A few of my favorite things...

i wrote this in february of 2007...

a few of my favorite things

Ok, now that the holidays have passed and I am feeling refreshed, renewed, and back to normal, I thought I'd just post some of my favorite things -- now that I have had a moment to think and, in a renewed way, enjoy these favorite things!

In no certain, specific order....:

1. My mother's apple pie. Oh, sooooooo award winning!
2. Sophia's sweet "peeeeezzzzz" while rubbing her chest (sign language) when asking for a "kaacka" (cracker)
3. Lots of snow, white snow, brightly-lit, star-lit snow
4. That feeling you get right before you fall asleep, like you're sinking into the couch and you can no longer differentiate where it stops and you begin
5. Coffee with Coffee-Mate French Vanilla creamer in it
6. A crackling fire in the fireplace
7. How, in a moment of silence, Sophia thinks the perfect contribution to the lack of conversation is her loud "moooo" (a cow)
8. How Sophia rocks her baby, pats her baby, and gives her baby kisses
9. Keeping in touch with old friends
10. Re-connecting with old friends
11. Laughing so hard you pee a little in your pants
12. That moment that you feel completely, absolutely loved
13. Getting a card in the mail for no reason
14. The outside smell of a fire burning in a fireplace
15. Jeans fresh out of the dryer
16. Ripping the tags off a new item of clothing that you are totally excited to wear
17. Flushed cheeks
18. Someone innocently flirting with you, and then you innocently realizing it, and then you walking away with the feeling that you were noticed for a moment, but it wasn't sleazy or cheap, it just made your day
19. Feeling a baby kick for the first time inside your belly (no, no I am not pregnant!!!!)
20. Watching a movie with a great kiss scene in it, like the Notebook, that makes you want to go out and kiss someone or be kissed by someone (for me, it just makes me think of Bri.... awwwww....)
21. The smell of a really clean house
22. Getting into bed when the sheets feel fresh and cold
23. Bright red freshly painted toenails and flip flops
24. The very last sip of ice-water with mostly melted ice in it that is so cold and perfect you wish there were more "last sips" to be had
25. Being called "mommy"
26. My husband's hands... they're just.... perfect