On love thursday this week Chookooloonks talks about how she found what she loves. Read her entry for the whole description of her process, which I found brilliant. I thought I’d make an attempt at doing the same thing and figured this blog was as good a place as any to start writing, so here is my first draft of the things I love – I’m focusing on more than just what I love to do, and thinking of anything I love – with an idea of values and self awareness being the end goal and not a career… Feel free to do the same thing on your blog and comment if you do so…

• I love to read.
• I love to write.
• I love editing things I’ve written or that other people have – proof reading kind of thing.
• When I worked for my college newspaper, I loved planning and organizing things for meeting, making signage for the office, like explaining office etiquette or how to log into the server, that kind of thing.
• I love to eat – especially desserts.
• I love baking.
• I love my children.
• I love hearing my children laugh / see them smile / knowing they are truly happy.
• I love seeing them learn and grow.
• I love my husband.
• I love the rest of my family and friends.
• I love taking pictures.
• I love to travel.
• I love blogging.
• I love learning.
• I love listening to music: John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Gwen Stefani, The Beatles, BNL
• I love listening to live music especially in a low key, coffee shop setting as I don’t like crowds.
• I love getting a good deal / finding a good sale.
• I love chai tea.
• I love root beer floats.
• I love watching tv shows on DVD or DVR so I can have my own little marathons.
• I love when Fall TV starts so I can watch new current episodes of shows like: Greys Anatomy, Fringe, Bones, America’s Next Top Model, How I Met Your Mother…
• I love watching cooking shows so I can drool over the recipes and then track them down online so my husband or myself can make them.
• I love connecting with friends online.
• I love playing puzzle games and taking quizzes on Facebook – preferably things that make me THINK, not just mindless nonsense.
• I love kittens and puppies.
• I love pretty flowers.
• I love when the jeans FIT – or when they are too big and I have to buy a smaller size or tailer my old ones.
• I love feeling like I’m in shape – exercising with my husband by taking walks together.
• I love imaginary house hunting.
• I love girls night outs but don’t get them very often (basically never now).
• I love to play card games and board games.
• I love having people over to play games, chat, eat good food.
• I love telling my son bedtime stories or just reading to him in general.
• I love babywearing.
• I love nursing my daughter and knowing how much money I’m saving that would have gone to formula, bottles, etc.
• I love joking with my husband, quality time.
• I love books – being around them, owning them.
• I love going to bookstores, getting a cup of coffee at the cafe, looking at new and old titles, having a snack if I can…
• I love making my annual family calendar.
• I love menu planning.
• I love my Graco Travel System.
• I love my maya wrap ring sling.
• I love my Crocs.
• I love IKEA.
• I love Veggie Tales Silly Songs.
• I love children’s movies.
• I love Janet Evanovich books.
• I love reading young adult books.
• I love PBS Kids shows.
• I love Gone With the Wind, the book and the movie.
• I love movies.
• I love STORIES in all forms.
• I love musicals.
• I love going to our little local beach.
• I love getting outdoors with the family.
• I love hiding indoors with the family.
• I love family vacations.
• I love flatbread.
• I love hummus.
• I love eating fresh fruits and vegetables.
• I love my husband’s homemade pizza.
• I love all the cute pink baby clothes.
• I love holidays.
• I love the Honda CRV and FIT, the Toyota RAV4 and Matrix, The Pontiac VIBE and almost any Volkswagon or Subaru…
• I love getting mail.
• I love poetry.
• I love the color green.
• I love my son’s imagination.
• I love the end result of cleaning.
• I love feeling organized.
• I love… love.

That’s all I can think of now – I might add more later. The next step will be expanding and organizing…

What do you love?