A Few of My Favorite Things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…
As I was splitting wood for my fire on this brisk 25 degree morning, the words to this song began running through my mind. I caught myself thinking about MY favorite things. So, while I built the fire, my favorite things began flooding my mind and I knew that I needed to write them down.

These are a few of my favorite things (in no particular order)

• giggles and grins
• mustaches (especially Mike’s)
• baking with Fiona and Mia
• puppy breath
• holding hands
• Lucas’s grin
• Jonathan’s laugh
• Natali’s big eyes and rosebud mouth
• black cocker spaniels
• Diet Pepsi (even though I know I shouldn’t)
• chick flicks (especially with my daughters, mom, and sister)
• riding my 4-wheeler on a warm day
• walking the beach in the winter
• the pigs squealing in greeting
• singing with the grandkids
• sitting in church with my brother
• curling up with a good book
• on-the-ball doctors
• Canada geese
• libraries
• writing
• watching the snow fall when I don’t have to go anywhere
• exploring new places
• talking with my parents
• girls’ trips with Mom and Michelle
• sunflowers of all colors
• tomatoes
• gardening
• the call of sandhill cranes
• back rubs
• yellow, green, and red walls
• reuniting with loved ones
• a loving Heavenly Father
• a loving Savior
• fast Internet
• technology that allows me to communicate with my family
• my scriptures
• my bright pink blanket
• the light in my students’ eyes when they “get it”
• teenagers
• school
• learning new things
• re-learning old things
• pain-free days
• Audible
• Bejeweled
• my laptop
• photographs
• chocolate peanut butter ice cream
• spaghetti with red sauce
• fleece
• clear sunny days
• the view of Redoubt
• watching the water from my classroom window
• catching up with old friends
• online shopping
• driving through mud puddles
• warm rain
• rainbows
• Primary Children’s Medical Center
• good music that uplifts me
• riding in the car with the windows down
• taking naps in the sun
• chocolate caramels
• quilting
• scrapbooks and scrapbooking
• the smells of spring
• lilacs
• listening to the thrushes (peepers) as they flit around the bird feeder
• long summer days
• the drone of an airplane on a warm summer day
• the squeals of someone catching a big fish
• ladybugs
• Sunday afternoon naps
• mashed potatoes
• the smell of old books
• the thrill of bringing in a fish
• crunchy fall leaves
• camping
• the Uinta mountains
• fireworks
• Christmas – lights, sounds, smells, wonder, magic
• good chocolate
• a clean house (just not the process to get it there)