I haven’t written a love list since May.

MAY.

It’s not like I ceased to love things that day — I mean, the whole wedding thing would have been a bit of a wash if that were the case.

Nope, I still love lots of things… just as many as I did when I used to write these lists every Friday. And since this week has achieved new heights of awkward lameness (HAPPY 2012) I figured now was a good time to remember the GREAT in my life.

So here they are!

(As always, I welcome your lists in the comments or wherever you feel like putting them. Unless it’s in my eye. Don’t put your list in my eye.)

THINGS I LOVE

My family
Salty vinegar-y capers added to a good Marinara sauce
Lotions that smell like coconut
Sleeping in
New babies (Eli, Jackson, and Campbell, I’m looking at YOU!)
That I am excellently loud at finger-snapping
E’s long, winding, exhaustive recaps of playing video games
Salt spray for my weird hair
Pine-scented candles
Making people laugh
Making people think
Making people give me weird faces when I repeatedly attempt to buy my T pass with my Sephora Beauty Insider card
The multiple magical uses of bobby pins
Realizing how blessed we both are to be employed and in a warm home in a place we like every. single. night.
Pedicures (charcoal shimmer or shiny red, this time of year)
Our nightly cup of chamomile tea
Gaviscon. Truly.
Fresh-baked biscuits
Timex watches — the more old-school the better
FaceTime-ing with my parents
Driving with Gradon (well, I am passenging, but still…)
Loving Christmas, and not being even a bit cynical about it
Peanut butter M&Ms
My fluffy white down coat which is en route to me but taking an AGE because I ordered it during the holidays and didn’t expedite the shipping but I do like anticipation so that’s fun
Brussels sprouts
Freshly bought magazines
Not always looking 37
Seeing my friends *happy*
When people give great hugs — no “pat pat pat” or fragility
Ella Fitzgerald, always
Mr. Matthew Knell of Long Island City, NY, owner of many caps
Amazing and terrifying aerobics videos on YouTube
That my new husband and I did not kill one another during our Big Budget Chat
My reorganized iTunes (I created my own genre labels. In other news, I have insomnia)
The wee pug that hangs out in one of our neighborhood stores
My washing machine. And what’s more… my dryer
Addictive television: The Wire, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Downton Abbey, Top Gear, playoff anything…
Olives!
The possibility of bangs, as yet unrealized
The Cloud
You.