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This list of -ing mind-openers came to me from a friend who got it from someone's blog. I can't link back to it because I can't find it. I admit though, that I haven't given it much effort. The purpose is simply to replace my answers after the colons with your own.

Making : scrapbook pages
Cooking : almond poppyseed muffins
Drinking : nothing, but dreaming of tea and knowing it should be water
Reading: various blogs, wishing I was that creative and expressive
Wanting: new carpet for my upstairs
Looking: at a long list of things I should do
Playing: tea party with Chloe
Wasting: time that should be spent exercising by doing nothing at all (i.e. this)
Sewing: baby ditties for my friend Allan's first baby, Davina
Wishing: my family lived closer
Enjoying: the sunshine and warmth
Waiting: for naptime so I can mow at least half of the lawn and for the dryer to beep at me
Liking: my newest dessert discovery - Thai sweet black sticky rice with coconut milk and mango
Wondering: what the new school year will bring for my boys
Loving: having a little girl in the house
Hoping: that next year at this time we'll be selling the house so we can travel full time
Marveling: at how quickly my kids are growing up
Needing: some clothes that actually fit me
Smelling: my baby after her bath
Wearing: capris and a t-shirt
Following: my child around, picking up the groceries that she removes from the cupboards
Noticing: how distant my sons' horizons have become
Knowing: that I am just as normal as every other mom out there
Thinking: about new and improved ways to organize my home
Bookmarking: websites that can entertain and teach my kids at the same time
Opening: my mind to the possibility that I can be fit again
Giggling: at the silly things I overhear my boys say
Feeling: thankful that the darkest of days seem to be coming to an end