These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

We all have them. Favorite colors, favorite foods, favorite sports team. You name it, we have a favorite. I have a notebook filled with favorite things.

I must have been bored one day when I decided to start this notebook of favorites but it became an instant hit with my daughter and she started one of her own. 

Wanna start one too? It’s just for fun. I pull mine out of the book case where it lives and look through it every once in awhile. I like to be reminded of some of my favorites and I also like to update it with new favorites. Sometimes I add on to an already existing list and sometimes I get an idea for a new list. Once in a great while I have a change of heart and cross things off a list.

I have a lot of notebooks. I mean, really a lot. Stationary excites me. Back to school sales draw me in. I love the smell of all that paper. Each page holds so many possibilities. I have stories written in many of my tablets. All unfinished. Some just beginning. There’s just something about cracking open that fresh new tablet and starting to write on the second page. Never the first. I like to keep it blank as sort of a privacy page. Weird. 

It’s silly really and why I’m telling you about it is beyond me. I was looking for a lighter topic to discuss after my last, more serious post about tips for staying focused on a weight loss plan. So lets talk favorites!

My notebook is a Disney Princess spiral tablet. The front has Belle, Sleeping Beauty and my favorite, Cinderella. The spiral is a pink plastic. Its one pretty notebook! On the first page I have the title page which reads…Cheryls Tablet of Lists and other Useless Stuff. I know, funny, right? I think so.

On the top of each page is the title of that pages favorite. Girls names, boys names, pet names, last names. Favorite fruits, veggies, family meals, restaurants, tv shows, movies, music, soup, side dishes, desserts. Get the picture? I could go on and on. I have many pages filled with favorites. I just don’t know why. Lol. 

I have other list titles in this notebook as well like every pet I’ve ever had and every school I ever attended. There were many of both. Other titles are: Worst movies. Foods I’ll never eat again. Places I want to travel to. Books I want to read. Famous people I’ve met shares a page with Famous people I would like to meet. Across from that is…Famous people I would not like to meet. You know, like Paris Hilton. SMH.

The very last list I have in this notebook of FUN is a ranking of candy bars. I have four categories written across the top. FABULOUS! YUMMY. MEH. and..NEVER AGAIN. Below each I have the candy listed where I see fit. For example: York Peppermint Patties are definitely Fabulous! Snickers are Yummy. Mounds are Meh and never again will I want a Hersheys Cookies and cream bar. Bleck! Lordy, I’m so weird!

The date on the inside of this tablet says 8-3-07. So I’ve been working on these lists for 11 years. Not sure if this is something I should be proud of (at my age) or something that I should even be sharing with you. But here we are!

I guess I could be doing worse things like wasting countless hours sitting in front of the boob tube watching useless tv shows or venturing into the world wide web and ending up in places I shouldn’t be. It’s an innocent enough hobby that keeps my mind moving and gives me some serious chuckles now and again.

So the next time you find yourself looking for something to do, grab a notebook and get cracking!

Be Blessed,

Cheryl

*** What kind of lists can you come up with? I’m always looking for new lists to start. I still have plenty of pages to fill in my notebook. If you ever do decide to start your own silly notebook I sure would love to hear about it! 

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