Over the summer, I started a list of some of my favorite things. The idea was to rewrite the Sound of Music song into something a little more personal. My roommate and I had already reworked If I Only Had A Brain into a little job-search ditty somewhere along the lines of, "With the money I'd be makin' / I'd be bringin' home the bacon / If I only had a job." But once we were both not-particularly-gainfully employed, it felt like time for a another re-imagined classic movie song, this time with a little genuine optimism and appreciation thrown in. I have a habit of over-using superlatives, so all I really had to do was to start paying attention to exactly what it was I was already saying were my favorite things. I never did finish putting everything into lyrics; instead I've had this list on my computer for the past few months:
Favorites: Google maps, vikings, Doctor Who, butter, iced coffee, the way British people say literally, boots, pie
Not favorites: spiders, blood tests, crooked knives
This isn't a comprehensive list by any means, but it is a nice reminder of the little things that make me smile. So I decided to go through my kitchen with a similar mindset:
