A Few of My Favorite Things...

Books

Tickle Fights

Homemade Bread

Music (esp. guitar, cello, folk, bagpipes)

The Atonement

Hot Chocolate

Who am I kidding? Chocolate. All kinds.

Flowers from the garden or meadow

Email

Farms

Candles

Long Talks

Family

Pillow fights - always fun until someone looses an eyeball

High Speed Internet

Blogs

Line dried sheets

Hymns

Journals

The Scriptures

A good movie that makes me laugh, cry and want to be a better person

Quilts/warm blankets

Wood Stoves

Homecooked goodness

Ice Cream
Baseball

White Water Rafting

Gardens

Paintings

Contented Sighs

Holding sleeping babies

Dreams & Goals & "Someday I Will"s

Long country drives

Hikes in the woods

Canoe trips

Waterfalls, forests, mountains, lakes

Random Acts of Kindness

Read Alouds

John Bytheway talks

Stars on a clear night (summer or winter)

Snow covered pine trees

Baby Goats

Rabbits

Kindred Spirits

Smell of fresh cut grass

Family road trips (with singing, stories, complaining & crumbs)

Rustic cabins

Sledding

Symbolism

Dancing (esp. clogging, line dancing & swing)

The Gospel

Chocolate (did I mention this? Oh well. It deserves special mention)

Memories

Sleeping under the stars on a warm night

Laughing

Campfires & Campfire stories / songs

Dad's stories: hunting, Patrick McMannis & other

Relaxation

Squeals from little kids when you chase them

Goodness

Fresh, raw green beans straight from the garden

The Collective

The Big Dipper, North Star & Orion's Belt

Status Checks

Smiling eyes & work worn hands

Orchards - esp. in blossom

Tucking in bed & best/worst parts of the day discussions

Toddler kisses

Why questions

My ancestors - farmers & ranchers and all the salt of the earth

Grandpa's Cider

Antiques with stories

Crystal Springs water

The Toboggan

Large Families

Reliable cars, preferably 1 color

My memories of unreliable cars

My Mom's grave site