These are a few of my favorite things...

1. Letters

2. Thursdays

3. Friends

4. Movies

5. Coloring Books

First is letters. I absolutely love letters. Any letters. :) Mostly I just love getting mail. :) I love that anxious feeling when you see the mailman's vehicle sitting outside your house, or if I've missed that, the feeling of opening up that mailbox hoping for something exciting to be inside. :) As soon as I get out that mail I look for my name on all of the letters, catalogs, postcards, you name it; if my name is there, I guarantee there will be a smile on my face no matter who the particular item of mail comes from. :) One of my favorite kind of letters though, is the kind from a missionary. :) I love to read about the spiritual experiences, and personal growth both in general as well as in the gospel. I also just love hearing from Elder L. :) I love reading stories about his week. I love seeing the effect the gospel and being a missionary has on his life. I love the random spanish thrown in that I am left to translate. I love every single bit of it. :) Another reason why I love letters so much, is because they always come when I am most in need of a little pick me up, and they always do just that. :) After just seeing the envelope from Elder L. I light up like a glow stick. :) Seeing that a letter has come in the mail just makes me so excited, and so happy. :) When I am at college I think I will send letters to my friends and family so that they can too experience the joy of receiving a letter. :)

Second comes Thursdays. With Thursdays come a weekly email from Elder L. :) E-mails make me just as happy as letters do. :) Thursday is his p-day, or preparation day, so he gets to write letters and emails to friends and family, do laundry, go to the temple, basically prepare for the coming week. :) I love emails for all of the same reasons I love letters. :) One reason that differs from letters though, is that emails are expected on Thursdays (for now while he is at the MTC - Missionary Training Center) around midmorningish :) so I can always count on something exciting come Thursday. :)

Third is friends. :) I love my friends. I love having slumber parties, and talking into the wee hours of the night. I love laughing until I can't breathe, sometimes until I cry. :) I love the amount of happiness that friends can bring into my life. :) I know I've already said it, but I love my friends. They are wonderful, andI can always count on them to bring a smile to my face. :) They have become a huge support system to me over the past year and I am SO grateful for them. :) Without them, I don't think I would be the same person I am today. I absolutely love my friends. :)

Fourth is movies. :) I love most all movies, but I do have some favorites that help me to be happy, and make me feel better. They are The Curious George Movie, Hercules, Tangled, and Spirit. If you have not seen all of these, you need too. They are like necessities. :) I used to watch some of these practically every day, and the best part is that I never get tired of them. :) These movies bring a smile to my face. In Curious George and Spirit I love the music and the animation, and I guess the overall feel of the movie. In Hercules and Tangled I also love the music, but instead I love to sing along to them - loudly and obnoxiously on occasion. :) What can I say... I'm a dork. :) -- I would put more pictures, however they are making me want to throw my computer at the wall...

And last but not least is coloring books. I love to color pictures. :) I can spend hours coloring every single inch of a coloring page and not get bored, in fact I color when I'm bored. :) Coloring is also like a stress reliever for me. Some people like to run, some like to eat, and some like to hit things, I however like to color. :) I know, I'm strange, but it just makes me so happy. :)

So those are just a few of my favorite things. :) I have lots more but it's late and I have to work in the morning, so I should probably get to bed soon, so nighty night. :)

Southern Belle in Paradise