- Constant sunshine
- 75 degree winters
- Mountains
- Oranges and orange groves
- Palm trees
- Cacti
- The wildness of the desert
- The Mogollon Rim
- The lack of snow
- Oleanders
Category Archives: Favorites
Names of Pets (or sort of pets) I’ve Had
- Ring Around the Collar
- Kai
- Kira
- Nanook
- Silverado / Silver
- Starbuck
Games I Play (*or Have Played) on Facebook
- HotShot
- Scrabble
- Lexulous
- Bingo Blitz
- Bejeweled Blitz
- Bubble Island
- Texas Hold’em Poker
- Blackjack*
- YoVille*
- Mafia Wars*
- Wheel of Fortune*
Awesome Places I’ve Been
- The rainforest of Juneau, Alaska
- Sugar Beach, Maui, Hawaii
- Sunbeam Lake campsite, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
- Mogollon Rim, Payson, Arizona
- Twin Falls, Maui, Hawaii
- Manhattan Beach Pier, Manhattan Beach, California
- Mendenhall Glacier & waterfall, Juneau, Alaska
- “Canadian Adventure” camp, north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
- Blackwater Trail, Superstition Mountains, east of Mesa, Arizona
- Empire State Building, New York, New York
- Sears Building, Chicago, Illinois
- Cape Cod, Chatham, Massachusetts
- Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska
- Eagle River, Alaska
- Scarface mountain, Apache Junction, Arizona
- Pearl Harbor Memorial, Oahu, Hawaii
- Grand Marais, Minnesota
- Boundary Waters, Ely, Minnesota
- Neil Simon Broadway Theater, New York, New York
- Fox Theater, St. Louis, Missouri
- Top of the St. Louis Arch, St. Louis, Missouri
- Ozark mountains, Mountain Home, Arkansas
- The rolling hills of Kentucky
- Top of Haleakala volcano, Maui, Hawaii
- Secluded cabin on the Kenai Peninsula, outside Soldotna, Alaska
- Estes Park, Colorado
- Casa Grande Ruins, Coolidge, Arizona
- Boston Commons, Boston, Massachusetts
- Top of the Taku Glacier, Juneau, Alaska
Honorable Mention (Not quite as awe-inspiring to me, but still deserving mention)
- North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Payson, Arizona
- Times Square, New York, New York
- Hollywood Hills, Hollywood, California
- Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
- Norfork Dam, Mountain Home, Arkansas
- Hoover Dam, Mohave County, Arizona
- Tortilla Flat, Arizona
- Salty Dawg Saloon, Homer, Alaska
Things That Are Vastly Underrated
- Naps
- Oranges
- Lifeguards
- Sweet potato fries
- Handwritten notes
- Sunsets
- Windchimes
- Teenagers
- Hammocks
- Porches
- Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Sunday afternoons
- The color brown
- Turtles
- Live jazz music in a coffee bar
- Being by yourself
- Homeschooling
- Middle management
- Trees
- Service animals
Reasons to Love Today BECAUSE I’m Single
- No disappointment
- No pressure
- No fights over what someone didn’t do for someone else
- I have amazing family and friends who love me every day of the year
- Freedom is intoxicating
Favorite TV Shows
- Survivor
- Big Bang Theory
- Law & Order: SVU
- Criminal Minds
- How I Met Your Mother
- Two & a Half Men
The Best Things About the Week to Come
- Wednesday = SURVIVOR
- This Sunday’s church sermon looks particularly good
- On Wednesday, I get to watch SURVIVOR
- Payday is Wednesday the 15th
- So is SURVIVOR
- Trivia night Saturday
- SURVIVOR night on Wednesday
Favorite Orange Flavored Things
- Navel oranges
- Pixy Stix
- Baby aspirin
- Creamsicles
- Gobstoppers
- Gumballs
- Wafer cookies
- Tic Tacs
- Orange Juice with extra pulp
- Runts
- Sherbet
- Circus Peanuts candy
- Tootsie Rolls
- Orange chicken
- Jello
- Hostess orange cupcakes
- Cake
- Starburst
- Popsicles
- Screwdrivers
- Sunkist soda
- Slushies
- Any other orange candy
Superpowers I’d Like to Have
The ability to
- Breathe underwater
- Fly
- Move things with my mind
- Heal
- Teleport
- Breathe fire