These are a few of my favorite things...

Sailing into the sunset

The perfect golf shot

Riding my bike FAST

Training without pain

Knee arthroscopy (OK I know I'm weird but what do you want I'm a surgeon)

Standing on top of a mountain taking in the scenery before skiing down

Good friends

A cat curled on my lap purring

The quiet of a snowstorm

Pizza just the way my daddy taught me how to make it

When I fall asleep on the couch and my puppy crawls up and falls asleep on my butt or my belly.

When my other dog, Barry, sets his head on my lap and looks up at me with such love as I pet him.

When I get home, being greeted by both of them like my arrival is the best part of their day.

Conquering a fear

The beginning part of a race where you just want to go, go, GO!

Sex

Learning something new

A good long hug from my boyfriend

Setting out on a long, solo ride

Runner's highs

Having the most supportive wife in the world.

Coming home from work and having my kids run to the car to give me a hug and a kiss.

Curling up on the couch with my kids on an early Saturday morning to watch cartoons.

The feeling of satisfaction after a long, hard workout.

The feeling of hitting a golf ball dead on the sweet spot, adn watching it soar to it's intended location.

The sound of newly sharpened hockey skates on ice.

The feel of a perfectly struck slap shot.

Swooshing through wide open bowls in the Italian Alps (Dolomites).

Sex.

Avocado with a dash of salt.

Sex.

Solo rides on my mtn bike through the woods/swamp, just the sound of the breeze and my wheels, air rich with the fragrance of pine.

Sex.

Resting my head on the shoulder of a loving man.

Friday dinners with my dear friends.

Laughing hysterically at really great and goofy comedies (for example, the Blues Brothers sewer scene with Belushi, Akroyd and Carrie Fisher; Ash saying "Give me some sugar, Baby".

Sitting in my favorite reading chair, reading a good book in my quiet, peaceful house.

Playing air hockey with my nephews who I let always manage to beat me.

Sunday morning, coffee reading the New York Times.

Naps!

Did I mention sex?

WILL YOU PEOPLE STOP MENTIONING SEX!!!!!!

Damn it all to hell. No sex in 3 months. I hate my life!!!!!!

Standing in front of an original Georgia O'Keefe and having it take my breath away and not wanting to walk away...even as the museum curators are telling me it is closing time.

A full tank of gas.

lying on a dock at dusk with a friend, listening to the waves lapping at the shore, hearing the birds singsong, and feeling a warm breeze across my skin

oatmeal with brown sugar and plump juicy raisins

cross country skiing, hearing only the whoosh,whoosh, whoosh of my skis and the sound of my own heart beating and my breathing.

looking at my children's sweet faces as they sleep.  During the day, they are going into men, but when I gaze at them sleeping, I see the sweet baby boys I brought into the world.

swimming at Lake Chelan

Being with my brother and sisters, mom and dad, and our extended families

Three months? Three months? Is that all? Try a mere 5 times in 20 months! Hah! You get no sympathy from me!

You know what Janice Joplin said - get it while you can!

- The Sympathy Nazi

Health, wealth and naps.

Suck it up cupcake.  You can start complaining when it's been over 18 months.  (I am not even going to figure out how much longer, cause it is way too depressing.) 3 months?  That's nothing. Not even worth writing home about.

Clean sheets.

A clean house.  This one always feels so good, never stays that way long though.

The fear and the thrill of hitting 50 mph on a downhill. On your bike.

Chocolate. More chocolate, in fact almost anything chocolate, especially that new Dove ice cream.

Sweet ripe watermelon.

Kissing.

Candlelight.

Playing the piano.

Hearing a rocking song on the radio and singing along.

Hanging out with family/friends and laughing over nothing at all.

Beating my sister at arm-wrestling (she always challenges me, and so far she's always lost)

Getting hugs from people you love and who love you back.

Bubble baths.

Getting a really good massage.

A long drink of cold water, when you're really thirsty and it's hot outside.

The ocean.

Snowboarding. 

A perfect, sunny winter's day in the mountains, white snow, blue sky.  The cold, crisp tang in the air.

Sunsets.

Sunrise