Month: July 2021

I’m actually posting this on day 8 because yesterday got interrupted – by some of the things I love!

1. New Puppy – sweet little mini-golden Nala
2. Puppy breath
3. The way puppies play like they are possessed and then drop in their tracks to sleep
4. Surpises
5. Like new puppies and surprise visitors
6. Bonus sons (+ one bonus daughter-in-law)
7. BLTs
8. BLATs (BLTs with avocado)
9. Prayers before church youth groups leave on adventures – including our youngest
10. New athletic shoes that make me run fast and jump high

1. When my daughter makes dinner
2. Enchiladas
3. Fresh flowers in old pitchers
4. Rainy days
5. Raspberries
6. Freshly folded beach towels
7. Hosta
8. Lettuce picked warm from the garden and eaten right there
9. Zucchini blossoms
10. Coffee with cream

1. The cry of a loon
2. When Tim Niznik imitates the cry of a loon
3. Skinny dipping in the lake right before bed on a hot night
4. Oscillating fans
5. Jigsaw puzzles
6. The hubbub of the cabin when everyone is there
7. The quiet of the cabin after everyone has left and it is all cleaned up!
8. Riding in Sam’s truck. With Sam, preferably.
9. The smell of sun-dried towels
10. Anna-Liv’s playlists

1. Sparklers
2. Flag cake
3. Fireworks
4. Independence
5. Calico Beans
6. Watermelon
7. Floating in the lake all day
8. Kids in bathing suits
9. Driving the boat for tube wars
10. Sunscreen

1. Bagels with cream cheese
2. Veggies on the grill
3. Quiet mornings
4. Leftovers for lunch
5. Adirondack chairs
6. Homemade fudge
7. A freshly made bed
8. Sleeping newborn baby faces
9. Blue glassware
10. Iced Tea

1. Baby toes
2. Friends that visit from far away and you pick up right where you left off
3. Boat rides at dusk
4. Butterscotch brownies
5. Red solo cups
6. Little Daisy, the very old dog – 12? 14? 22? She gets older every time we ask
7. Eating al fresco
8. Black grand pianos
9. Wearing my bathing suit most of the day
10. Polar fleece over shorts and t-shirts

As a writing exercise for July I have decided to, every day, list 10 things I love. It goes without saying that I love my family, etc., so I won’t be listing the obvious ones. I’m trying to think of the little things that make life a delight. At the end of the month that should show me 310 things that I am grateful for in my life. So here we go in absolutely no order whatsoever and without explanation:

1. Cloth napkins
2. Coffee on the deck in the morning
3. Summer reading trashy action packed “man” novels – think Clive Cussler and Vince Flynn
4. The smell of babies’ heads
5. Peonies
6. A cool bath at the end of a hot day
7. Ceremonies
8. Beer on tap – especially an IPA
9. Waffles with strawberries and whipped cream
10. Throwing parties