Some of MY favorite things:

My cousin Jackie just posted a few of her favorite things and so I thought I would do the same.
She asked what makes me smile. Here are some of the things that make my life worthwhile.
Besides the obvious like Todd and my family - those are a given.


--Thoroughbred horseracing--Seattle Slew--Autumn--flannel sheets--horror movies--the smell of a brand new book--my iPod--thunderstorms--"Sideways"--chocolate covered strawberries--Johnny Depp--ghost stories--going to camp--ice cream--Mickey Mouse--snowmen--sharks--Uncle Ben's wild rice--cactus--Hatteras Island--my cats--lighthouses--playing the theme from Psycho while in the shower--Eddie Bauer--red wine--sand between my toes--apple cider--Halloween--pajamas--going for rides on the Harley--horroretc.com--Borders--campfires--old fashioned soft peppermint sticks--major snowstorms--chapstick--Stephen King--the lump I get in my throat when they play 'My Old Kentucky Home' before the Derby--salmon--The Pittsburgh Steelers--pasta--Howard's Pub on Ocracoke Island--flowers along the highway--seashells--candles--life is good--pine trees after a snowstorm--"LOST"--cranberries--Netflix--long winter nights--Bob Marley--slim jims--The Pillsbury Dough Boy--quilts--sugared pecans--traveling--the crescent moon--reruns of MASH--Jeeps--The Geico gecko--Smarty Jones--Cherry 7UP--movie scores--homemade rice pudding--www.bloodhorse.com--starfish--thick fuzzy socks--Chopin--scary old houses in the middle of nowhere--baby robins--Old Navy--dark chocolate--dragonflies--reading magazines--extreme weather--George Carlin--a random day off work--old people still holding hands--"Shaun of the Dead"--nowhere to go and a good book in my hand--blogging--