day three: eight ways to win my heart

ben&jerry's "everything but the" ice cream. it just has everything my little heart desires in it. i eat that ice cream and instaneously my world is much more better. (:

cookie dough/cake batter (chocolate and yellow). i'm a cake batter girl. don't get me wrong, i like ice cream too. but if i'm sad/upset cake batter is where i go. cake batter and chick flicks. (i'm turning into a girl. it's weird. i didn't used to like chick flicks. i don't know what's happened to me..but i could watch 'em all day now!)

walks on the beach near sunset/at night. the ocean just fills my soul and the sand on my feet restores my strength and the salty air fills me with hope. i can't be at the ocean and not feel happy. i can't be at the ocean and not feel love. the beach is my favorite place in the world.

long deep conversations. there's just something about sincerity and openness that i just love...long deep conversations just make my day. i love to really know people and understand what they're going through.


watch pirates with me.  all.of.them. that's right. all four. and deal with me saying every word they utter. because i know every movie by heart! (they're my favorite...and i wish i lived in that time...sigh)
being your own unique person. seriously. i love people. i love how different people are. i love uniqueness. i love getting to know you. not someone you wish you were, because YOU are awesome and don't need to be like anyone else.

handwritten letters. call me old fashioned...but there is just something about them...i love them. i can keep that f.o.r.e.v.e.r. and re-read it whenever i want. it means so much more, you took the time to write the letter (rather than type it and hit send) which then requires an envelope and stamp and running it to the post office/mail box to be sent off. there is just something so exciting about receiving mail when it isn't a bill!

making me laugh. especially when i'm frumpy. my darling boyfriend is pro at this, and i am really so grateful. because who wants to spend their time being raunchy (i know, not the real definition. but it's how i use the word. DEAL! (:  ) when they can be happy, laughing, and having fun. exactly, no one. this is probably the best one. i love to laugh. it's the best medicine there is.

i know this is nine....but how you treat people! this one is huge. just.be.nice. i stand by what parents say to littles "if you have nothing nice to say, THEN DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL." the world is hard enough as is, let's not add to it, kay?? just make people feel significant, important, loved, and cared about. take a few minutes of your day to lighten someone else's burden. they'll be ever so grateful, even if they don't show it. i promise. (okay, stepping i'm off my soap box now.)










 xo

Air