evan, lindsay, nina, elena and esther

There are six of them. (good thing there was a cap bc I kept thinking of more and more)

This is a first for me - obeying a tag. Thanks Jaqui for patiently tagging me. In no particular order...

Warm glowing light - like when dusk light filters into the living room and everything is glowing. Light is an ongoing interest for me.

Evan's front shoulder part - where I can rest my head comfortably and securely to watch a movie, or just lie around

Nina's noises - there are no words for this. There's a wide range of these noises - grunting, cooing, squeaking, breathing, panting, sneezing, etc. They are all beyond adorable and I wish I could freeze them in space & time. It's not just the noise itself, it's the whole package - noises that precede the noise, the timing, her beautiful little self making the noise, etc. I don't ever want to forget her little noises. A few days ago (she must have been like 8 days old or so) possibly the same day she started to take notice of things around her and look around a lot, I noticed that she was making steady calm noises that sounded like she could be trying to have a conversation with me. I joined in and I've been trying to have more of these conversations with her ever since.

Finding the right words - there's something sooo satisfying to me about to accurately express myself on the spot. The simplest way the better. Finding a suitable description for a feeling or idea. When I find the right way to describe something to someone so I can bring it to life for them - i love that. Part of why I love these times is because so often I suffer from what my mom likes to call a 'noun deficiency' - I just lack the words!! And not just nouns - adjectives, pronouns, whatever. Sometimes I'm better at writing an idea than trying to say it. Also sometimes I just don't think about sharing something with someone until later, after the opportunity passed. So when I am able to express something it's magic.

Certain riffs - on the guitar. There are certain points in a song, usually when the tune changes abruptly with a new riff on the guitar, but it's not abrupt - it's dynamic and it flows and transitions so well. Like -- Enlow song "Come in" at the 18 & 48 second mark...like Midlake's "They cannot let it expand" I love the euphoric feeling you get when you hear that, especially when the right words go with it.

The bitter with the sweet - About a month ago I realized that most (if not all) desserts that I love have sweet and non-sweet combined. There has to be a contrast to the sweet, otherwise ughhh it's just too sweet for me. I love dark chocolate. Things that are just plain sweet, like vanilla cake or ice cream, or milky ways (too sweet!), or banana cream pie (sweet with sweet!) -- are just too plain sweet. I like some sour mixed in, or cinnamon, or some tart fruit, or molasses. I love cookie dough ice cream with raspberries, willy wonka candy (lots of sour), hot chocolate with mint, Teresa's ice cream/crispy cake with fruit topping, cinnamon rolls, blackberry pie, i LOVE gingersnaps, german pancakes with powdered sugar & lemon juice. I can think of two exceptions to the sweet/bitter thing - i love rice crispy treats and sugar cookies.

--- AND two bonuses! haha

Blankets - I want to have a house FILLED with blankets. Not lying around everywhere, ya know, but in chests and blanket racks and throws on couches, etc. Nice clean soft blankets - different weights and fabrics. I love the weight of a comfy blanket when you're watching a movie, or having a good conversation, or if it's a rainy crappy day.

Early/mid 90s R&B - I'm experiencing a revival. It started with a craving and I realized that this whole time I had been in denial - there really is something about this music that i love - Lauren Hill, TLC, salt n peppa, etc. (I'd already come to terms with a fondness for Erykah Badu long ago) I must say though, you gotta be careful with lyrical content with this genre.