Soup is so warm and comforting that I'm sure everyone can agree this is something they like. There are so many different varieties and flavors of soup that there is something for everyone. I have memories of my mom's homemade split pea or chicken noodle (homemade noodes!) or even black bean. I'd be willing to put chili and corn chowder in this category as well and corn chowder is one of my favorite things in the world! There is just something about using a spoon that makes soup extra comforting on top of the whole-body warmth that soup running down into your stomach gives you. YUM!

Oooh! Yard sales are so exciting. There are all sorts of neat things at yard sales so it's so much fun to walk around them and look. Usually, though, I find going to garage sales can be awkward a lot of the time because the people that hold them are usually strange. However, I love to hold them! Setting up the tables and organizing the wares on them and then flitting about, helping people and telling them the stories behind the objects! What a great thing to do on a sunny day.

YUM! Raspberries, as I've mentioned before, are my favorite fruit. They are juicy and sweet but a little sour and are, in my opinion, a little more unique of a flavor than strawberry. Though the do go bad quickly and are usually pretty expensive, they are delicious and flavorful berries that I cannot help but gobble up almost immediately.

Ahh, the holiday for food lovers! Filled with turkey! It goes so perfectly as the centerpiece for all the Thanksgiving foods: cranberries, mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing. It's golden and crispy and moist and perfectly juicy. It makes me drool just thinking about it!

Typing is such a satisfying activity. The words appear before you as if by magic, crisp and clean in their shape. The sound is satisfying as well, a nice click with a dutiful rhythm to it. Personally, I type sort of aggressively (or so I'm told) but I like to think that I really just type with a purpose. Really, though, it is seeing my word in virtual form, the crisp black letters forming my own thoughts but in a perfected physical form that I can alter at will to make even more perfect. Technology at its best for the anal-retentive!

Google is simply amazing. They have not only revolutionized the Internet but the workplace as well. They have given us countless new tools (Google and Gmail only being a mere few) and they continue to wow the world with their innovations and innovative approaches to everyday problems. Known as one of the best places to work in the world, they attract some of the best minds of the age to work with them in an incredible work environment.

I know they continue to impress me, despite the somewhat unsettling fact that they do seem to be everywhere in everything. I am not bothered by their Google Maps technology and the StreetView pictures. I'm not one of those people worried about being monitored--as long as my freedoms are in tact (I don't see Google as a threat to my privacy), I'm happy. What they are doing is revolutionizing the world and I am willing to sacrifice my phone number and address to the public in order to facilitate it.

After ice cream, my second favorite food might be cake. I've told you that I don't care for icing but I don't define "cake" as necessarily requiring icing in the definition--I love the inside. When I make cupcakes, I always leave a few unfrosted for myself, leaving off not on the pesky extra calories but the super, fake sweetness as well. I prefer the buttery, fluffy sweetness of the cake inside whether it be chocolate or "yellow" flavored. Box cake is probably my favorite over homemade--it must be that specific smell that they share. The only way to describe it is "box cake smell"--I'm sure you know what I mean. Sweet and baked. YUM!

P.S. I hate coconut so this picture isn't very accurate--I just love the cake and the strawberries!!