Love Hate Meme

While enjoying my morning blog surfing, I noticed that two of my dearest blogging buds, namely Rollie and Pearl, had each posted on the love hate meme. I am not usually a meming (sp?) type of gal.. but this one I found intriguing so I decided to jump right in.

Here goes….

I love to eat:

• yup.. that about sums it up .. I love to eat.

I hate to eat:

• eggs
• soggy sandwiches

I love to go:

• for long walks on balmy days.. even winter has its balmy days.
• to visit my sisters.. one is in Montreal, one is in Victoria
• to dog events.. conformation shows, agility or obedience trials or classes
• to country fairs.. the old fashion variety where there are horses and cows as well as a midway.
• out for lunch with my girl friends

I hate to go:

• to the dentist even though I am fortunate to have a very good one.. must be a childhood thing.
• to large social gatherings where I know very few.. not one for small talk I suppose
• to doctor appointments where the wait time is long.. I do that a lot with Mom.

I love it when:

• the sun is out and the wind is calm.
• a soft warm breeze brushes my face.
• my kids and grand-kids come over to visit.
• Bear comes to keep me company.. yup even when he walks in front of my computer screen and tip toes over the key board.
• I am walking the dogs at night and it is still, quiet, and snowing the big snow flakes that fall softly and twinkle under the street lights.
• I am walking the dogs very late at night after the heat of a summers day and a full moon lights our way.
• I am walking the dogs.

I hate it when:

• I am late for anything.
• my house is in such a mess that I don’t know where to begin.
• an early frost kills my veggies and flattens my flowers.
• my hand, numb from the cold, turns the key in the ignition and I hear only the wrrrrr.. wrrrrrr.. wrrrrr of a frozen car engine that refuses to start.
• I have been sitting in a doctors waiting room for over an hour and the receptionist announces that the doctor has been further detained.
• A snow blizzard blows in while I am at work.. who knows how or when I will get home.

I love to see:

• our Manitoba clear blue sky reaching to every horizon without a cloud in sight.
• the night sky alive with a trillion stars and the Northern Lights dancing in the distance.
• horses running across a field.. manes and tails flying
• a glimpse of a wild creature in its natural environment
• my family sitting around our dining room table
• my children smiling
• my mom’s smile
• the first shoots of green bursting through the dirt in spring
• the first Robin sighting in March/April
• my dogs happy and frolicking

I hate to see:

• My children or my animals in pain… their pain is my pain.
• sadness in my children’s eyes
• hatred etched on a persons face.. even if it is only visible via “the media” and the person is thousands of miles from here.
• trees and topsoil bulldozed down and away to make room for more new two story houses, crunched so close together that gardens are an implausible afterthought.
• cruelty and violence in any way, shape, or form.. even that depicted on the TV or movie screen.. how can that be entertainment??
• the driveway and street blocked with several feet of snow. *sigh*

I love to hear:

• the sounds that I recognize in stillness.. the south wind, the crickets, the song birds.
• the patter of rain against my bedroom window just as I am tucking in for the night.
• laughter that hurts the belly and causes tears to slide down cheeks
• the gentle rustling made by a soft wind through the leaves of trees.
• Sadie singing.. “woooooooooo..” whenever she is happy or excited which is much of the time.
• the little “chatter woofs” that Coco makes when he has something important to tell me.
• “Hi Hon, come kiss your man”
• “Hi Mom, Hi Grandma”
• the honking of our Canadian Geese as they return to us after a long winter away.

I hate to hear:

• voices raised in anger
• voices raised in pain and anguish
• the north wind howling about my house .. especially if I have somewhere to be in an hour.