Friday, March 21, 2008

Things I would never want to live without (in no particular order):





  1. My cool husband that makes me laugh at all his silliness
  2. My kids that make me want to be a better person
  3. The Gospel of Jesus Christ that gives me direction
  4. Sweets' crooked smile
  5. The smell of Chookie's hair
  6. The shape of Treatums' eyes
  7. Nonigirl's laugh
  8. Pikachu's sense of humor and silliness
  9. Making out
  10. Sea animals
  11. Buttered toast
  12. Good books
  13. Hot cocoa
  14. Chocolate
  15. Q-tips
  16. Make-up...it's so fun
  17. Perla's laugh
  18. Birthdays, not just mine...everyone's
  19. Picture frames
  20. Computers!
  21. Beautiful wall clocks
  22. Giggling friends
  23. Swim suits...bikinis
  24. Herbs
  25. Calla Lilies...My Sweets gave me one today...I LOVE him
  26. Handmade furniture
  27. Pretty fabric
  28. Cute containers
  29. Sea shells
  30. Sand
  31. Oceans
  32. Palm trees
  33. Traveling
  34. Book club
  35. Natasha's friendship...she makes me laugh and she listens
  36. Nancy's writing...I've loved her blog
  37. Shopping, laughing and reminiscing with Marci, and her laugh
  38. Meg's adorable face and fun countenance
  39. My kids' singing...even Treatums'...he sang "Tomorrow, I love you" in the car yesterday
  40. Listening to tunes with Pikachu
  41. Sweets' sleepy look
  42. When Sweets is sleeping and he blows puffs of air directly in my face startling me awake (he does this when his nose is stuffed up so that when he exhales it comes out in this form)
  43. My blog
  44. Others' blogs
  45. Soft blankets
  46. Cool sheets
  47. Cold pillows
  48. Victoria's Secret lotions
  49. Ice cold water in a mug in the fridge
  50. Talks with Vivi
  51. Steph's feistyness and giggly laugh
  52. Watching movies in bed
  53. Other stuff in bed
  54. Slaps across the face from my mom...oh wait, that goes on a different list
  55. Late night talks with Sweets
  56. Other stuff with Sweets
  57. Cute ribbons
  58. Sexy Hair products
  59. Baked goods
  60. Breakfast cereals
  61. Cell phone
  62. The cabin
  63. Sunny Spring days
  64. Rainy Spring days
  65. Fall season
  66. Sweaters
  67. Jeans
  68. Cute boots of all types
  69. Chookie's half-moon eyes
  70. Lovely paintings
  71. Jewelry
  72. Kathryn's wisdom and thoughtfulness
  73. Becky's example and sense of humor, one of those where you don't know that she's kidding right away
  74. Shannon's laugh and her genuine way of caring about what you have to say
  75. Kelly's outbursts of laughter and sense of humor
  76. Jani's pleasant nature and her cinnamon-basil sorbet...to die for
  77. Jami's sweetness and cute laugh
  78. Marybeth's pleasant demeanor and her sudden laugh at something comical
  79. Laura's laughs and her expressions
  80. Brandie's laid-back nature and her sense of humor about her Duffy and all his cool ways: white linen pants and comic books
  81. Jen's cute sense of fashion and her expressive laugh
  82. The support of my family and friends
  83. Sticky caramel popcorn
  84. My Mom's hugs
  85. Notebooks
  86. Post-its
  87. Nice pens that write smoothly and feel comfy
  88. Treatums' "comfy feeties" (we describe his feet this way when I take his little socks off then rub his feeties)
  89. My kids' faces
  90. Sweets' face
  91. Sweets' lips...they are in a category of their own
  92. Sweets in a comfy sweatshirt
  93. GUM
  94. Kleenex
  95. Dental floss
  96. A comfy office chair (right now I would be bad off if it wasn't)
  97. Nice lamps
  98. Rope swings that you can can swing right over the water and jump off of
  99. Sleeping in with Sweets
  100. Sleeping in without Sweets
  101. Pato's nutty laughter and hugs, and the way he always tells me I look like somebody really beautiful like Angelina Jolie(I never know if I believe him, but he believes it...so it's nice)
  102. MUSIC: all types, Jack Johnson, Gipsy Kings, Blue Grass and on and on...more on this later
  103. Jackie's enthusiasm, laughter and silliness
  104. Snow on Christmas morning (I cry when there's not...I always pray for it)
  105. Reading stories to my kids
  106. Flodi's sweetness and creativity and cutest baby with cool hair
  107. Heather's cool way of pronouncing things in her Canadian way and her patience in dealing with my hair, her sweetness and laugh too
  108. Jessie's sweet way and love for my kids and genuine gratitude
  109. Sharon's wisdom, kindness, sense of humor and the way she'll listen and offer the wisest advice ever
  110. My own mom's love of music and her incredible memory of her childhood, the stories
  111. Gordon's amazing memory, his writing, his expressive nature with the English language
  112. Monica's voice, both singing and talking and her laugh, and the way she teaches my girls to sing and believes in them
  113. All of Missy's wise advice on everything from running to parenting, her help with my kids when I need her right away
  114. Natalie's laugh, her singing with the primary kids, her laid-back ways
  115. Bree and her beautiful face and cute laugh
  116. Angie's friendliness and sense of humor
  117. Allie's quirky sense of humor and word usage, her appreciation of other's gifts
  118. Ashley's willingness to watch my kids, her sense of humor and her intelligence
  119. Her Hiram...his silliness and my kids love him
  120. Kristen's sweet way and creativity, making everything around her beautiful, the adorable hats that she crochets (the ones that look like strawberries and other fruits)
  121. Deb's cool laid-back nature, the way she genuinely loves you and your kids, her wisdom and creativity
  122. Sweets' hands
  123. Kathy's feistyness and kindness all at the same time, the way she adores her family
  124. Amy's creativity, her pictures, her laid-back way and fun attitude
  125. Doll's sweetness and her cooking
  126. Sweets in his "after-work" outfit: jammie pants and a t-shirt or a gray mock turtleneck

10 comments:

Nancy said...

That was a great list. Who knew about buttered toast. What a pleasant thing. Also, I totally love makeup too. I don't know why, but I could buy and mess around with it for ohh so long. Thanks for the cool list that made me think of little things that are oh so good.

Salty Incisor said...

I liked the randomness...

Perla said...

what a great, comprehensive list! i'm glad you like my laugh. i hope to use it a lot soon in st. george!

Lover of Sweets said...

Ahhhh...St.George...I'm counting down the days!

Maribeth said...

so cool to be included- I feel special! Thanks!

Perla said...

that was sweet that you reminded nancy of being pen pals with ben garrish. i laughed out loud!

Pooka said...

thanks for the shout out. You're awesome! Thanks for the inspiration.

Natalie said...

Priscilla, You are amazing! Thanks for looking at the world through wonderous eyes. What a great friend!
Love Ya!

Lover of Sweets said...

What!? Is that my friend Natalie that just commented? I can not believe how great this day has been for me...first Natasha gets her tonsils out, then it's Shannon's birthday, then Gordy throws up down my back and legs, and now this!? I am in complete awe! Thanks Natalie...love ya too!

Jessie said...

Wow, you really thought of a lot of people. You are a very Christlike person. You've inspired me to make a list now....but maybe tomorrow when I'm awake. These blog thangs are really fun to look at, but take a lot of time. jessie needs a noni.........ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz
Thanks for being thoughtful.love, jessiePS: Happy Conference!!!!