Just thought I would start this thread because I truly think we NEED it at the moment!
What delights Ilene:
1.. Laughing with D one on one... She is sooooo comical, I asked if she acts this way with her friends, she said no, they'd think she was nuts... I said naw, they'd think you were a comidian!
2. Laughing with S one on one ... He's the more serious type tho...
3. Seeing S's excitement over his course choices in grade 11, because he want's to be a paramedic and he can actually see himself doing that! Warms my heart
4. DH .... he makes me laugh all the time....
5. The scale going down.... like this morning....I was shocked!! I wasn't excpecting it....
I've been thinking about this today. These are the things that delight me/interest me:
1. Crab hunting on the beach with my son
2. Traveling & staying at a beautiful hotels; don't care where
3. Watching my 5 year old son sleep - he looks like a baby again
4. Giving gifts to my Mom
5. Reading novels (constantly)
6. Driving home from the gym after an excellent work-out, feeling exhilerated
7. Living life sugar-free, eating healthy foods in moderation (no binging)
8. Building a snowman and going bowling with my son like I did today - we had an awesome day together and I feel so good about it
9. Doing special things for hubby because he always thanks me for it
10. Spending time with my sister, b/c we always laugh our butts off about our completely crazy, dysfunctional parents - who we happen to love very much - but just get a kick out of them!!!!!!!!!!
cuddling my two dogs and waking up to them in the morning
actually anything to do with my dogs - even watching them sleep
waking up to my DH (when he is there)
cooking a well planned meal
Shopping of any kind with DH
reading a great book or watching an incredible movie
kicking a girl in the shins at soccer (sadist I know)
housework (yes a REAL sadist)
looking at real estate to buy
learning anything (my current passion is Trusts structure)
dinner with funny friends who make me laugh all night
playing any team sport
surfing the net
making lists and reorganising my house
getting a massage, facial or pedicure
Having a hottub
having a great conversation with my sister
hanging out with my nephews
waking up from a great night's sleep
looking at diamonds
knowing it's sunday night and everything is organised.
Ok, I'm going to attempt to start a list as well. It's great that this site allows for editing so I can come back and add to my list as I think of things... My list is starting out with "things", and maybe I can expand it to actions.
Cats and kittens
Tulips
Piano music
Change of seasons
Gemstones
Ferns
Gothic architecture
English transferware
Planning the decorating of a room
Cooking for people
Driving fast on I-696 in Detroit
Seeing a Michigan license plate
the color coral/salmon (my kitchen is painted this color!)
visiting New Orleans
visiting Paris
walking on a beautiful golf course
William Morris designs
the energy of a big city - especially Chicago!
sunlight through colored glass
Horse back riding - cross-country courses and bare back
Hiking (this has evolved into trail running)
Swimming
Adventure sports (canyoning, white water rafting, sky diving, ect.)
Traveling to new places whether it is the town a new county or new country
Road trips!!
Plays, musicals - theatre in general
Movies!
Music, music, music!
Dancing!!! Any and all kinds!
Buying and arranging flowers
Reading a good book (preferably with a good cup of coffee
Cleaning my house while i listen to music
Baking ..... and taking the results to work
Going to museums!!! libraries and book stores
I am also in the process of learning how to quilt and crochet
One of the things I love most in the world is being near the ocean - even just sitting there looking out at that endless blue, listening to the waves and the seagulls and the people... its peaceful just thinking about it.
-going away for a day and seeing the evolving of this thread, is great!
-anticipating a good workout, and hoping to see a couple of g/f there...
-journaling and having my coffee first thing in the morning when no one is awake except me and the cats...
- light snow, may as well enjoy it rather than complain about it, because I know it will go away...
-knowing that April is only 1.5 weeks away!
-anticipation of biking
Wrestling on Saturday morning with the crew
Watching them do homework
Stop, Drop and Read time on the weekends
Putting on something that didn't fit before but fits now
The last lap around the track run at the highest speed possible
Talking to Mom
Leaves turning colors in the mountains thru Kentucky/Tennessee
Watching Prince perform
Fresh crisp sheets and fluffed up pillows
Endorphins
- early morning coffee
- 115# squat
- feeling all the proper muscles working when performing the exercises
- stretch class
- feeling the energy going in, on the inhale
- and all the stress out, on the exhale
- feeling the music
- enjoying my milkshake after a good workout
- the sun
- quiet house - kids gone back to school
- AWESOME run
- watching "Pirates of the Carribean" with D
- making a shrimp stir fry
- being alone all day till 3PM
- long leisurely warm bath after workout and milkshake
- some sun, some snow
long flirty phone conversations.
hitting the gym at 4:45 and having people saying they were missing you cause you should have been there at 4:30.
sheets, warm and fresh out the dryer
looking at the crew sleep - DD snuck into DS's room at some point last night and they were curled up together looking like angels.
Things that delighted me today
- being able to check online that my tax return was received already
- seeing the scale unexpectedly down a bit (not my "official" weigh day but I'll take it anyway)
- getting to see the "unveiling" (in our kitchen ) of a painting of my mom which I think is fabulous and which she's buying from the artist
You know what's better than sheets out of the dryer? TOWELS out of the dryer after having a shower..... mmmmm.... warm.....
for today;
trying a recipe and realising that it's so good it could become a 'staple'
hot coffee on a winding morning
waking up to hubby trying to turn the alarm off but using the wrong button and changing the radio station instead! Nice to wake up to a laugh...
- getting JEC new staple recipe (hint, hint)
- getting back to work
- gabbing away with my work partner, she's a nut, we have so much fun sometimes it borders on the ridiculous...
- almost spring like weather
- shopping for new Oakley sunglasses....
coffee in my favorite mug given to me as a gift by a very cool co-worker
driving into work knowing that EVERY single authority figure will NOT be in the office today
sore pec muscles
running my tongue across my freshly DENTIST-cleaned teeth
The Delights File .....
NEXT!
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