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Today calls for two lists, rather than just my usual Friday Love List.

One list will reflect all the excitement and joy of the last couple of weeks (NOTE SARCASTIC TONE), while the other will allow me the luxury of a little venting.

You can do the same in comments, or at your own blog (but be sure to leave us a link to your space.)

YAY THINGS

Less rain, more sun in usually rainy Vancouver
My family
My dear friends
Being greeted daily by Murphy, the wee Boston Terrier
Pocky
Hawaiian Tropic smell
So You Think You Can Dance
80’s radio on XM (thanks for your password, Dad)
Nalgene bottles
Havaianas (should be on every list I make)
Peonies!
Baked lemon pasta
The future, against all odds
Tiny birds
Mentally designing sundresses
Online window shopping at Anthropologie/J.Crew/Net a Porter/Nordstrom/Sephora/Lush
Double-walled glasses
My Beaker finger puppet, always ready to “mee mee mee mee”
Sleeping in tomorrow
Ducks in ponds
Fresh white tank tops
Hot wings (though I’ve not had them in TWO MONTHS)

GRR THINGS

The last two weeks
Busted iPods
Busted trackpads
Busted fridges (it was a rough week, I’m telling you)
Giant shin goose-eggs
Smashy toenails
Rough heels
Skinheads on buses
Layoffs
The sad fact that floors just won’t. stay. swept.
Chronic health conditions
Slugs attacking in the laundry room
Bees attacking in the bushes
Spiders attacking in the shower
ALLERGIES
Browser crashes
Waiting
Vitamin smell
The lonelies

And you?

First, go here and fill out this wee questionnaire at my recently launched skincare blog.

THEN… let’s talk about LOOOOVE.

Specifically, SUMMER LOVE.

I have the rare gift of really loving all the seasons while I’m in them, for the most part. For example, in winter, I am stoked about snow and Christmas lights and hot cider and fireplaces. In spring, I am bonkers for blossoms and the smell of rain on fresh soil and grass. In fall, I would happily spend my day rolling around in crackly leaves and purchasing foxy new sweaters.

But summer?

Beaches? Waves? Freckles? Sunsets at 10 pm at night?

YESSSSSSSS.

This love list is dedicated to my (current) favourite season and all that goes with it. I encourage you (as always) to write your own in the comments, or post one at your blog, and leave us a link.

Because, though the Beatles didn’t exactly say this, on a Friday? A love list is all you need. All you need is a love list.

THINGS I LOVE

The smell of Hawaiian Tropic and Coppertone lotions
New freckles on my nose
Ripe peaches
Ceviche
The beach at night
Memories of family vacations to Vancouver coming back to me as a resident
Baseball-cap-and-ponytail days
Sun tea
BBQ smells
Lawnmower sound (from a distance)
Sprinkler sound
Kids playing in the backyard sound
Pedicures
Havaianas (my flip flop addiction)
Sundresses
Turquoise rings
Silky sand
“The golden hour” for photography
Silly jewelry that jingles like wind chimes
San Diego (I miss you!)
Cannon Beach (I’m coming back, I swear!)
Whidbey Island (Ditto!)
Going without makeup
Cool, late evening showers
White tank tops
Swimming pool smell
Ocean smell
Road trips (hoping, hoping, hoping to have one this summer)
Camping with baby bunnies running around
Drive-in movies with the windows down
Making the house smell like a garden with fresh-cut salsa
Gelato
Patio dining
Patio lanterns
Patio furniture
Patios
I really like patios
Air conditioning at dire moments

And you?

Sigh.

To get the weekend off to a fantastic start, my body decided to punch me in the gut (NO, I DON’T HAVE SWINE FLU, YEESH) with a bit of my classic autoimmune wonkiness.

I’m feeling a bit better, but I won’t beat around the bush: today sucks so far.

Which is, of course, a really good reason to work up a heck of a Love List to get me back on track.

Unfortunately, I feel so sludgy that I’m trouble coming up with anything really good.

So I need your help. And when I say need, I mean PLEASE DO IT RIGHT NOW.

I’ll give you the parameters to create your own awesome love list, and you will put it in the comments. Did you like how I used “will” instead of “can”?

And I promise… if you do it, not only will you bring more love into my day, you’ll bring more into your own.

THINGS YOU LOVE

1. Song you love
2. Book you love
3. Type of cuisine you love
4. Beverage you love
5. Cookie you love
6. Ice cream flavour you love
7. Place you love to go
8. Thing you love to drive
9. Place you love to live
10. Movie you love
11. Time in your life you loved
12. Person you love
13. Cute picture of a baby animal you love (provide link)
14. Item of clothing you love most (that you own)
15. Way of relaxing you love best

GO!