In Fives...

The 5 Best Books I've Read In The Past 5 Weeks

"Lost" by Gregory Maguire

"Spritual Midwifery" by Ina May

"The Dante Club" by Mathew Pearl

"Eat Pray Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert (I will confess this paperback already looks years old from re-reading)

"The Duggars: 20 and Counting" by Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar

My 5 Favorite Nostalgic Childhood Foods

PB & Fluff Crackers

Cheesy Spaghetti (still a favorite)

Club Sandwiches (the kind with eggs...make me think of Sundays)

Peanut Butter on Celery (I know...I know...)

Mom's No Bake Chocolate Cookies

The 5 Articles Of Clothing I'd Remove From Existence

Crocs & Birkenstocks

Golf Visors

Jean shorts (aka "jorts")

Wind Suits

Replica NFL jerseys

The 5 Things I'd Take To A Desert Island

Life Supply of Diet Coke

Battery powered fan

Plenty of batteries

A towel

A tent

5 Things That Always Bring Tears To My Eyes

Parents outliving their children

A moving piece of music

Examples of genuine love & generosity

Seeing awkward kids being shunned by their peers

A moving dance piece

5 Things That Always Bring A Smile To My Face

Decorating for Christmas

Hearing people's nostalgic tales

Baby laughter

My Boston Terrier Dutchess

Looking through scrapbooks

5 Things That Always Make Me Laugh

Adam & Ryan

People walking into glass doors

Brian Regan (it doesn't matter how many times I've seen his sketches)

My mom's laughter when she's teasing people

Tina Fey. Period.

5 Best Quotes I Have Recently Read

"Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion." -Aristotle

"If you care about what others think of you, then you will always be their slave." - James Frey

"I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water." -Elizabeth Gilbert

"Remember this, for it is as true and true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth well as aardvarks, lions, rhinoceri, elephants, moose, and water buffalo. Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body." -Ina May Gaskin

"Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too light for the truth, you see?" -Mathew Pearl

(Shannon, I can count on you reading this, consider yourself tagged)