brand new favorite things list

1. Exedrin Migraine!
2. being prepared for class
3. The Kiss, painted by Gustav Klimt
4. the AP Stylebook
5. changes in the weather
6. thunderstorms
7. Dr. Patterson's many, many stories
8. forgetting the time after getting engrossed in a book
9. coffee shop hopping on a Saturday
10. Panera
11. people-watching
12. finishing a paper
13. commute time
14. golden days
15. my dad's salsa
16. Nonna's European Bistro
17. symbiosis
18. public relations
19. EVOO
20. church hymns
21. philosophical conversations
22. editing
23. haircuts
24. driving with the windows down and sunroof open
25. the smell of stargazer lilies and lilacs
26. spending long periods of time with my mother
27. my dad's jokes/puns/limericks
28. playing NPR's "The Puzzler" with my dad
29. the color combination of black, white and red
30. journals (buying them more than writing in them)
31. shampoo
32. newspapers
33. Georgio Armani Aqua di Gio
34. air conditioning
35. riding on trains
36. sand dunes
37. snow
38. designs on my lattes
39. concerts where I never sit down and I know all the words (and I don't get punched in the face or have a crowd surfer kick me)
40. 74 oz. water jugs
41. to-do lists
42. checking off to-do lists
43. rainbow sprinkles
44. Bradford Pear trees
45. grocery shopping
46. experimental baking
47. constantly having a song stuck in my head (especially when it's a good one)
48. "singing" in the car with my brother
49. light-bulb moments
50. taking more pictures than a person would ever need
51. reading "Runny Babbit" with Tara Lynne
52. laughing at Whitney's tantrums
53. Whitney's fashion/career/life advice
54. doing the E.T. voice with Tara
55. eating Little Caesar's at the movie theater
56. Irish accents
57. Paul Potts (search for him on YouTube if you don’t know who he is)
58. I could go on, but I'll stop...

 

from Thursday's blizzard...

 
(this was after Shannon's great idea to fall gently into the snow...or maybe it was Allison's idea)

Currently Listening Baby It's Cold Outside By Dean Martin see related

I got tired of seeing all those pictures, so goodbye to the hair montage.

Question of the week (not to imply this will become a weekly tradition)...

What do you think of saying the pledge of allegiance in the context of worship?

Even if you're too shy to comment, at least think about it.

I believe now more than ever that you have to go through valleys in your life to truly appreciate the mountains.  I'm praising God right now that I'm on top of a mountain.

If you're facing trials right now, take heart.  I promise God will bring you out of it...maybe not as soon as you'd like, but soon enough.  And you'll be such a stronger believer as a result.

If you're on a mountain (or even a hill), there's a tendency to take it for granted.  Don't forget to thank God every moment you can for all He's done.

Tomorrow is Rememberance Day in the U.K.  So remember!