My Favorite Things (not including rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens)

        Hey Everyone! I thought that I would try something just a little different from what I usually do and give you a list style blog post of 8 of my favorite things. Please excuse my amazingly executed song reference in the title. What are some of your favorite things? Comment below! I hope you enjoy it, happy reading! 

8. Politics:  

At family gatherings almost all we talk about is the depression, World War Two, and politics. So in an attempt to sound like a highly educated member of the family, from a young age I have followed politics. I know that a lot of people like to distance themselves from politics as much as possible but for me watching a political debate is just as (if not more) entertaining than watching The Hunger Games. 

7. Baking:

Baking is a huge thing in my family and is something that I have always loved to do since it is something that my Grandma and I have always done together and something that has created a lot of happy memories for me.

6. Photography:

As I'm sure you know if you have read this blog before I have recently acquired a love of photography and capturing a moment so that you can look at it in the future and have one photo bring back a flood of memories surrounding it.

5. Music:

I love listening and creating music and I have played the piano ever since first grade and I have recently took up the clarinet. Music is something that I am very invested in and is something that I will continue loving for the rest of my life.

4. Drawing:

I know I talk about this one a lot, but I just thought I should mention it since it is such a huge part of my life that I enjoy every minute of. If you want to read some about why I like it you can read my first post or my post In Case I Forget...

3. Reading:

As I'm sure those who know me will tell you, I am a voracious reader. At the moment I am reading Tina Fey's book Bossypants which usually isn't my sort of thing, but I am really getting into this book. It is really funny and I highly recommend it.

2. Decorating:

I have always been a holiday enthusiast mostly because of the beautiful decorations that are always put up in the time surrounding different holidays and seasons. I think my favorite to decorate or is Valentines day because I can string up hearts around my room and I always love an excuse to put up red decorations since it is my favorite color!

And Finally for #1.... Drum roll please...

1. Tea:

I don't know if I have mentioned it before or not but I love tea. For those of you who don't drink tea, or drink coffee I would highly suggest giving tea a try! Some of my favorites are Earl Grey, Green tea, Vanilla Caramel black tea, Sleepy time tea, and Red Zinger tea. I have always loved hibiscus teas and I finally found one just recently that I absolutely love called Red Zinger tea and I would highly suggest that you go out and get some because it tastes sweet and gives me warm thoughts which I definitely need since we are about to get 8 inches of snow on Tuesday where I live.