List of 8's

So here they are...the favorites in lists of 8's...because who can have just 1 favorite of anything...

Favorite Foods
1. avocado
2. cheese...any and all
3. wine...that's a food group right...especially a good malbec
4. hot wings
5. Mothership Wit...another food group right...
6. brats while camping...everything tastes better, especially brats
7. mashed potatoes
8. curry cous-cous

Favorite moments
1. seeing the turbo love bug for the first time...when I finally could
2. dancing to Dire Straits at the Buckhorn with Brett...romantic
3. any rainy morning
4. mountain biking giggles
5. graduating...again...celebrating
6. our snowy wedding
7. Van thriving in a new school
8. first day of summer

Favorite things about me
1. wifey
2.  mommy
3. student
4. teacher
5. friend
6. thinker
7. daughter
8. sister

Favorite quotes
1. "Rockoon!!!"  Van...upon finding a black rock with brown stripes on it 
2. "As parents, we are our children's advocates, even when they make mistakes or are too young to understand the principle. If parents don't unconditionally love and protect their children, then who will? I make no apologies for this." Meghan Reed...fellow CCHS grad...very true and very appreciated right now! 
3. "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."  Mother Theresa
4. "I wuv you mommy." Van
5. "Love you babe." Brett
6. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed." Mahatma Ghandi
7. "I do..." Brett
8. Definition: Boy--noun---a noise with dirt on it

Things I hope for
1. My family to feel loved
2. My family to be healthy
3. My family to be happy
4. Adventures
5. PhD
6. Land, lotsa land under starry skies above...
7. chickens
8. A hammock filled with me

Favorite Songs 
1. Crimson and Clover-Tommy James and the Shondells...some things don't change, have loved this song since junior high 
2. Happiness is a Warm Gun-Beatles..."when I feel my finger on your trigger..." 
3. Be Here Now-Mason Jennings...here, now is the place, be present 
4. Woman in You-Ben Harper...feels like I'm there singing along 
5. Title Song-Black Crowes...guitar-awesome 
6. Slim Slow Slider, Madame George,I'll Be Your Lover Too, Caravan, Into the Mystic-Van Morrison..impossible to choose just one, he is the namesake for a reason, a very good reason 
7. Hazel, Buckets of Rain, If Not for You (really, can you pick just one)-Bob Dylan...king of folk tells how it is to love someone 
8. Wordless Chorus-My Morning Jacket..."we are the innovators, they are the entertainers..." yes it's true, different music for music's-sake. my favorite part is towards the middle of the song...sing along...wooo, woooaoooo, wooo, who, wa, ah, ey hey hey