Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...

... Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings, these are a few of my favorite things...

The Sound of Music came out in 1959-- the year before I was born. Julie Andrews was an incurably darling, ever youthful, squeaky clean icon of my youth. I know you want to hear the rest of the song. Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_4SgRXZlAk&eurl=http://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/soundofmusicthe/myfavoritethings.htm

Betcha can't resist.

Were you singing along? Hmmm?

So I was thinking of things I love, my 'favorite things'...

• Big wood fires that crackle and make the house smell good
• Whipping cream on a cup of hot chocolate
• Real butter smeared on warm bread
• Finding money in the pocket of something I haven't worn in a while
• the first taste of coffee in the morning
• the Christmas shows that you only see once a year: Charlie Brown Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story...
• Hot toddies
• Really good hugs
• Smiles
• Yarn shops
• Candles on the mantle surrounded by fresh greens
• Cake doughnuts
• the moment someone catches on to knitting-- and loves it!
• Remembering when I was small
• Making my mom laugh
• Lavender anything
• Sleeping in
• Running far and long and feeling good afterward
• Clean windows
• Dirty martinis
• Finishing a project
• Hugs from Shea
• Text messages from Dianna
• Calls from Emily
• Spa treatments
• Starbucks... mmm....
• that perfect green
• Finding sea glass
• Kisses
• Balancing my checkbook to the penny
• Diamond jewelry
• Wearing my tiara just for the heck of it
• Lent
• Dinner in the crockpot so the house smells like supper
• Singing "O Sacred Head Now Wounded", a capella, by myself!
• Remembering Beanie Guy's little face when the doctor put him on my tummy

I guess there are a million other things... twinkle lights on trees, Drumstick ice cream bars, red cardinals on white snow, baby teeth the tooth fairy saved... red flyer wagons...Blue Moon with an orange... finding a secret present hidden on the tree after everything else has been cleared away...

Okay, I'll stop for now.

What are your favorite things?