Favorite things about tax day

1. I get my husband back

2. we found out c1 has a job

3. we get a refund

4. that means April is half way over

5. we don't have to do taxes and tax season...for another year.

I don't want to do favorites today.

I just want to think about how nice it is to have a home, and a job, and a husband with a job.  I am thinking about how even though I don't take advantage of it, I can read any book that I ever wanted to.  I can make anything I ever dreamed of...yes.  That is what I'm thinking about today--the fact that I have everything i "need" and so i get to worry about what to do in my leisure time and silly inventions.

Favorite "Sunday tunes"

1. The Water is Wide

2. Prayer of Thanksgiving

3. Beautiful Savior

4. How Can I Keep From Sining

5. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major: Prelude

Favorite Easter Foods

1. cadbury mini eggs (does anyone disagree?)

2. mom's rolls 

3. cardamom bread 

4. potatoes--usually some kind of cheesy baked goodness

5. peanut butter eggs

Favorite things to do on Saturdays

1. Sleeping in 

2. catching up

3. reading

4. designing

5. cooking

Favorite things about having painted nails

1) They remind me of Kate

2) I feel like I did something to "get ready"

3) They look terrible and I really don't care because no one is looking that close anyway

4) They are red

5) I can take it off whenever I want to

Favorite things I inherited from my Dad

1) strong thighs (thunder all the way, baby)

2) an A in my Communications Law class

3) an aptitude to be happier on Sundays

4) my incredible middle name

5) an appreciation for water and how much we DON'T have here in Utah

Favorite things to make in the kitchen

1. BBQ chicken pizza

2. anything citrus-y

3. a new recipe

4. casadillas (so easy and delicious--you have to use the right kind of tortilla, though)

5. dinner for two

Favorite things about starting my new job

1) clean desk (this will not last long)

2) i get to use a mac

3) i get to use a mac

4) in my office, I have a photo of Lucille Ball dressed as a super hero climbing out of a window (thanks to Leah for giving me this PERFECT print years ago)

5) i get my very own digital voice recorder (8th-grade Candace is SO pleased with this)

Favorite Songs: James Taylor

1) Gone to Carolina in My Mind

2) You Can Close Your Eyes

3) Shed a Little Light

4) September Grass

5) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Favorite Guilty Pleasures

1) Twilight--the movie--sorry, this movie is SO entertaining

2) My Dough Girl cookies

3) I take snacks to eat at church (who doesn't need a pick-me-up after Sunday School?)

4) Listening to my high school madrigal group CD

5) I get a treat every time I go to Costco (well, almost every time)

Favorite things I inherited from my Mom (Part II)

1) I love surprises and surprising

2) learning new things is important to me

3) an appreciation of nice fabrics and quilts

4) using words like "ninny" and "swig"

5) I have all of the Brite Tapes memorized (anyone know what those are?)

Favorite things I inherited from my Mom (Part I)

1) being a food snob

2) a priority list with practicality on top

3) the "Cristie Sneer" (this thing works wonders)

4) an ability to be a peacemaker (when I so choose, of course)

5) a fearlessness/love of people

Favorite things about snow

1) each snowflake is different

2) anyone can leave a mark of an angel in it

3) it is white and pure and reminds me to be that way

4) it makes the Wasatch Mountains breath-taking

5) it eventually melts