rainy sunday

It's been a LONG time since it rained all day. Today it finally did. Here are a few of my favorite things:

1. the ground needed the water

2. cool weather

3. still able to get my bike ride done indoors on the trainer

4. hopefully wash away some of the pollen

5. maybe cooler weather will stay

6. nice day for a nap

7. things nice and quiet and relaxing

8. hopefully bring some drought relief

9. good blog topic

10. relief for plants and animals

Redman Triathlon:Volunteer

I had a good time volunteering at the Redman Triathlon last weekend. Here are a few of my favorite things:

1. seeing my son

2. cheering on my husband

3. cheering on his relatives

4. learning things to help triathletes

5. working in transition

6. seeing all aspects of the race

7. giving my husband a kiss as he ran out to begin his half marathon

8. beautiful weather

9. hearing my husband's name announced as he finished with a great time

10. looking forward to my first 70.3

visit

My son came home from college for the first time this weekend. Here are a few of my favorite things:

1. hugs and kisses

2. laughter

3. good news

4. new laptop

5. hearing all about school

6. spoiling with good food

7. lots of dessert

8. heading back in time for activities

9. safe travels

10. looking forward to the next time

menu planning

I have been trying to get back on the weekly meal menu planning boat. Here are a few of my favorite things:

1. organized

2. making shopping list easier

3. saves time

4. saves money

5. don't have to decide last minute what to cook

6. rearranging meals is easy

7. easy to get meals prepped early in day

8. if menu is posted, people don't have to ask what's for dinner

9. and if they don't like it can complain to the list instead of the chef

10. things really do go much more smoothly when the meals are pre-planned and ingredients bought

The weather has cooled off a bit bringing some welcome relief and thoughts of fall. Here are a few of my fall favorites:

1. cooler weather

2. smells

3. caramel popcorn

4. gingerbread

5. kids in costumes

6. trick or treating

7. less humidity

8. outdoor activities

9. caramel apples

10. leaves

Crichton Novels

While I have recently gotten into Michael Crichton novels, I thought I would try to list my favorites, or at least some that I still want to read:

1. Prey

2. Sphere

3. The Great Train Robbery

4. The Andromeda Strain

5. Next

6. Disclosure

7. State of Fear

8. Timeline

9. Rising Sun

10. Airframe (not read yet!)

depressive moods

When depression hits, which seems to have become a staple in our household!, here are a few of my favorite strategies to deal with it:

1. exercise

2. read

3. watch tv

4. blog

5. play online games

6. write

7. cry

8. scream

9. a general vent

10. eat chocolate