There is something very satisfying about sharing feelings and emotions with strangers... perhaps it is the thought I will never have to see them face to face and embarass myself! or perhaps I am not embarassed at all in sharing what I think or feel...
If I was asked what my favourite thing in the whole wide world is, I would actually would have to do a countdown (in no apparent order)!
10- I love blankies! my first ever memory of a blanket is when I was little and I use to rug up to an AlItalia blanket that I was given by my aunt who is a nun who aquired the lovely blue scottish styled blanket on her flight from Rome to Bogota. See you have to understand Colombian culture- We are a land of kleptomaniacs! as James kindly puts it~but in a good way, we "apparently" only take what we are entitled to. Then came the Avianca blanket (Avianca is a Colombian airline) and later in life the American Airlines one! You see we are a family who travels quite a bit. I love wrapping myself like a burrito! mmm comfy-ness
9- I love being at home! nothing makes me feel more cosy, comfortable, at peace, happy, refreshed, content, relaxed than being at home. James and I clash in this one... James would always be rather somewhere else than at home... he loves adventure.... I love comfort! and home=comfort! I love the smell of my house and how invites me to be in it!
8-I love baking! Baking is sexy! Either in metric units or imperial units~ recipes seduce me! and say, cause they talk: "bake me, bake me, bake me, try me...!" it is so exciting to pre-heat the oven, get the equipment ready, take the ingredients out of the pantry, measure them and hear the little noises they make when they are combined together... mmmm lovely! Then it is oven time... while you wait for your glorious baked "item" to be ready, there is the washup (which is another one of my very favourite things) and then the very unique smell of baked items which is irresistible and unmistakable! yum! then it's happy times eating your yum yums with a lovely cup of tea!
7-I love cleaning! Yes I know, when you read this you are going to invite me over to your house quick smart! I get this fascination of everything being neat from my mum... so like with anything "fascinating" you don't procrastinate and instead get stuck into it. So yeah ever since I was a small person I loved cleaning and making things neat... It sometimes hurts and I do wish I wasn't so fascinated (not to say obsessed) with it. However I've learnt that neat-ness doesn't = happiness so I have mellowed down quite a bit. I still like things to be orderly but I don't stress out if they are not... instead I use (again my mum's principle) to start from the beginning when tidying up mess!
6-I love autumn! in fact orange is my all time favourite colour! My wedding theme was autumn, my favourite skirt is orange, my bible cover is orange, my make-up colours are "autumny", I love orange sunrise and sunsets... autumn makes me sigh...! The red, orange variety of colours on the trees ready to fall- and when they fall!!!! The crunchy noises they make! (crunchy noises another favourite-humble iceberg lettuce= crunchy!) I loooove them so much in fact I have gotten really good at judging whether a leaf is worth my step and when they are crunchy they make me smile! I have been known to change pedestrian sides just cause I spotted a crunchy leaf!
5- I love coffee- Skim capuccino please~ the skim comes after I had very very high cholesterol and I had to go on a strict lean/low fat diet and I got used to the flavour of skim milk, so much so that if I now have full cream milk it tastes so rich and delicious it feels like a creamy treat! anyway! so yeah coffee! Growing up in Colombia where we gobble the stuff and drink millions of liters a year I can confidently say I am not a coffee expert or snob! Sorry Sax! (Sax=friend coffee connoseur to the extreme). I just love the flavour of coffee, from the humble "tinto" to the capuccinos I have them all! My capuccino love affair dates to the times where caffeine as well as chocolate-treat-like flavours where much needed for early risings :0)! I love the foam.... You shouldn't do take away however! sorry if that rocks your boat! Capuccinos or coffee in general should be drunk in beautifully designed coffee cups! I MUST have a coffee after waking up and another one before 3pm! If one slips in between it means I have had too much fun on the day and should have worked more ;)
4-I love singing! I do I do I do (sorry Heth!) I have always been a performer- since I was little I used to wrap wooden spoons (the top round bit-in Colombia called a molinillo) with foil to immitate the good old microphone! and I used to sing until my heart was content! In fact up until this day it is singing which can cheer me up or bring me undone! Music brings the best out of you! Singing certainly does the trick for me! I love listening to music and therefore there is not much silence in my house, especially when James is home and has a little practice with his guitar, piano or lately drums~ I don't sing like a pro but I certainly won't throw you out of the room with intense ear pain! I love singing to 80's hits and I always change the lyrics to James' ammusement! Its not my fault but those people don't pronounce properly sometimes!
3-I love bread- If we were to play the khakies or jeans game and you asked me if I preferred chocolate or bread I would say whitout a doubt: bread! Don't get me wrong! I loooove chocolate- good chocolate though and it seems easier these days to find gooood bread instead of gooood chocolate. Bread love is inherited from my beautiful mother~Libertad! who can spot a bakery from miles! her smell buds are really good especially on the bakery radar! We (mum and I) looove bread! baguettes, soft rolls, tiger rolls, sourdough, bagels, baps, damper, ciabatta, rye, multigrain, white, spelt, irish soda, wholemeal, the lot even the newest addition to my collection of favourites: chinese pineapple buns! I can eat up to 6 rolls in a row on their own! Yum! however bread and butter are a favourite too! I also love baking it! I love the chemistry behind it! Bakers Flour + Yeast + sugar + time (20min) + Moisture + Oxygen = absolutely gorgeous soft chewy or crusty bread... sigh...
2-I love breakfast at the beach-Balmoral Beach please! The Bathers Pavillion Thanks!! Oh lovely-so lovely I even have entree for breakfast! yum! naughty but nice! I don't love Eggs Benedicte nah no thanks, I love creamy scrambled on toasted sourdough with roasted thyme tomatoes or fluffy ricotta hotcakes with sliced bananas and double cream or exquisite bircher muesli with fresh berry compote and natural greek yoghurt, or delicious thick toast with preserves and thickly smeared butter, or freshly baked and crispy croissants or pain au chocolat, or chorizo and arepa (Colombian corn pattie). Buffet breakfast, a la carte, you name it! I love it! Brunch is even nicer-yum!!! Breakfast treats in summer or winter in front of the beach are a must when you want to remind self why you are miles away from your homeland :)
1-mmmm I am going to have to think about the last one... deliberating with myself as you read ;)
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