likes

• things with little elephant motifs. though i'd never admit it to anyone but myself (elephants are republican...)

• painted pebbles: i have one on my desk that Danny made into a ladybug in kindy

• ruffles - on skirts and cardigans and bedding and tablecloths... basically anything but potato chips
  

• winning a royal wedding prize from Boden (it arrived today... i don't remember entering a competition, but whatever :)

• Target's online coupons: i got Shrek bandaids for 68 cents yesterday and i am almost looking forward to the next time i hurt myself so i can use them :) or when i can whip them out to delight a sobbing, injured child (ps i'd NEVER buy character anything... but i do really like the cat and the donkey... and if the thing you have a Target coupon is on sale also, some things are just too cheap to not buy! like Shrek bandaids...)

• presidential libraries: this summer we are going to Lyndon B Johnson, George HW Bush and Bill Clinton's libraries! every presidential library in the land by 2018 or bust!

• this picture (be still my Obama loving heart :)

• ginger cat cookies dipped in coffee: for breakfast, lunch and dinner

• Jo Malone fresh mint: i cannot possibly ever wear anything else, it's just so calm and clean and lucid and lovely

• early mornings: getting up early makes the day last longer :)

• my new camera bag: i like it for now, it's flaws will soon be apparent...

• crafts i can actually do: pinterest is good for my self worth :) today i made "gradulation" hats from peanut butter cups, Godiva squares and those inedible sour string thingies that are purely for decoration :)
  

• pinterest: another reason why i love it so much - there are no men there stinking the place up :)
  

• care packages of Freddo Frogs from England that smell like home

• things that i planted actually GROWING! gasp, we will have a bumper crop of potatoes this year, all grown from scratch :)
  

• this lady's body language... i don't think she's a fan ;)

• today's amazon $5 Beatles teeshirt

• being finished with the dreaded, but absolutely necessary for our yearbook, class bookmarks :)

• best friends becoming cub scouts

• backyard bokeh (and water balloon fights:)
  

• perfectly pink, pudgy, slightly wrinkled baby feet

• those little feet walking towards me today :)