in the kitchen

1. cute aprons

2. delicious foods

3. no dirty dishes

4. the smell of freshly baked anything

5. pandora radio

thinking about red

1. my walls

2. my nails

3. university of utah

4. berries

5. my wedding get away vehicle

Anticipating Fall

1. starting school is always exciting (i miss that part)

2. baking becomes easier in a cool apt

3. foods like pumpkin and apples find their way into everything

4. the leaves, of course

5. it's sweater weather

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 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 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