101 Things We Love (aka Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #134)

My kitty, Onion, is pretty darn lovely.

I asked the people on Twitter to tell me what they loved, and it turns out that they love a lot of things. They love more than a hundred of them, in fact, so I curated and edited the following compilation of our loves to spread it around a little:

1. the sound of snapping open a fresh can of something fizzy
2. coffee
3. the smell of freshly cut grass
4. reading
5. friends who get it
6. a fluffy cat curled up next to me and cooing like a happy pigeon while he sleeps
7. having written
8. a good toilet flange
9. my husband's hands
10. yoghurt, specifically spelled with the H in the middle
11. holding my hand out the window of a car while going down the highway in summer
12. a good latte
13. great writing
14. avocados
15. callouses on my fingertips from playing guitar
16. lavender
17. my kid snoring
18. darjeeling tea with coconut flavouring and milk
19. the ukulele
20. ice cold water
21. the feel of suede
22. new book smell
23. the way I get goosebumps when my husband looks at me
24. that moment in a movie you've seen a hundred times before that still takes your breath away and paralyzes you as you wait for it
25. Hendrick's gin
26. new jammies
27. performing
28. laughing
29. hot buttery popcorn with garlic powder and hot sauce
30. connecting again with a person you love but thought you'd lost
31. kitties
32. happy hour with friends
33. cooking a good meal
34. discovering new music
35. British miniseries
36. Sunday afternoon naps
37. watermelon
38. a clean house
39. chosen families
40. that kids wear costumes just because they can
41. kissing
42. almond biscotti drizzled with chocolate
43. rainy days
44. smoked swiss cheese
45. singing loudly
46. cheesy dance moves
47. my dog
48. green buds on trees
49. thunderstorms
50. fuzzy kitty bellies
51. popsicles
52. the power of music to connect people
53. surprising my stepson
54. pizza
55. rain drumming on the roof late at night
56. pedicures
57. feeling like I belong
58. love
59. crunching through ice cubes
60. cats purring
61. burritos
62. listening to a tone deaf person who loves to sing butcher their favourite song
63. finding a bra that fits just so
64. chocolate cake
65. the first night you notice the fireflies have come back for the summer
66. summery days with thunder clouds off in the distance
67. peppermint
68. street fairs
69. pesto
70. listening to wild birds outside
71. Mad Men
72. going out for brunch on the weekend
73. crafting
74. swimming
75. the colour of the light at golden hour
76. grapefruits
77. being read to
78. Scully and Mulder's dedication to bringing out the best in each other in The X-Files
79. sushi
80. photography
81. random acts of kindness from strangers
82. the cool side of the pillow
83. kisses from my son
84. drinking iced tea in the shade on a hot day
85. finishing a creative project I feel really good about
86. Sam Cooke
87. cracking through the shell on crème brûlée
88. poetry
89. learning
90. time travel
91. how excited my dog gets every time he sees me
92. dulce de leche ice cream
93. the sound of my kids laughing
94. clean sheets fresh from the line
95. roasted Brussels sprouts
96. old school rotary telephones
97. dancing until my body hurts
98. bowties
99. warm sunshine with a slight breeze
100. sleeping in
101. long lists of things people love

Thanks to all the good people who answered my call!

What do you love?

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Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #133

1. The ability to take short but decadent breaks in a hot bath with coffee and a kitty
2. The dinner party we hosted for the first time after 12 years of being married that was populated by artists and writers and speakers, and why haven't we done this sooner?!
3. Smelling a freshly opened, new tube of mascara
4. Mud, because it means that the temperature is above freezing, finally
5. The cake I am going to sneak for a late breakfast

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Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #132

1. That deeply serious face Oskar, the black cat in front, puts on, because he is deeply serious about most everything there is
2. There is finally sun in the morning!
3. Taking a basic pancakes recipe and turning it into a savoury Balkan yogurt, bacon, and caramelized onions pancakes recipe
4. The small town dinner theatre I went to in Craven, Saskatchewan last night with my friend, Sabrina, where we watched a friend work it on stage
5. The Palinode's regular foot massages, which make me momentarily forget this brutal cold I am slogging through

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