My Favorite Things

1. TV Episode: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Once Again With Feeling  (a musical - and yes, I know every song by heart)
2. Movie: Stranger Than Fiction. 
3. Restaurant food: Chicken pasta salad at The Other Place in Salt Lake City, Utah and a close second is the Roasted Veggie Flat bread Sandwich at Amadeus in Salem, Oregon
4. Flower: the Tulip
5. Shoes: flip flops or none
6. Book: Too many to choose, but I prefer fiction
7. Face lotion: Oil of Olay's Daily Facial Lotion
8. Body lotion: Aveeno Baby's Soothing Relief Moisture Cream
9. Perfume: Skin musk, by Bonne Bell (I've loved it since I was 17)
10. Place: My own bed, close 2nd - the beach, extremely close 3rd - my Grandpa's farm in Hatch, Idaho
11. Color: Deep purple
12. Vegetable: Zucchini or tomato
13. Fruit: Watermelon or tomato ;)
14. Song: too many, but in general I'm a sucker for sappy love songs. Barry Manilow can make me stop in my tracks, close my eyes and sway. Seriously. Judge me if it makes you feel better.
15. Children's Book: The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
16. Laundry Soap: Arm & Hammer Plus Oxy-Clean, original scent
17. Car that I owned: my black, 1987 Buick Somerset
18. Outdoor Temperature: 66 degrees, Fahrenheit
19. Hand Soap: Sotftsoap's Coconut and Warm Ginger
20. Bottled Salad Dressing: Newman's Own Low Fat Sesame Ginger, or Cardini's Original Cesar
21. Nut: Pistachio
22. Seed: Sesame or Sunflower
23. Ice Cream: Always love me some kind of chocolate & mint combo - Tillamook Brand rocks! But then, Schwan's Coconut Almond Fudge is pretty darn near perfect.
24. Herb: a hard choice, but probably cilantro.
25. Condiment: salsa
26. Junk food: POTATO CHIPS
27. Body soap: Dove, warm vanilla scent
28. Christmas movie: The Year Without Santa Claus or Elf. The Heat Miser or Buddy - hard choice!
29. Cheese: Provolone
30. Paint color currently in our home: Rattler's Den
31. Candy: chocolate covered gummy bears
32. Soda: Diet Coke
33. Carbohydrate: potato
34. Font: Calibri
35. Cereal: Frosted Mini-Wheats
36. "App" on my Kindle: Bejeweled game
37. Method of cooking vegetables: roasting
38. Sleeping position: on my side
39. Talk Radio Host: Dr. Laura
40. Favorite thing about being a Mom:  watching them accomplish something that is, for them, really hard. And snuggles, lots of snuggles.
41. Possession: My grandpa's old trunk
42. Photograph: 
    
    
    
43. Way to Spend My Time: Going for a drive on a sunny day with my family

I have a birthday this month. I am turning 43. For that reason, I chose 43 of my favorite things to share with you today. They are random, but they are, in part, what makes me me. 

I'm sorry or you're welcome. You choose.

SUNDAY STATS:

WEIGHT GAIN/LOSS: -1.8 lbs

TOTAL WEIGHT GAIN LOSS: -26.8 lbs

FOOD: Really good choices until Saturday when there was leftover cake from end of soccer party.

FOOD TRACKING: Excellent, 6 of 7 days

EXERCISE: Pffffft!

HYDRATION: Much better this week. Go water!