Ode to Joy

Though my list doesn't include raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, these are a few of my favorite things . . .

• Music
• Giving gifts
• Spring
• Fresh flowers
• Chocolate
• Knitting
• Being warm
• Blue jeans
• Coffee
• Sleeping late
• Fire in the fireplace
• The pear tree in my front yard
• E-mail
• Good books
• Road trips
• Roller coasters
• The perfect pillow
• Romantic comedies
• Hot bubble baths
• The ocean (looking at it)
• Candles
• Haircuts
• Good mascara
• Girls night out
• Personality-catching photographs
• Being published
• Words of affirmation
• Solitude
• The sky
• Suspense (but not the scary kind)
• Facebook
• Laughing
• Cherry Coke
• Clearance sales
• Lists
• Checking off lists
• Greeting cards
• Going out to eat
• Swinging
• My favorite pen (Bic Cristal, black)
• Someone else cleaning my house
• Holidays
• Memories
• Completed projects
• My blog

And then there's the obvious: everything about my wonderful husband and children!