75 things that make me smile and/or things I like

I made this list over the past few days for fun with no intentions of making a blog about it, but then I figured, why not? Enjoy.

1. Jesus and his grace
2. Photography
3. Music
4. Good, well-made, holistic albums
5. Christian hip-hop
6. People (or myself) spilling drinks
7. People (or myself) tripping
8. My college friends: the roommates, the six chicks, Lauren Rouse and her house, Joshua Langston and Matt Graham, Molly Allen… this list would take pages and hours to make.
9. My college family: the roommates, the six chicks, the Hendricks!
10. Living Hope
11. Rony, Kuddah, and Heavy
12. Sunsets, and rises for that matter
13. Realizing that you’re driving 5 miles under the speed limit
14. Driving, foot out the window, 70 degrees out, and Mae (or an equally amazing CD) in the CD player.
15. Cold weather and all it entails: wool socks, fleeces, beanies, gloves, long sleeve shirts
16. Philip Yancey books
17. Mark Driscoll books and sermons
18. Barnes and Nobles, browsing, never buying
19. “The Irresistible Revolution”
20. Singing to the Lord
21. Babies
22. Chinese babies
23. People who adopt kids
24. Hugs
25. Christmas music
26. Watching people do what they do/ be in their element
27. Gymnastics
28. Rock climbing
29. Traveling
30. REI garage sales
31. Habitat for Humanity garage sales
32. Sitting on the Luther house porch as a storm rolls in, playing guitar
33. Colby’s hammock, with a good book
34. Waking up with my face in a textbook
35. Knowing that I never have to read another textbook unless I want to
36. Finding out you have more money in your bank account than you thought
37. Painting, even though I’m terrible at it
38. Grammar and spelling
39. Barefoot grass
40. Heather’s dessert
41. My Prana pants
42. Successfully resisting temptations
43. Brad Smith, every time
44. Watching and discussing films that are well-made and deal with relevant issues
45. Finding Jesus in everyday things
46. Cold showers after mowing the yard in a Texas summer
47. Diving boards
48. Encouraging notes (especially when hand-written)
49. Chinese people
50. Dads being men and playing with their kids with no regard for anyone else who may be watching
51. Seeing how innocent and peaceful people look when they’re sleeping (not in a weird way)
52. Spooning
53. When I look at a close friend and know that we’re both thinking the same thing without a word being spoken
54. Laughing until I’m red, crying, and my side hurts (all three)
55. The Body of Christ!
56. Hearing the voice of the Shepherd
57. Dancing, on the rare occasion that I feel it
58. Naps
59. Sleeping in and not feeling guilty about it
60. Massages!
61. Any joke that goes a tasteful direction that I wasn’t expecting (usually results in a loud, obnoxious burst of laughter)
62. Crunchy, homemade cookies
63. Shower curtains that are a foot longer than the length of the tub (as opposed to short ones)
64. Snow skiing
65. Road trips to no specific destination
66. Chicken E
67. When lights stay green longer than you thought they would
68. Thinking about Jon’s writing on all the popular kids’ names on his 6th grade notebook in a white-out pen
69. Peeps
70. Doing flips
71. Cody Kimmel and Matt Graham opening for Jimmy Needham at Coffee Station before the entire world fell in love with the three.
72. When the gas gauge reads full
73. When people leave comments on my blog
74. Pretty eyes
75. Live shows