What Do You Enjoy?

I don't remember when it happened, but at some point in my childhood I made decisions on things that I like and things that I don't like.  It's funny, I don't remember the first time that I found I was different than some of those around me, but I remember feeling empowered.  I found something that made me... me!

Here are some of the things I like best.

Coffee.  When I was a younger, I would take the old coffee my mother would leave in the pot from that morning, warm it up, add tons of sugar, and sip away in my fake plastic teacup.

Old books.  I remember searching through my mother's book collection when I was a little girl, trying to find something, anything, to read.  I ended up with an adoration for both science fiction and the signature smell of old paperbacks.

Writing with chalk.  There is something... almost yummy about chalk.  The way the dust gets on your fingers.  The way that white chalk looks a lot like those sugar sticks that came with Willy Wonka's Fun Dip...  My grandmother had a chalkboard in her kitchen and I could write on it for days and days.

Tea.  I have loved tea for a very long time.  If you can catch a hint from the title of my blog, you know this already!  Recently, my man's mother heard about my love for tea and gave me a pretty little teacup along with her favorite type of tea.  Thanks Wendy!

Kitties.  Cats.  Felines.  You get the picture.  Cats have so much personality, they are so haughty yet so clumsy!  I used to volunteer at the SFSPCA just to be able to play with kitties.  I have a particular bias towards big orange tabby cats :)

And there are so many more!  To be continued....