A Few of My Favorite Things

So, here are some things I like:

I like it when my cats both nap on the bed with me.  This almost never happens because I rarely take naps, and my cats barely tolerate each other.  Here is what it looks like when this comes to pass.

I like hiking in Southern California in early spring, after a little rain and sunshine have turned the hills green for a short while.  It will all be brown and fuel for brushfire in a few weeks.  But for now, it looks like this.

I like teaching.  I can't show you pictures of my students for safety and privacy reasons.  But here is one student's idea of what I look like.

I don't look like this anymore.  I got my hair cut.

I like my husband and my two daughters and Disneyland.  So just imagine how much I like my husband and my two daughters at Disneyland!  Here we are on the "Space Mountain" ride on Thanksgiving Day 2011.  Great time.  Awful photo.

Cheesecake, duh.

I like camping in Yosemite National Park.  So beautiful.  My photos don't do it justice.  But here is a pic of the sunset taken around 9:00 pm from a pull-out on Tioga Pass.  The sunset seemed to last forever.  And after that, the stars.

I like of a lot of other things, too.

Mostly, I like people.  There is not one person in my life right now that I don't like.  So, if you know me, I like you, and it makes me happy every time I see you.  If I haven't seen you in awhile, I'm thinking of you often.  If you have moved away, I miss you.  And I pray for your health and happiness.

If you don't know me, there is still time for us to become friends.  I look forward to it.

Dear God, Thank you for the things I like.  Thank you for the simple things and the amazing things.  Thank you for people near and far close to my heart.