These are a few of my favorite things...

Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kitten. Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens. Barbara Streisand had it right when she sang that song. As a memory project in 5th grade, I had to learn all the words to that song and have loved it every since. Have you ever stopped to think of what are a few of your favorite things? I like to think that I am pretty in tune with myself and know what I like but I find new things to like everyday. But I thought maybe I'd share a few of MY favorite things. I may not present them quite as poetically as the song but hey, no one said I was a literary genius. 

I like the smell of my children when they wake up in the morning. I'm not talking about their breath that is so kickin' that I assume someone's teaching karate in their mouths, but the smell of their hair and nape of their neck. That smell that is uniquely theirs and kind of sleepy. 

I love grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup on cold days. The smell of yummy things baking in the oven that have cinnamon, nutmeg or spices all warm and delicious in them that has a fragrance that trickles through out the house while it's cooking. 

I love train wreck TV, especially on BBC America. BBC America Reveals is great for Wednesday night fodder. I also love another Brit, Chef Gordon Ramsey and his "Kitchen Nightmares" on Fox. Dancing with the Stars is also good for mindless TV watching. CSI but only the CSI on Thursday nights in Las Vegas, no Miami for me. I like any show that showcases out of the ordinary people or health situations on Discovery Health or TLC. TLC also has the Duggar family and their almost 18 children. Michelle Duggar has the patience of Job. I need a little more Michelle Duggar in MY life. 

I love toast with peanut butter and sugar. It's healthy, I know but it's delicious. My sister and I have been eating it since childhood and we both ate it for breakfast today. It's yummy. 

I love that I have family and friends that love and support me and my family. That they get the fact that I am crazy as a outhouse rat but love me anyway. Tomorrow is November 1st and November 1st is one of my MOST favorite days of the whole year. Why, you may ask. Well, you'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out! 

Take this cash and flush it

It's never fun to watch your money go down the toilet - literally. We live in a 60 year old house that has 60 year old pipes. These grandpa pipes sometimes get backed up. Every couple of years, we have to get the main drain snaked. Go ahead and say it because I know what you're thinking, good times... good times. I'm here to tell you it's not. 

We called the plumber and he can't come out until tomorrow morning. Good gollly Miss Molly! We can't flush the toilets, take showers or even brush our teeth with more than a trickle of water on. Unless this plumber dude shows up at O'dark thirty, this isn't going to end well for getting ready in the morning and the kids off to school. 

Love 'em or hate 'em: Product Reviews

I am a BuzzAgent and get to review products from time to time then I tell people if I liked it or didn't like it. I was just a part of 2 campaigns. One was Smuckers Uncrustables and the other was for Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant. 

I have to say, I liked the thought of being able to toss a sandwich from the freezer into the lunch box and not mess a knife but they went over like a lead balloon with my kids. The peanut butter was "weird" and they don't prefer jam on sandwiches so that was a strike right off the bat. They are easy. They look cool. The concept is great. But for my kids, they prefer a sandwich made by hand and is fresh. I can't say I blame them. I tried one and I am a PB&J girl but I wouldn't eat another one. No thanks.

On to Sweet Tomatoes. It's a salad bar on steroids, basically. The kids love to eat there. It's totally family friendly and fairly reasonably priced if your kids eat. If they are pickers or don't eat enough to stick in your eye, then I would pass because the amount they'd eat wouldn't offset the cost. 

Now on to a favorite topic of mine... COFFEE! I wait every holiday season for the Coffee-Mate creamers to come out. Peppermint mocha is #1 in this house and I drink it by the gallon from the moment it hits stores until January when it's all bought up and you can't find it anymore. Neither Safeway or Lucky's has it yet. There are spots for it on the shelves, just no creamer. I was in Lucky's today, surprise surprise - I'm at the grocery store every day, and lo and behold, it was like a light from Heaven came down and shined on the creamer case in the dairy isle. It wasn't Coffee-Mate but International Delights. A new flavor. Chocolate Mint Truffle. I usually don't prefer Int'l Delight because they are sweeter than Coffee-Mate but I bought it because I was impatiently waiting for the peppermint mocha. Can I tell you how good this stuff is? I made decaf coffee tonight to try it and man oh man, this stuff ROCKS! If you see it, buy it and try it. You won't regret it!