So here’s what’s fun. I went back to the first time I posted something like this and realized that the list I’ve been compiling in my head today is nearly identical to the one I wrote three and a half years ago.

Some things don’t ever change. However, I’m sure I can expand on some of them. This time I’m skipping the rhyming part.

More of my favorite things:

• Pedicures and flip flops
• Pretzel M&Ms
• Seamless harmonies woven into increasingly brilliant pieces of music
• Email chains with some of the best friends I’ve got
• My favorite koozie and the amazing friend who gave it to me
• Rolling the windows down, turning the music up, and driving far too fast
• Skyping with some of my favorite people
• Songs that make me dance every time I hear them
• The Charlie Brown Christmas tree I was given this past year
• The anticipation that comes from knowing my next half marathon is just over two months away
• #11in11
• Having a coworker walk in this morning and immediately hand me a bottle of the new Bud Light Platinum just because he “knew I’d like to try it.”
• David Beckham
• Smooth legs sliding into cool sheets
• My friend Alison’s three year old
• Bright colors
• Shorts and t-shirts on a run in January
• Being able to tell the days are getting longer
• When the curls actually stay in my hair
• Hot tubs
• My sisters
• That unexpected hug from a friend that lets you really know they care