I guess I could say chocolate licorice...
I had a hard time choosing between licorice and chocolate. If I had to give one up forever, it would have to be chocolate because I can always get my fix from a nice pan of brownies, but there isn't anything that could take the place of lovely licorice. I love it! Black, red, allsorts - it is all divine :)
I just found a new one (new to me, not to the rest of the world) - aesthete. I like it because I AM one (so humble!) and because it starts with my initials (so narcissistic!).
Charlie Bucket?
Life is a bowl of cherries.
I love cherries. I love life (most days). I love how this cliché makes me feel better :)
I don't know if it was THE weirdest, but I had teriyaki eel last Friday...
The flesh was delicious, but the skin was too fatty. I spent a lot of time trying to peel the stuff :)
YES...duh!
I would love to get up in space to see the stars without streetlights to dim their glory! 
I'd love to have perfect skin! (instead of spots and scars)
I love hugs.
I love my profile picture. I love the happy look on my boy's face and the bright colors. 
Con.
Profanity is just laziness. Why don't people learn either how to control their reactions or at least learn some new, more creative vocabulary? We've all met the person who only knows one adjective for everything - how boring.
Besides lazy, being profane is selfish. Many people are not bothered by profanity, but some are. Why not be kind and keep it clean in consideration of your fellow human beings, especially the little, innocent ones?
Being with my family is most important to me, but since I am a homemaker, that is both where I live AND what I do, so the question is still unanswered :)
I'd like a budgie, really, but would love to have one that was a loyal as a dog and litter trained like a cat :)
...always feel like home.
Where ever I am, if I am with my darling, I'm at home.
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Silly sisters softly sing songs.
Sometimes swilrling sarongs.
For certain, horrific crimes, I think it is the only way that the full value of the victim's life can be recognized by society. For me, the death penalty is an expression of all that was lost by the victim and their family.
When a criminal dies for his or her crime, it is not to make up for it, because the victim's life can never be restored, but a recognition of the severity of what they have done. For some crimes, even life in prison is a mere slap on the wrist.
Ironically, I believe the death penalty says to all of society that we value life. We value it to the degree that those who viciously, selfishly take lives should not be allowed to keep their own. They have violated the sanctity of life to such a degree that they do not deserve to have a part in it anymore.
I'm hoping it is together, in our sleep...
When and how will my husband and I die?
She loved her husband, her kids and ice cream.
is being with the people I love most all day :)
The World of Mr. Mulliner
electric purple
Purple is my favorite color.
leaf green
Green is a lovely companion for purple. Think a bed of violets.
sky blue
I dream of flying.
Babies are just so cute, add a funny expression and I can't help but get a little bit happier...
They are like jewel encrusted helicopters!
Hummingbird 2
I love to watch hummingbirds. In the backyard, on the screen, at the zoo, in the park, wherever I can.
Victoria and Gerald went for a hike. They were attacked by rabid shrews! They were fortunate in that they both had combat boots on, therefore the shrews were unable to bite Vicky and Gerry. The boots were too high and the shrews were too short. We are brimming with gratitude that shrews do not shoot each other out of cannons!
Whipped cream tastes like heaven. Cool Whip tastes like a toxic emergency. I really can't stand it...UNLESS you mix it with cottage cheese, mandarin oranges and orange jello powder. Then I can eat cool whip by the truckload. Does that make any sense at all?!?
Bratwurst reminds me of Stan because he took me to a German deli and that is what we ate on the day we got engaged :)
Catch a Frog
OK, not really a game, but an activity. We lived in New Hampshire in the woods, on a hill, with a stream at the bottom. I loved to catch and release and catch again :)
I am lucky to have lots of generous snugglers in my life!
Hugs and kisses are good, too! 
At the beginning of high school, I loved math enough to join the Math Team, but when I started Geometry, I hated it (all those boring proofs!).
I fell in love again when I got to Calculus because I was good at it, but it was still a challenge. I think when I got a perfect score on a test, I'd smile for hours, because it felt like such an accomplishment!
Look, Mom, I can lift this laundry basket!
There were times I was worried that I would never recover, but I'm almost there :) 
sleep or type? sleep or type?
If I want to fall asleep, I try to think about restful things, like lying on the beach, all warm and sandy and listening to the waves.
If I am embracing my insomnia, I blog.
hot fudge sauce
It is one of life's necessities.
They go so fast!
Hummingbirds fascinate me :)
