In the spirit of Kristin, I present 50 Things I Love:
1. Daniel – and I miss him dreadfully right now. He’s in Ohio for a week. It’s not that we are terribly clingy. I’m just use to having my best friend around. And I feel like part of me is missing.
2. My mom and dad – they are dear, wonderful people. I know they love me with an undying love and that means more than anything else. I love the moments when I really step back and watch them. For instance, when dad was helping Daniel load our dining room suite (we got a dining room suite this past week!) onto the truck – it was so tender. The two men I love more than any – working hard and both shooting me glances to make sure I approved. And the other day when I went to mom’s house and found her sleeping on the couch. She was tired, headachy – but she suddenly grew very wiggly when I told her that the furniture was Just Down Stairs!
3. Going to the Piano Studio in Anderson and listening to Daniel tear up the Steinway and Petrov. Oh, that we could have one now!
4. Comfortable shoes – unlike the brown ones that hurt my feet last week. Argh!
5. Ritz crackers and peanut butter
6. Gloria 34 by Taylor Sorenson
7. Selling things on Ebay
8. Silky red ribbon with embroidery
9. Feeling peace wash over you
10. Good customer service
11. Practicing flute etudes
12. That it’s only 116 days until I become Mrs. Daniel Bergey
13. Newborn puppies
14. The USPS crate that rides in my trunk every day now – all ready for eBay packages
15. Reading the prayer that will be read at our wedding
16. Services at Grace
17. My Country Apple scented dish detergent
18. Cold drizzly rain on a hot summer day
19. My frilly blue skirt
20. Buying wondrous things on Etsy (and hopefully selling things one day)
21. Giving Him every area of my heart – even the Secret Rooms
22. Singing with Daniel and Natalie
23. Really large, colorful file clips for the office
24. Having a stack of books that are To Be Read
25. Conversations with my Aunt Judy at the mailbox
26. Signs of fall
27. Having brothers and a little sister (soon)
28. Lazy Sunday afternoons
29. White grapefruit juice (sidenote: Daniel was drinking some the other day and after a little kiss I said, “you smell like communion.”)
30. Fixing a roast in the crockpot
31. The little wicker basket that holds everything at night – my watch, my glasses, my phone, the Book I’m Reading and so much more.
32. My navy blue flannel sheets – especially when hot out of the dryer
33. Running into friends or family at the grocery store and such
34. Audioblogs – only from people I know
35. Talking around the proverbial water cooler – and the real one, too
36. Finding an old “garageband mixdown” of Daniel’s – in which he sings four different parts. Quite impressive.
37. My elephant table by my bed
38. Sincere, honest friendship
39. Clearing my desktop off
40. Brand new Doc Martins
41. The Etsy Time Machine
42. Having the ability to make a positive difference in the future of a company
43. St. Ives lotion
44. Classical music
45. Imagining drawing for a living
46. Being knowledgeable about current events
47. Children’s naivety
48. Kissing Daniel in the middle of the Valley and hearing my parents shout (as they walk down from Granny’s), “that’s not how you do it! This is how!”
49. Removing stumbling blocks
50. Realizing that all that matters is what I do with today