My favourite things . . .

 

A few of the things in life that make my heart go pitty pat. Maybe they will do the same thing for yours. ♥♥♥   

 

Vintage print table cloths and tea towels.  I used to have a table cloth years ago.  Expect it is gracing someone else's table now or has been thrown away.  It did have a hole in it. 

   

Vintage Lefton Bluebird Cream and Sugar dish.  (They are the ones on the far left and far right.)  I cherish this.  I bought it for about $4 at a yard sale years and years ago.  Somehow I managed to hang onto it. Sadly Todd broke the creamer, but I still have the sugar dish intact and it is kept in my craft room away from harm. 

 

Antique Fashion Plates.  I have always been interested in things like this.  When I was a child in our Encyclopoedia there was a section on fashion through the years and I practically wore the print off those pages looking at them.  It is a topic which fascinates me greatly. 

 

Vintage Aprons.  Well, any apron really but I love vintage looking ones best of all. I can remember when I got married back in the mid 1970's I was given quite a few of them as gifts, aprons that is.  I had plain every day ones and some fancy dinner party ones. 

 

Cantuccini Almond Biscotti. I adore any kind of Biscotti actually. I remember when I was married before we spent a weekend at my SIL's place in Toronto on our own. She had a luxury apartment in a building on Young Street right in mid-town. It was the same building that a famous national Newscaster had an apartment in.  There was a gym etc. for the residents. Downstairs at the street front was an Italian Coffee Shop and that was the first time I ever tasted a Biscotti. We went in there to have a coffee in the morning and there were jars with these long crisp biscotti in it.  They were quite expensive.  I think almost $5 for one. I remember my ex bought me one and how very good it tasted.  You can buy bags of these Sapori Biscotti at Costco and every so often I treat us to one. That and the Brownie Brittle, which is another favourite thing of mine . . .  

 

OH MY WORD

So, so, so good. 

  

Old black and white photographs. I find them fascinating.  I don't even have to know who the people are. I find myself looking at them and wondering about the people in the, their lives, their stories. Everyone has a story to tell. 

 

The kissing spot  . . .  sigh  . . . 

  

Vintage Christmas Cards.  I could look at them forever and ever  . . . 

 

Downton Abby, like Call the Midwife and The Waltons, I never tire of watching it.  This is classic viewing and timeless.  I can watch them again and again and again. I hear they are making a film.  I hope this is true.   I love how everything is so authentic and true to the era.  We had started watching a show on Netflix called When Calls the Heart. The first season was great, but by the time the second season came around, the costumes, hair styles, etc were not authentic.  The Mountie was sporting a days growth, all the women's hair was down, etc.  It was supposed to take place in the Edwardian era, before WW1.  It ruined it for me and we stopped watching it because it was no longer authentic. Programs which are supposed to be representing a certain time period need to be authentic.  That is one thing I love about the BBC.  Everything is authentically portrayed.

 

Classic Christmas Films.  Movies I try to get in every year.  A Christmas Story.  Scrooge, Holiday Inn, Miracle on 34th Street, Home Alone, Charlie Brown's Christmas, The Santa Claus, The Bishops Wife, Its a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, etc.  Just the music from these films makes my heart warm. 

   

Yes, I do LOVE Christmas.  

 

Vachon Caramel Cakes.  I have not had one of these in a very long, long, long time  . . . they're so good. 

 This beautiful, lush and green country I get to live in.  I pinch myself every day. 

 

A good book to read.  I have my favourites. I like historical, romantic novels (but not too graphic), a good mystery, psychological thrillers, true stories.  Not necessarily in that order.

 

Fruit smoothies.  My favourites have a mix of frozen berries, some yogurt, oats and some sort of milk. 

  

My faith and my church.  I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ.  I love my God and Saviour.  I honor them and try to live by their teachings.  I study both the Bible and the Book of Mormon.  To me, they are both great books of scripture and are uplifting and life enriching. Nobody would ever come to any harm by reading them and abiding by their precepts.  Just saying  . . .  They both have worth. I have worth. My beliefs have worth just the same as anyone else's.  Words that are uplifting and inspiring, that are wholesome . . . that speak of truth, that honor God and His creations . . . that increase faith and hope.  There is nothing wrong with any of that, or in sharing any of that.  Lord knows the world could use a bit more of good. Don't marginalize me because I share my faith and love of God in a different way than you do.  You wouldn't do it to a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or an athiest etc. You don't have to accept my beliefs, but you should respect them as you would anyones and as you expect others to respect yours.

 

Lady bugs . . .  love them.

  

Pizza.  I love pizza.  All kinds.  Homemade.  Certain frozen brands. From a pizza shop.  I just love Pizza. 

 

Chips, french fries, whatever you want to call them. I love the homemade hand cut ones most of all . . .  the kind you get at a good chippy or a county fair.  We used to get really good ones at the 400 Flea Market.  Oh boy, just thinking about them makes my mouth water.  I like them with salt and vinegar, or with ketchup, or with gravy, or with ketchup and gravy . . . hot chips wrapped in a slice of buttered white bread . . .  I just love chips!

And those are my favourite things for this week. 

A thought to carry with you  . . . 

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In the kitchen today  . . .  Brined & Breaded Baked Pork Chops.  Deliciously tender . . . we like them with applesauce. 

My Diabetic review went well yesterday.  Everything is good.  I need to lose weight, but I already knew that.  If I wasn't a Diabetic I could go to Slimming World for free, but because I am I cannot.  Have a great Thursday.  Don't forget!

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And I do too!