A Few of My Favorite Things...

this post is inspired by many other people. i have read several blogs and myspace pages and lots of people really have some cool things that they consider their favorites. i thought i would try to think of a few of mine.

the smell of troy (& his pillow) **if you know me very well you know that i have a very strong sense of smell. i think this might be one of my gifts since God did not bless me with the gift a good singing voice...lol. so with this gift comes my love of scents. i find comfort in some scents and this is one of them.

summer vegetables from the garden **my favorite is fried zuccinni

shopping.........at yard sales! **i am a true cheapskate at heart. i remember spending many days with my grandparents as a child and they loved going to garage sales. i didn't. i was embarrassed and would hide in the car. but, i have learned that you can find some really great deals at yard sales. i have proudly clothed both of my kids in many brand named clothes and paid less than a dollar for most items!

a summer rain **just like what is happening now.

hearing my kids say the cutest things **yesterday, i took brandt to the spring mill pool. we met some friends there and their boy was going to come home with brandt and spend the night....they are good buddies! with abigail being at church camp this week, it was just the two boys in the back seat on the way home. i was driving and listening to their conversation....it went something like this......"hey cole, did you know my dad has cancer?" "really?" "yep, he got it from dancing!" ROFL!!! brandt is convinced that troy has cancer because he took me ballroom dancing! we have told him more than once that this is not true, but he associates the cancer with dancing because that is when we found the lump on troy's neck.


okay....well i have so much to do today. this will probably turn into an ongoing post that i add to as i think of more things.