Homage to Jen Lemen and her incomplete list of silly things

I read certain blogs to make me laugh, certain blogs to catch up with friends and certain blogs to do both. Many blogs do all of these things and more on any given day. But I read Jen Lemen to become mindful of myself, take care of myself and see the bigger picture. I love her calm way of writing (even when she is ranting) and beautiful way of expressing herself.

She recently blogged an incomplete list of silly things she misses right now. I decided that the silly things in the universe that I miss need to be acknowledged. Some of them are the same things she misses, so I will go ahead and say how much more human it makes me feel to have these connections to her, as I consider her someone I would love to sit and talk with over a warm cup of tea.

My list in no particular order:

1. being in school
2. my boys being babies
3. having a cat
4. a neighborhood with good sidewalks to walk down
5. my mom living in Germany
6. stopping by Aunt Gail’s house on my home from work
7. coffee with Robin
8. being skinny (borrowed from Jen)
9. warm baths in a clean bathtub (borrowed from Jen)
10. a dining room table that seats more than 4 people
11. Just hanging out with Adjua
12. knowing what good independent films are in the theater (borrowed from Jen)
13. the intense discussions and debates with my friends from Talking Books
14. that fabulous apartment on Gaylord Street
15. Kiwifruit-the-Blog
16. sitting in the Garden of the Gods at night on summer days
17. last minute road trips to other states
18. hockey games on Friday and Saturday nights
19. The Keg in Manitou
20. my blogging mojo

Do you have a list?

I posted that picture up there because it makes me look like I have boobs, something I can’t miss because I have never had.