Favorite Things - (And Where Has the Time Gone?)

When we last left this slacker blogger/pen pal/wife/mother, she had listed a number of her favorite things.  Due to an unintentional cliff hanger, she made her many loyal readers wait and wait and wait for favorites 26-50.

Favorite Things

26 :: Magazines, including the now defunct Cookie
27 ::  Blogs, including the now defunct Mom Writes
28 ::  Cynthia Rylant
29 ::  Seeing "tacky" things as beautiful again through the eyes of my children (Over the top Christmas lights being just one example).
30 ::  Finding the last quarter you need for a soda from the machine at the bottom of your bag.
31 ::  The children's new fiction shelf at the public library.
32 ::  NYC.  What is it about you?
33 ::  Lost Dog
34 ::  Bronx Beat
35 ::  Passover
36 ::  We are nearer to Spring than we were in September.
37 ::  The Sunday New York Times
38 ::  Outdoor pools
39 ::  Remembering Los Angeles
40 ::  Panera
41 ::  My unfinished book
42 ::  My father and I exchanging annotated "Nigerian money transfer" scam emails
43 ::  Otherwise, because one day I know it will be.
44 ::  Surprisingly...outdoor recess duty.
45 ::  Homemade egg and cheese McMuffins
46 ::  When my husband brings me a cup of cookies and cream ice cream without me even asking.
47 ::  My new (used) minivan
48 ::  Seeing Brett play with the Vikings
49 ::  Googling
50 ::  "Locking Yourself Out, Then Trying to Get Back In"

And you?

These are a few of my favorite (50) things

Mary Beth over at saltandchocolate has come up with a few (also 50) of her favorite things.  Here is my list in progress.  What are some of your favorite things?

1)  Apple picking.  We go here to Stribling and recommend it if you're in Virginia.

2)  When my husband calls me a fool but is laughing at the same time he's calling me a fool (so who's the fool?!). : )

3)  Starbucks coffee.  There.  I said it.

4)  An organized desk, at home and at work.

5)  Coming home with a few new clothes items for work, whether they be from Target or H&M.

6)  Oogling over the make-your-own fabric at Spoonflower

7)  The sometimes incredibly beautiful jewelery from...  Forever 21.

8)  My new penpal.  (We're talkin' pen, paper, stamp, customs, post office)

9)  My daughter who says things like, "Maybe if today is sparkly we'll have recess outside." when she first wakes up.

10)  My son who says things like, "I do not stand for rudeness."

11)  Friday Night Lights

12)  New potatoes tossed in olive oil and sea salt, then roasted.

13)  Pandora radio

14)  Dreaming about living someplace else.  I love it here, but it's fun to imagine too.

15)  Tons of thin blankets in winter instead of one big thick blanket. 

16)  Flurries after dark.

17)  The sound of a snow plow at 5:00 in the morning and then tuning in for the school cancellations.

18)  Having a child come and tell me that they loved the book I recommended to them and that they finished it in two days or 1 day or 1 night under their covers with a flashlight.

19)  Etsy, especially hats from here.  Send her your head size and it's a perfect fit for fall.  And cowls from Sweden.  You won't step outside without it.
20)  Thanksgiving foods.
21)  Nature in general.
22)  My girlfriends.  They always have time for me.
23)  Decluttering.
24)  Turning 40.
25)  A full fridge and a full pantry.