
Forgiveness
Being challenged to write better
Other peoples’ babies and children growing up in amazing and beautiful ways
Enough money to give to others when they need it… not something that was always possible
Living in a home that is safe, warm and comfortable — deck door open, fireplace on! Woohoo!
Knowing what you want
Knowing what you need
Knowing the difference between want and need
Watching my friends parent with such dedication
Big amazing possibilities that make you eeeeeeeeeee with joy
Love
Also, a dear friend of mine and their family are facing a really tough, scary situation right now, and could use a little help. If you have the perpetual couple bucks rattling around in your PayPal account, I’d love to share some support with them. If not, no worries, of course — I certainly don’t have a right to ask, and I can’t provide you with any more details than that.
I’m helping as best I can, too. And I’ve definitely appreciated your support here for the single moms’ camp, for breast cancer research, for other friends’ blog projects/charities they love, and for other friends in need. I love the idea of a few people giving a little to make a big difference.
Just click here.
Thanks.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Good list. I would say mine is pretty much the same, except for the “American boys” and roommate ones. And I’ll add this one:
Ethan, and that look that says “Yeah, I’m 9 and I’m gonna have fun no matter what.”
April 25th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
My favorite thing about Fridays. Meg, your love lists rock. Here’s a couple things I love:
*Being single.
*I too love american boys, but only when I’m single. The rest of the time, I’m wishing for a canadian boy…or australian.
*my best friend being nervous to ask me something silly
*coffee in the middle of the afternoon
*my 6 year old losing teeth (thought being the toothfairy is rather expensive these days and he just gives the money to his 6 year old BFF…ugh)
*flirting over text messages
*summer, heat, and the smell of sunscreen
*Vegetable Lo Mien
*Post-It Notes
*pop tarts
*a fantastic pair of earrings
*and finally, Warm sunny friday afternoons with the office door wide open.
Happy weekend to you Meg, glad you’re feeling better! I’ve recently regained my sense of smell as well, it’s amazing.
April 25th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Great list, as always! I’ve done one on my blog today too.
April 25th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Meg, you are one of the most lovable women I’ve ever met online (OK so the sample is really small). Still, I love the fact that, at least once a week, you look for things to be thankful for. When the right guy comes around, he is going to get a remarkable, awesome woman.
Now I’m just sayin’. :-)
April 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I love a worthy cause, so I just donated a little sumpin’ sumpin’ to help out.
April 25th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Thank you SO much, Mary. Everything helps more than you know.
April 26th, 2008 at 6:15 am
Lovely list… I am in complete agreement, but I’d have to change “American boys” to “Canadian boys”, as I am head over heels with a cute Toronto boy at the moment ;-)
April 29th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Cute list. I’m hoping I become much nicer when ang if I get a boyfriend too.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
YOU rock. That’s all.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:21 am
lovely Meg…
where ya b’in?
a whole week without posting?
your wittyness and way with words has been missed.
your posts always seem to make me smile somehow, or instigate a little chuckle…
and i thank you for that. :)
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:29 am
That is the longest post title ever.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I wish I could express how much this was something I needed to read today. You’ve made me stop focusing on how much is wrong right now and think about the good…not something I usually struggle with, but we all have our days, right?
Things I Love…
~beautiful, sunshiney days
~thunderstorms (when I don’t have to be out in it to get to class)
~my mom, who always has some bit of wisdom I can quote to a friend in need
~my older brother and his sarcastic ways
~friends leaving funny comments on the dry erase board on my door
~waking up and realizing I don’t have to be up yet
~broccoli cheddar soup and a sandwich on a chilly afternoon
~curling up with a good book and reading the afternoon away
~expressive eyes
~chocolate
~a good hug
~spring
~the deep blue of the sky every year on my birthday (really, it never rains!)
~going to bed early because I want to
~getting up early because I want to
~pinic dinners
~people watching
~picnicking and people watching with a friend, and being amused by the boy on his skateboard or bike trying to impress us with his tricks
~making mixed CDs
~kettle corn and a great movie
~waking up and knowing that it’s going to be an amazing day, full of possibilities, that I can shape into whatever incredible thing I wish
That’s a small sampling of the things I should focus on today…glad to know I’m not the only one who makes such lists!