Thursday, December 16, 2010

One Hundred Things ... Susan

A collection of lists. Take the challenge. 100 things about yourself. Streaming flow of consciousness, as personal or as general as you care to make it...but make it count. You might learn something about yourself and I promise it's better than 20 questions!







I love...

1. Coming home to a house so clean it gleams...(that just happened...)

2. Baking a cake for someone's birthday and seeing the surprise in their eyes...

3. Starting a new journal...

4. The feel of a good pen in my hands...

5. Wearing dresses and skirts...

6. Sitting on a rock in the sun with my toes splashing in a creek...

7. Going to the symphony...

8. Polishing my furniture ~ (I use Jenkins Wax imported from the UK...)

9. Ironing ~ (yes, I really do love to iron!)

10. Taking good photographs ~ (I'm learning that this really requires a great camera....mine isn't so wonderful at the moment....)

11. Acupuncture...

12. Almond hand cream...

13. Mango Body Butter (from the Body Shop)...

14. Getting dressed in the morning...

15. Being outside while it's still dark, before the sun rises and the rest of the world wakes up...

16. Jotting down ideas...

17. Speaking Chinese...

18. Feeling understood...

19. A strong, hot shower...

20. A long bath in ginger-scented bubbles...

21. Sleeping later than usual on a rainy Saturday morning...

22. An icy Diet Coke on a sweltering afternoon...

23. Memories of summer days in California...

24. Landing in a new country...

25. Holding babies...

26. Two year olds...

27. Candlelight...

28. Jasmine ~ (in any form...fresh blossoms, perfume, lotions, aromatherapy, or tea for drinking...)

29. Fresh flowers smack-dab in the middle of my dining room table...

30. Salmon sashimi...

31. Evian water with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice~ (and, yes, I think it tastes better...)

32. Hiking...

33. Waterskiing...

34. Sitting in a hot tub after a long day of downhill skiing or hiking...

35. Wrapping a present...(I use a glue gun and add wooden ornaments or glass balls or other goodies)

36. Making a scrapbook...

37. Settling down with a cup of tea, an excellent book and a few hours of free time...

38. Waking up from a peaceful, sweet dream...

39. Sensing the touch of God...

40. Buying new make-up...

41. A two-hour Thai massage...

42. Sitting on a cold beach with a blanket, my journal, my Bible and an open heart...

43. Dinner out in a fine restaurant with good friends...

44. Blowing out candles after guests have left for the evening...

45. Sipping espresso while reading the paper...

46. Laughing so hard I can't stand it...

47. Designing costumes...

48. Loaning a beloved book to a dear friend ~ (and getting it back is like icing on the cake...)

49. Doing crossword puzzles...

50. The quick exchange of banter with imaginative, witty friends...

51. Reorganizing drawers and cupboards...

52. Taking a nap on Sunday afternoon...

53. A cup of steaming rose or cardamon & ginger tea before bed...

54. Triple-milled almond soap from Caswell-Massey...

55. The feel of pearls against my skin...

56. 550 thread count cotton sheets...

57. Washing dishes in hot, soapy water...

58. Swimming...

59. GOURMET magazine...

60. Conducting a choir or band ~ (it took me a long, long time to get comfortable with this, too...)

61. La Mer Moisturizer ~ (I was so glad to find it in Hong Kong...)

62. Having my teeth cleaned ~ (so lucky, still haven't had a cavity...I take after my Dad in this area...)

63. Flavored olive oils...

64. Pedicures...

65. Wolford stockings ~ (the absolute best in hosiery ~ also found in Hong Kong...)

Any book by... 66. Phillip Yancey

67. Barbara Kingsolver

68. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

69. Rohinton Mistry

70. Ken Follett

71. John Eldredge

72. Sue Monk Kidd

73. Paul Theroux

74. Robert Hicks

75. Max Lucado

76. Playing music that is challenging on a really excellent piano...

77. Jazz...

78. Cooking dinner for/with someone I love while listening to Handel...

79. The smell of garlic & freshly sliced ginger sauteeing in olive oil...

80. Open-toed shoes...

81. Sand...

82. Rocks...

83. The smell of Eucalyptus trees...

84. Christmas...

85. Working out ~ (lifting weights, walking, aerobics, yoga or T'ai Chi...)

86. Being lulled to sleep by the ocean waves...

87. Riding the Star Ferry across Victoria Harbor...

88. Shopping in museum stores...

89. Blue skies and fresh air...

90. Having my hair treated ~ (highlighted, conditioned, trimmed...)

91. Teaching...

92. Being early for meetings...(I'm definitely a front-row seater)

93. Playing a pipe organ...

94. Waking up to thoughts of God...

95. Earrings...

96. Sundays ~ (my favorite day...)

97. Dancing alone in my living room to music ~ (praise music, salsa, Motown, practically anything)

98. Bananas ~ (alone or in anything ~ banana nut bread, banana pudding, banana cheesecake, banana ice cream, banana pie, banana cake, and with coconut & rice in a Thai chicken dish...)

99. Quiet Saturday nights at home...

100. Thick towels...

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