Published November 2017
I stumbled found a blog article about 100 things I love the day before Thanksgiving.
It inspired me to create my own 100 Things I Love list in my phone, adding items as I thought of them.
It’s been a lot of fun to thinking about things that tickle my fancy, and it made me think that maybe we all should have a list of 100 things we love on our phones.
100 Things I Love
- Going into the city with my Mike and the girls the week of Thanksgiving
- Sunny days
- The first snowfall
- A house full of people
- Routine
- Lying on the couch watching movies
- Foot rubs
- The aroma of a spice shop
- Chocolate chip pancakes and bacon
- Coffee
- Our dog Buddy snuggling in between my legs

- Holding my daughters’ hands
- Mike’s laugh
- Pandora’s Sunday Brunch playlist
- Rum and coke
- Cold pizza
- Back scratches
- The first 15 minutes of a professional massage
- The first night of daylight savings time in March, when there is light until after 7 p.m.
- How the house smells after leaving the windows open all day
- Homemade pasta Alfredo
- Steak on the grill
- Singing loudly in the car with Anna
- California sunshine
- Destin, Florida
- Waffle House
- The lights of the Christmas tree

- All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey
- The aroma of coffee brewing
- When we walk inside my parent’s house and smell Thanksgiving dinner cooking
- Leftover turkey sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving
- Warm cookies out of the oven
- Trader Joe’s freezer section
- Shopping on Christmas Eve morning for “last minutes”
- The scent of our church after the candles have been blown out
- The memories of the first Christmas that Mike and I shared
- The scent of cedar outside after it has rained
- When Rebecca and I burst out laughing and can’t stop
- State Street in Chicago
- Lou Malnati’s Deep Dish Sausage Pizza
- Eating at Pizano’s pizza on Madison Street

- Dipping spaghetti with marinara into ranch dressing
- The sound of the ocean
- The smell of earth after a long winter
- The first buds on a tree

- Birds singing
- World Market
- The scent of suntan lotion
- That we have a goldfish older than Ella
- The television show My Grandmother’s Ravioli
- When Anna applies my makeup
- Dolly Parton
- Hulu
- Date nights that include Target and Starbucks
- Whiskey
- Fresh salsa and chips
- Heartwarming television commercials
- My teenager allowing Mike and me to hang out with her and her friends
- Lying in Ella’s bed with her on a sunny winter day, listening to music
- When Ella puts lotion on my legs and feet
- Red church doors

- Lunches alone with my mom
- My dad’s jokes
- Mike’s chocolate chip cookies
- The refrigerator after going to the grocery store
- Homemade bread
- Wendy’s chili
- Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Easter lilies
- Door County, Wisconsin
- Impromptu dinner parties
- Target’s Dollar Spot
- Friends who’ve become family

- Horses hooves on pavement
- Clean sheets
- Marching bands in parades
- Our church on Christmas Eve
- Bonfires

- The first full day of summer
- The sound of tree frogs
- The sound of a train horn in the distance
- The smell of fresh tar
- My grandmother’s beef and noodles
- God and Jesus
- Children singing spontaneously
- Buddy’s excitement when we come in the door
- Nibbles sleeping curled in a ball
- Eating outside at a restaurant

- Pedicures
- A package on the front porch
- John Hughes movie marathons
- Burnt marshmallows
- The smell of flowers, particularly hyacinth and lilac
- People who kiss you on the cheek when they hug you (my dad is one)
- Big Mac’s
- My mom’s tuna salad
- The poem Footprints
- Creaky wood floors
- Essential oils (especially peppermint)
- Being a mommy

I could go on and on. I think I will.