• re-appropriating things, i.e. using a giant paperclip for our shower curtain, or a door panel to stop water leakage in the shower
• secret love of expensive clothing
• adventurous spirit
• love of travel
• taking pictures
• openness to spirituality in a non-denominational way
• cleanliness
• sometimes pedantic nature
• humor in some ways
• energy to sightsee for hours on end with great interest
• organizational sense
• home decorating
• the sounds of my cough and sneeze
• willpower and sometimes stubbornness
• quirkiness
• strange philosophies or explanations for things
• misstating common american phrases
• talking to strangers
• the love of throwing a get together
• exaggerating
• haggling
• love of flea markets
• stocking up on groceries (from when we'd go to the military px and stock up)
• that i shed tears when i laugh
• trying new things. she's pretty fearless. more than me by far.
• making up vocabulary words
• her acceptance of people and their differences (even though she'll make stereotypical remarks about who tips better from when she was a waitress)
• ...

how we're opposites:

• she knows how to do so many things at expert level, by hand
  • sewing
  • cooking
  • hair cutting
  • crocheting
• she has committed to working out every week in her life and never grows tired of it
• she falls asleep during movies
• she will use the crap out of something...she has dishes and kitchen utensils that she has used since I was born
• she's a bad driver
• dresses more scantily than I have ever done. she loves tank tops and short shorts
• ... and others that are more glaringly obvious