These are a few of my favorite things!!!!

Okay, so I guess I should be a little more positive for this next blog. And you did give me the idea, Jessica, but all I saw was the rant against V-necks on guys (which I wholeheartedly agree with. *shudders*), nothing else. After having a dream of Shawn dying of cancer and another dream where we were both called again to serve a mission (but in different countries--I think I was called back to England!), I've learned to treasure Shawn that much more. Until I told him about that first dream and he told me he really IS dying of cancer. Har de har de har.

Online coupons!!! I found one that actually worked, and got twenty bucks off my ultimate Kari shoes!!! That's right, ugly cute plain penny loafers: (except I got mine in kind of a dark tan). These shoes will be the third pair of the same exact style I've gone through thus far. The last pair I owned though was in high school, so I've been pining after these shoes for over six years now. Sigh. And now my day has come. They're so comfortable (at least after you break them in a bit) that I feel like I'm in a little bit of heaven every time I slip them on. Who cares if my dad probably has the same pair of shoes. It's just a mark of his good taste :).


ARGYLE!!! If I could wear argyle everyday, I might get sick of it, but I doubt it. My ultimate dream in regarding this semi-nerdy pattern is to have a dark brown knitted sweater vest with a light pink argyle pattern going across it. This picture is the closest I could find to what I'm looking for. Oh, and I don't care what Demitri Martin has to say on the subject. Sweater vests on guys are ridiculously hot. But with a shallow scoop neck and a button up underneath.

Corduroy. I live for corduroy. I can't help it. I also have a dream pair of dark brown corduroy trousers just waiting for me somewhere out there. Like the song. Some day! It's so worth the annoying SWISHing sound they create when you walk. They are THAT cute.

Chocolate chip cookie dough. And raw brownie mix. I don't care what anyone says, In over 20 years of eating this stuff, I have never gotten sick off it. I may or may not make cookies or brownies just so I can eat the dough.

Maxfield Parrish and Norman Rockwell. These guys kick a-word at art. I'd give anything to be that good.

The rain. It's just so sunny here ALL THE TIME. So depressing! We do get some crazy weather here, OCCASIONALLY, but I miss my rain. And it snows too much here. But the point is, rain is great. It also makes it so I don't have to water my garden everyday. Which I do most of the time. Because it never rains.

My garden. It is SO MUCH FUN using my own garden for cooking!

My mom's vacuum. Sigh. If anyone ever feels inclined to buy me a Dyson, I'll give you my address to send it to.

Crappy crime and scifi shows. Poor Shawn. Just when I finished watching a season of 24, I find out about Eureka. When I finish a season of that I discover Murder One. When I finished that I discovered Fringe and Sanctuary and Life and Burn Notice and the Mentalist (which is a total Psych ripoff, but a good enough one that I still like watching it). I don't know why I bother watching Life. I don't like it--I really like Damien Lewis as an actor, but everyone is so contrived and forced in this show, it's just annoying. Except for the dude that lives OVER the garage in his house. He's okay. Hulu--gotta love it! You can even watch old episodes of Dragnet on it! Yay fun cool!