Things worth waiting for

1. The first big winter snowfall

2. Cider donuts

3. Opening up a new bottle of shampoo

4. Making homemade cranberry sauce

5. Uploading pictures from my camera after a day outside

6. Wearing fingerless gloves

7. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

8.  Contra, the new Vampire Weekend album

9. Holds from the library

10. The things that grab me and surprise me that I didn’t know I was waiting for

Your turn: What are some everyday things that you enjoy waiting for? Picking the lint out of a loved one’s navel? Is that just me? Hmm…

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6 Comments

  1. Diar A. says:

    Playing Yahoo free-trial games after hours of downloading is worth waiting for enough :D

    Nice list, by the way :)

  2. Patricia says:

    Taking the first bite of a warm, home made chocolate cake. Hmm..yum! :)

  3. Jill says:

    Hi Amanda! I’m a teacher at a private school in Brooklyn, so it was interesting to see your blog. If I were teaching public up here (I live in Wash. Heights), I would probably be dead by now. I don’t know how people get the discipline skills to deal with that

  4. Sherri says:

    My first sip of coffee each morning.
    Daily bulldogger kisses.

  5. Amanda says:

    Hi, Jill!

    Another thing worth waiting for every now and then: licking leftover cake batter from the bowl.

  6. Ryan Stevens says:

    Movie dates with my best friend, Katie. (and sometimes her boxer/bloodhound Gertie)

    Getting to pick my kid brother up from day care and see how excited he is by the surprise.

    New comics Tuesday… BLAM

    Christmas video game releases

    The first sip of a new bottle of wine (red), and food-wise, the firt bite of a steak fresh off the grill. (charcoal)

    My relocation to NYC

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