333 of My favorite things...

Hmm. Well, Sarah just wrote her 100th Blog post (congrats Sarah) in which she considered listing 100 of her favorite things. I thought that was a neat challenge... I am ALMOST sure I can do 100, but can I do 333 which is my blog post number?

1. Burnt Fudge
2. Abby's giggle when Steve is tickling her
3. Steve's giggle during a movie
4. Steve's helpless giggle while being tickled (different)
5. Listening to Abby read a book to herself in bed
6. Listening to Abby make up songs about every mundane thing that she does
7. Taking artsy photos
8. Having people like artsy photos
9. Providing artsy photos for people
10. Arranging photos in scrapbooks
11. Looking at scrapbooks
12. Looking back at pictures, videos, mementos
13. Cookie batter
14. Brownie batter
15. Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
16. Turtle Cookies
17. Deep Chocolate Cake
18. Carnation Instant Breakfast
19. Cheerios
20. Chicken Fajitas (homemade)
21. Fried Rice from El Torito
22. Salsa from El Torito
23. Cindy's Salsa
24. Abby's voice
    
25. Abby saying 'I love you too!'
    
26. Abby praying
27. Steve praying
28. Steve's voice
29. Steve chatting (cracks me up - I think it's literally cute I think because it happens so seldom it's like a treat)
30. Steve getting deeply Biblical
31. Steve getting indignant
32. Aaron telling stories (especially when he was tempted to cross the street without permission)
33. Memories of telling stories around Thanksgiving table
34. Finding out who everyone's Secret Santa is
35. Getting my hair done/looking nice
36. BUYING clothes for me
37. buying clothes for Abby
38. Harry Potter!
39. Pern
    
40. Lord of the Rings
    
41. Dexter
42. Coupling (UK)
43. Psych (well, the pairing - not sure if the show itself would be a favorite worthy without it)
44. Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe
45. Vicky Bliss and everything Elizabeth Peters
46. Bet Me and Getting Rid of Bradley
47. The Dueling Blog Jenny and Bob did
48. Blogging
49. Analyzing friends and family with my dad
50. Sharing credit for amazing art with my mom
51. FIREFLY
52. Serenity
53. Round Table Pizza
54. Moonlit Sonata
55. The feeling while playing a piano song well
56. Being in a really great choir
    
57. Watching Abby play with friends
58. Watching Abby in ballet
59. Return to Me ensemble
60. Having Steve feel Jack move in my belly
61. Listening to Steve talk about Abby
62. Pride and Prejudice 2005
63. Rummikub
64. ScrUNO
65. The Condo in Coronado
66. Rain on the roof
67. The smell of rain/especially on asphalt
68. Walking in Montecito
69. Looking up Love Signs with Linda Goodman
70. The house after Gladys has cleaned
71. Napping without limit
72. Sleeping in without consequence
73. Cuddling with Abby in the morning
74. The sound when I am downstairs of Abby's not so gentle feet going pitter patter overhead
75. The look of joy on Abby's face when she's with kids
76. Dishing with Hazel
77. Watching Samantha be wrapped around Abby's finger
78. Kittens
79. Jack the cat
80. Memories of walking with my mom and Thor in the early morning in Newbury Park
81. Memory of my mom showing me she had done the unthinkable - thrown caution to the wind and picked up a kitten on my parents morning bike ride
82. Staring at the Christmas tree
83. Completing a task
84. Reading a book
85. Mary Stewart
86. Barbara Michaels
87. Cliffs at Night
88. Chocolate Sauce
89. Extremely soft powdered doughnuts
90. Extremely salty shelled peanuts
91. An Interesting or Emotional Oprah show
92. A Beat-down type Dr. Phil show
93. Planet Earth
94. HD television (not the channel)
95. The Lion King (Stage)
96. Les Miserables
97. Phantom of the Opera (Michael Crawford)
98. Getting a massage
99. Going to the spa
100. Sitting in a spa
101. Getting my nails done
102. Making a good joke
103. Ticking off things from a list
104. Motowi tileworks
105. Sid Dickens tiles
106. All those frilly plates at Anthropologie
107. All those expensive clothes at Anthropologie
108. Chipwiches
109. Dove Ice Cream Bars
110. Oreos with Milk
111. Milk
112. Knudson Chocolate Milk
113. The Newbury Park Doughnut shop mini-doughnuts (white with sprinkles)
114. Chocolate Fudge Shake from 31 Flavors
115. Having no credit card debt
116. Feeling like I've made a good decision
117. My bed
118. My linens
119. Getting mail
120. Getting email messages
121. Drawing
122. Painting
123. Lino-cut making
124. Etching
125. Dreaming (good ones)
126. Shredded Chedder Cheese
127. well groomed eyebrows
128. The Closer
129. Futurama
130. Home Videos (tv show)
131. Scarecrow & Mrs. King
132. Star Wars
133. Mr. Nubling's Class
134. Eddie Izzard
135. Memories of getting junk food from Vons in college in the middle of the night
136. Rusty's Pizza in Montecito
137. Walking the grounds of Westmont
138. Memories of cuddling with Steve in the early days
139. Having epiphanies
140. Taking a shower
141. X-files
142. Apples
143. Spying on classmates on Myspace
144. Writing
145. Hot Fudge Cake from Bob's Big Boy
146. Bloopers from TV or movies
147. Purple
148. Blue
149. Abby's first bedroom wall
150. Being barefoot
151. Memories of camping at the beach - hearing the waves at night
152. Mom's wheatgerm pancakes
153. Burnt bacon with pancakes
154. Quizno's hot sandwich
155. Coco's old herb butter with French bread
156. The video of Wesley and Abby giggling uncontrollably
157. Julia's dimples
158. The story of drunk Shannon and Dave to the rescue (pre-wedding)
159. Garfield
160. BC Comics
161. Superhero movies
162. The music from superhero movies
163. The Incredibles
164. Finding Nemo
165. Sleeping Beauty
166. The Emperor's New Groove
167. The wind
168. Baby kicking/moving (also rather uncomfortable)
169. Red
170. Impressing someone
171. Islands Fruit Punch
172. Corn
173. Flowers (before they die)
174. Bookworm
175. Text Twist
176. Pinball (windows)
177. Minesweeper
178. New sheets
179. My laptop
180. Yoga/Pilates
181. The feeling of the drug releasing a headache
182. Celtic designs
183. English Accents
184. Irish Accents
185. Scottish Accents
186. Wales
187. Museums
188. Catch me if you Can
189. The Office (UK)
190. The Office (USA) mostly for Jim and Pam
191. James Bond
192. Olive Garden Spinach Dip
193. Olive Garden Breadstix and Salad
194. Macaroni Grill bowtie pasta thing
195. Watching the History Channel
196. The crack of my back from a chiropractor
197. Milky Ways
198. Three Musketeers without the chocolate
199. Bagels with Cream cheese
200. Those cream cheese and turkey wrap things
201. Mijares Chicken Burrito
202. Domenico's Pizza
203. CPK roasted garlic chicken pizza
204. CPK herb onion bread
205. Silence
     
206. Violin
207. George Winston
208. Hallelujah (songs)
209. Christmas music
210. Boyband music
211. Murder by Death (movie)
212. Noises Off
213. Newsradio
214. The Carol Burnett Show
215. 30 Rock
216. Mystery Science Theatre
217. The Muppets
218. Wendy's fries
219. Nancy Drew
220. Romance Scully/Mulder style
221. Monk
222. Getting truly engrossed in a book
223. Knowing that Steve loves Harry Potter
224. Staring at a campfire
225. Being bundled up in the cold
226. Getting presents
227. Jewelry
228. Stars
229. Cafe Bizou Steak
230. French fries soaked in steak juice (eww that sounds gross)
231. Framing pictures in a cool way
232. Vases
233. Candles
234. Sunbeams when it's cold
235. Water
236. Dancing
237. Strictly Ballroom
238. Figuring out a problem
     
239. Pilgrim's Progress
240. Sunsets
241. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
242. Matrix
243. Fresh Churros from Disneyland
244. See's Milk Patties
245. Knowing everything about Art History (as I once did whilst studying for the AP Art History test)
     
246. E.T.
247. Pirates of the Caribbean
248. Signs (movie)
249. Apollo 13
     
250. Stitch (as a character)
251. The Departed (except for you know what)
252. The Hunt for Red October (music and movie)
253. Patriot Games (book only)
254. The Prince of Egypt
     
255. Airplane!
256. Monty Python
257. The Iron Giant
258. Newborn stretches
259. Newborn complete sleep
260. Baby pouts
261. When a discipline works
262. Abby's peace in sleep
263. Steve's sleepy grouchy face
264. Fresh Tortillas from the California Adventure Tortilla factory
265. Lightning
     
266. Nature Shows/Sunrise Earth
267. Harmonizing
268. Cool bags/boxes
269. Miniature things
270. Warm Fuzzy Soft Socks
271. Pastries by Nancy cake
272. Having heat and A/C
273. Our Mantle
274. Our Living Room
275. Falling asleep when I'm really really exhausted
276. Seeing how complex and perfect God's involvement in my life is
277. Primrose/Flaxseed Oil (completely manages my complexion after years and years and years of trouble)
278. The quiet right after a party when there is still a couple people left
279. Spanx
280. Artsy Photography books (Andy Goldsworthy)
     
281. Reubens
282. Michaelangelo
283. Rodin
284. Norman Rockwell
285. Giving a great gift
286. Ansel Adams (the dramatic ones)
287. Wallace and Grommit
288. Simon and Garfunkel
289. The Internet
290. Fancy Barbies
291. Mozart Requiem
     
292. Following Peacocks
293. Ravioli
294. Seeing the re-release of Star Wars at the Arlington
     
295. Throwing Pots in Pottery class
296. Documentaries
297. Stuffed animals
298. Cool artsy faucets
299. GPS
300. Warm, fresh turkey for Thanksgiving
301. Falling asleep on the couch (with Steve when we were dating)
     
302. Bazooka bubblegum
303. Taco Bell/Del Taco (depending on pregnancy)
304. Wrinkle in Time etc...
305. The fields of England
306. Sculpture
307. Nadia the mini-series
308. GE Soft Light for the living areas (so nice)
     
309. Long Lasting lights for halls and closets (just so nice not to have to replace constantly)
310. Christmas Ornament
311. Chandeliers
312. Crystals
     
313. Seashells
314. Laughing in Mr. Pardee's class
315. Dolphins
316. Planning out the Calender
     
317. A little opera
318. New Linens (not fresh sheets as much as whole new look)
319. Vanilla soft serve with cone
     
320. Quilts and blankets
     
321. Steve and my tattoos
322. Lotion
323. Packing in advance
324. Nightmare Before Christmas
325. Popcorn
326. Maternity underwear
327. Comfy Deep Couches
328. Comfy Deep Carpet
329. The way Abby says she wants an "Orange Bling Machine"
     
330. Surround sound
331. Being on time
332. Martinelli's NON-sparkling Apple Juice
333. Wide Angle lens
     

Okay, so, granted, without food or movies this would be a much smaller list ;)