A few of my favourite things….(kittens and mittens etc)

Sometimes I think it is essential to remind ourselves of those things that make us smile, give us joy or make us feel warm inside. So in that spirit I will indulge you with a few of my favourite things……these are not in any particular order

Cats

Yes I am a crazy cat lady and damn proud of it. As much as I love furry, cuddly animals, cats make me go all mumsy and giggly because they amuse me greatly. They can be so attentive and so disinterested all at once, they always land on their feet (a talent I wish I had) and they have a different meow for every occassion. If you want a pet to love you unconditionally get a dog but if you want a pet that you can love unconditionally always get a cat.

Biscuits

It was a toss up between biscuits and chocolate. I decided that no matter what type of chocolate you get it always tastes like chocolate but biscuits, biscuits are truly a flavourthon. My personal addiction of late are scotch fingers (mmm half a tablespoon of butter in each biscuit!) but I have become addicted to rasberry shortcakes but I also love mint slices, monte carlos, gingernuts, tim tams, iced vo-vos, tick tocs, venetians, melting moments and well I am getting carried away a bit here. i think you get the point though.

Hot-water bottle

I can’t think of anything better than warming my toe-sies on a freezing cold night with a hot water bottle. As I am generally cold most of the time being as if I am made of ice, a hot-bot warms me through and I can survive the frosty winter without having to escape to a tropical hideaway up north. Ok being poor is the other reason I don’t escape to my tropical hideaway.

A good book

If you find the right book it can absorb you to the point that when you awaken from the self induced paperback coma you realise that several hours have passed, your tea has gone cold and you are squinting at the words because the light has faded past what your poor eyes can stand. Enough said.

Flannelette PJs

I sleep….a lot. I think that a good nap is great for just recharging your batteries or just forgetting the world for a little while as you snore (which i have been told I do) away in a dream place that can be whatever you wish, from a resort in the clouds with pools filled with marshmallows or an all you can eat buffet where you never gain a kilo. But you can’t have a nap or even a proper sleep without the right outfit and for me that is a comfy pair of flannos.

A good friend

They say that your friends are the family you get to choose and its very true. there is noone better to talk to then someone that gets you and will either say what you want to hear or give you the rough and guts of it because thats what you really need. A good friend will listen to you prattle on and your happy to do the same for them.

Chicken dinner

Chicken Treat chicken dinner with chips, nough said.

Music

I love music, naff 80s, songs from musicals, a bit of rock or maybe a sappy ballad. Music conveys for us what sometimes words cannot, as much as I like singing in with my out of tune caterwauling, it is easier to listen and get sucked in to the beat or swaying to the tune. I imagine that if everyone had a song that could be called their song, the song that would be the headliner in a soundtrack to their life mine would be either “wake me up before you go-go” by Wham or “we go together” from the Grease soundtrack. You know the one, “we go together like ramalamalama gadingy a dingy dong, shoo wop shoo woddy woddy ippidy boom de boom.” I think it makes no sense just like me.

Jeans

Every wardrobe must have a good pair of jeans. Not only are they comfortable and able to be worn many times in a row without washing (so long as you don’t spill anything on them and give them a good spray with deoderant every now and then) but they make you feel good. You feel good because they can hide your butt and your muffin top or they make your legs look slimmer or they’re the only pants you can slide in and out of. However they make you feel a good pair is a  jean-ius investment.

and last but not least…..

Holidays

Sleep-ins and absolutely nothing, thats what holidays are and thats why I love them. It means doing whatever you want and sometimes for me it’s about doing nothing.

and that’s a few of my favourite things and I have a few more but thats 10 I could think of. I probably should have rambling on the list. Because I can dribble my fair share of crap and really I only need to be able to do it in a forum where someone might pay attention.

So is anyone listening?

Did I mention I also like validation?