I have never understood why the song "My Favorite Things" from the Sound of Music is considered a Christmas song but it is played all the time on the Christmas radio station. At any rate, I was listening to the song the other day while driving and started to think of a few of my favorite things. Of course there are the obvious favorite things like my hubby and girls, but I was thinking more superficially of things that I like that I have around my house.
Then I started to think, I would love to know what are some of my friends favorite things. What if they know about something I have never heard of that would make my life complete.
Then I thought of this, what if I asked everyone to tell me 2-3 of their favorite things. Do you have a favorite scented candle that makes your house smell heavenly, or a recipe that your family would eat every night or the perfect type of blanket that keeps you so warm? Whatever it is, I want to hear about. Then if anyone actually responds, I will make a list and post it for everyone to see.
I will start off the list with 3 of my favorite things right now:
1. I LOVE microfiber cleaning clothes. I bought a package of 25 from Sams Club a while back for about $8 and I seriously use them everyday. They clean up spills so quickly, are perfect for using with Windex to wash windows and stainless steel appliances. They even makes fabulous dolly blankets.
2. A few days ago my good friend Alene introduced me to Frontier spices and their chicken flavored broth powder. LOVE IT!!!! It makes the best chicken broth and gravy. So much better than bullion or Swanson chicken broth. Here is their website http://www.frontiercoop.com/ or if you live in the Mesa/Gilbert area, you can buy it at Shars Kitchen Store.
3. At this time of year, I love to make a homemade simmering potpourri. Here is what you do.
Put 2 slices of orange, 2 slices of lemon, 2 bay leaves, about 6-7 whole cloves and a cinnamon stick in a pot. Cover with water and simmer on your stove top. Or if you have a mini crock pot use it. I usually buy the spices at Walmart in their Mexican food aisle, so much cheaper than the regualr spice aisle.
So there you go, a few of my favorite things, what are yours?
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I'll do this on my blog too, but I have to think of some things first. :) I'm gonna try your potpourri recipe, that sounds like it'd smell yum!
I actually have your potpurie simmering on my stove right now- it's one of my favorites as well! How cute of an idea! I'll add three: 1. I LoVE Lawry's garlic salt with parsley. We especially love cooked with a roast! 2. I have found that we love the walmart brand of Crystal Light- it has no calories, fat, all that stuff, but tastes JUST like Kool-aid! (We like the fruit puch, cherry, cherry limeaid, and pink lemmonade.) 3. I really like my scentsy stuff that I sell. I don't have to worry about open flames with my kids, and the scents fills the whole house and lasts a long time! Anywyas, good luck!
(this is a great enrichment too, have people bring a few of their fave things to share) shout out to the mexican spices they should be a fave themselves, 99cents awesomeness...
#1 the Friend, it must be my new calling that has inspired this newfound love of this kids magazine, perfect last minute lifesaver, full of hidden jewels, and the fact that its all online - super cool!
#2 sorry to be immature and15 but i love my easy to txt envy phone, with it being illegal to talk on the phone here in cali(while driving), i can hurry and txt at the light or whatever, good for quick info "where are you?", "we're 10 mins. late", etc... no call pick up hang up interrupt, blah blah
#3 lately we've been making a lot of Knorr yellow package vegetable dip with spinach and mayo and sour cream, (we like to be fatties), with soft shepheaders bread yum!
thanks for the potporri reminder, I'm sure warming my gold canyon candles are slowly killing me and i have now cancer!(that was NOT a joke) and i've never used the mini crockpot, great idea!!
ps i just said to my hubby 2 days ago,,,why do they play this song at christmas? i don't remember it being christmas? i'm glad im not the only one, if you don't have it on dvd, there was a pack at target the other day of sound of music, oklahoma, and the king and i for 12 bucks
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