100 Things That Delight Me

In no particular order...

1. The sound of whippoorwills
2. Giant round bales of hay
3. Audrey’s laugh
4. Everything about Lindsey
5. Big skies
6. Baking pies
7. Aprons
8. Zinnias
9. Hanging out with my mom
10. Watching my dad with Audrey
11. Finding heart shaped rocks or potatoes
12. Red wine and good cheese with girlfriends
13. Paint chips
14. My brother Jeff telling a good story
15. Decorating magazines
16. Picnics
17. Kick Ass Awards
18. Dewes Annual Chili Cook-off
19. Herb gardens
20. My brother Tony scratching his temples with excitement
21. Photobooths
22. When The New Yorker arrives
23. St. Louis Botanical Garden
24. Good thrifting/antiquing
25. Cooking for family or friends
26. Hugs from Sam and Jacob
27. The smell of gardenias
28. So many kind and creative friends
29. Bird nests
30. Red shoes
31. Getting a good haircut
32. Listening to loud music in my car
33. Painting
34. Road trips
35. Trying new recipes
36. Planning vacations
37. Art musuems
38. The cabin in Colorado
39. Remembering my wedding day
40. Sitting under the big tree in my parent’s back yard in Cole Camp, while clothes dry on the line
41. When a poem comes together
42. Marrying into such a swell family
43. Going for a walk in the spring, summer or fall
44. Annual Christmas shopping trip with mom, aunts, and cousins
45. Reading Lindsey’s email from our courtship
46. You Are My Sunshine
47. Winning a game of Scrabble against Lindsey
48. Cowboy Boots
49. NPR
50. Old timey country music
51. My parents still being in love
52. Sharing a birthday so close to my mom’s
53. Float trips
54. Annual 4th of July celebration with family
55. The tree in the yard across the street during autumn
56. Watching Audrey “read” books
57. Knowing all the words to It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
58. A fancy dinner out
59. Studio space
60. Starry starry nights
61. Audrey running towards me or Lindsey
62. The smell of Play-Doh
63. Sending or receiving great mail (real mail, not email)
64. Trees
65. Great short stories
66. Tire swings and porch swings
67. Nice sheets
68. Eating breakfast out
69. Going to see a great movie
70. A flexible schedule
71. Having such a wonderful childhood and family
72. Mary Janes (the shoe, not the candy)
73. Miniature Golf
74. Finally being a mom
75. Great blogs
76. Richard Scarry
77. Bookstores and libraries
78. Sewing and embroidery
79. All or mostly white bedrooms
80. Hot showers
81. Mashed potatoes
82. Vintage anything (toy refrigerators, coats, house dresses, linens, dishes, photos)
83. Garden fresh tomatoes
84. Polka dots
85. Handmade
86. Chocolate sheet cake
87. Art supply stores
88. Hugs and kisses
89. Free time
90. Reading in bed with Lindsey before going to sleep
91. Finding the perfect gift
92. Ice ice cold beer
93. Old farm houses
94. The smell of grass
95. Jazz
96. Nature
97. Memories of my grandparents
98. Brainstorming
99. Dance parties with my sweeties
100. Float trips