Thanks to G and also Kaitlin, I am writing another “Love List”. Thanks for the inspiration, you two!

I love …

Calling my dogs Dustmop and Applehead. For the blog and Twitter only, of course. Satellite radio – which I need to get. The GF has it and it is wonderful. Getting packages in the mail. Buying new books. Finding money in my pockets. Getting magazines in the mail. The residents where I work. Even the ones I don’t so much *like*. Dustmop & Applehead’s new collars. The way my GF looks at me when she thinks I’m not looking. The way her hands feel when she holds mine. (She’ll probably wanna pound me for saying this but) the cap that she wears to keep her hair from going awry. When someone uses a word that I have to look up. New sheets for my bed. My new perfume: Heat by Beyonce. Arguing – er, discussing things with people with whom I don’t agree in the slightest. Possibly because I like to see them turn purple. That people at the party I went to this weekend told me that I “had a nice singing voice.” It’s a damned lie and the only time anyone has said that to me EVER which is probably why I liked it. Or perhaps it wasn’t a lie and the entire group was hearing challenged. Brushing Dustmop every day. That Applehead is learning to at least tolerate, if not enjoy, being brushed now that she sees Dustmop diggin’ it. Seeing Applehead play with Dustmop and also how when she has had enough, Applehead bites Dustmop. Sadistic, I know. Facebook comments from my sister. That my nephew still lets me hug and kiss him – even if his buddies are around. Seeing my niece become a remarkably cool girl. The feeling that you can only have after a long day at the beach – when I’m tired but completely calm and relaxed. That ONLY happens to me – that particular feeling – if I’m been at Lake Michigan. 15 minutes is all it really takes, but no other lake, not even another Great Lake, will do. Really old sharp Cheddar cheese – old enough that you can feel the salt grains with your teeth. Getting blog comments. (Shameless, aren’t I?) That I can tweet from my phone even if I don’t have time to do it much. That, thanks to the internet, I have friends I would never have met otherwise. When my girlfriend calls me “bae” (as in short for “baby”). Barbecue from places I am taking my life into my hands by going there – both because of the neighborhood and possibly the health practices of the kitchen staff. Waking up and realizing that it’s Saturday and I can go back to sleep. (Although now I can’t because Dustmop wakes up and that’s all she wrote. There has to be a walk, some breakfast, playtime, another walk and a bathroom break. But THEN I can return to bed. For a few minutes at least. Before Dustmop gets into something.) The Big Bang Theory. (the TV show that is. Though I believe that science and Christianity are fully compatible and that, honestly, the world probably did begin with a big bang, I sorta like the creation myth in the Bible. So there. HOWEVER, don’t try to teach that as actual scientific fact in a classroom or I’ll blow a gasket.) BLTs. Currently my fave sandwich. Too bad I don’t have any of Kaitlin’s fresh tomatoes or I’d make one as I have very good bacon in the fridge. Greek yogurt. Viva paper towels. My cloth towels that say “I’m not a paper towel.” The white woven bag I got for $3 on clearance because it’s the end of the year.

What do you love? If you write a love list of your own, please leave me a link to it, okay? And if you don’t have a blog (*ahem* Cindy!) start one! Or leave the list here.