God and family top every love list ever written.
With that as my starting point, I thought it might be fun to share fifteen random things I’m currently lovin’. If you decide to do something similar on your site, tag me so I can enjoy yours in return.
(Some are affiliate links which simply means I may receive a small compensation but it doesn’t add anything to your cost.)
Now, let’s get started!
1.
How We Love Study / Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage by Milan & Kay Yerkovich. Brian and I are working through the book/workbook. We appreciate how the authors point out that marriages don’t actually begin at the altar but rather, in our childhood. It’s biblically-based and doesn’t bash parents (because what parent hasn’t made mistakes?). It does, however, open up communication and foster understanding.
2.
The Creative Pauses Facebook Group. As an extension of the Creative Pauses from The Tiny House on the Hill community, this group offers a place to converse, encourage, and inspire. It’s a space to pause, catch your breath, and be filled with biblical truth through fun and meaningful ways. We’d love for you to join us!
3.
Thymes Pine Needle Frasier Fir candle. This crisp scent of cedar drifts through our home year-round. Its fragrance so bright I can almost hear branches breaking every time I breathe in. Sweet mercy, where’s my flame lighter?
4.
The Tiny House on the Hill. The last time I wrote a similar post, the tiny house was but a dream. In 2019, it became a reality thanks to an awesome husband and one and a half year’s worth of weekends. Now, it’s used for writing, reading, Zoom meetings, and so much more. What a blessing!
5.
Travel with God Journal. I wrote about it here and mentioned it in a recent interview because God continues to awaken me to His work and ways through it.
6.
The Blue Ridge Mountains Christians Writers Conference. Seeing friends I’ve not seen since 2019, sipping coffee in The Clouds, spiffing up my skills, and worshipping day and night. What’s there not to love?
7.
My “Rain…Coffee…Books” sweatshirt. Because, well, that pretty much sums it up right there.
8.
Les Miserables/An Engaging Visual Journal by Victor Hugo. It was a gift ⏤ and what a gift! Lovely illustrations pepper the pages, bringing this classic to life.
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Proverbs. The old adage may be, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” but I say, “A Proverb a day keeps poor choices at bay.”
10.
Starbucks Iced Matcha Latte. This green powder cranks up the brainpower without the jitters.
11.
Treadmill. Brian’s doctor recently reminded us that to move is to live so we set aside our space concerns and ordered an inexpensive but get-it-done treadmill. It sits as pretty as you please in our den but it can fold in half and be rolled into the hallway when needed.
12.
“Ooly” Color Write Fountain Pens. This pack of pens is pure delight! The colors are beautiful, vivid, and the ink flows across the page like glass. The best part? I purchased them at my favorite shop in Black Mountain, NC. See #13.
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Sassafrass on Sutton. This is my favorite gift/book shop, hands down. This hundred + year-old store sits in the downtown area and holds a floor of books, literary goodies, and items I’ve not seen elsewhere.
14.
Zinc gummies. The blackberry-ish flavor tastes almost like dessert. Yumilicious + strong immunity = score!
15.
Eucalyptus shower spray. This spray had me at the first spritz. Immediately, I transported back to the “eucalyptus room” in a ladies spa where my friends and I used to sit on tiny-sized ocean blue tiles inside a large glass room filled with billows of fragrant steam. Come to think of it, maybe it’s the mingling of eucalyptus and memories that make this shower spray such a delight.
So, what’s something you’re lovin’ these days?
Absolutely love your list of 15!
Allen Arnold hits the nail on the head oh so many times in his STORY OF WITH FACEBOOK PAGE! Thought provoking stuff that resonates within.
I have done journals over the years – mostly a prayer journal – but I love the way you do your TRAVEL JOURNAL WITH GOD – I really need to do that!
I also NEED to spend more ONE-ON-ONE Time with HIM – not just in Bible Reading and praying for the requests of others – but – truly SEEKING HIS DIRECTION for what HE WANTS OF ME – IDEAS like I used to get from His still small voice to my heart – busyness drowns so much of that out!
TREADMILL? It’s TIME to do something about that for both myself and my hubs! Yup!
Thanks for your list to spark one of my own, Cathy!
I’m delighted you enjoyed it and I look forward to reading yours. 🙂 Blessings, friend!
You never fail to induce a smile Ms. Cathy. Thank you for today’s ma’am. My list would be a bit different, but I bet the first two things on our lists are the same (God and our spouse). Thank you for sharing some of your favorites with us ma’am. Perhaps we should add “Reading Ms. Cathy’s blog” to our lists too.
You’re so incredibly kind, JD. I’m sure going to miss seeing you and your sweet wife at the conference but I’m praying 2022 will be the year. 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
Great list! 🙂
Glad you liked it! 🙂 Thanks!
Great list, Cathy. Like how you established God and family BEFORE you creatively listed 15 items.
Absolutely! 🙂 I couldn’t imagine it any other way. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, I miss you, my friend. Love your list and it does inspire to write my own. And of course there are some similarities like BRC and Clouds : ) And yes to the bookstore in Black Mt.! Can’t wait to get back there.
I miss you, too! Can’t wait to see you in a few weeks. It can’t come soon enough. 🙂
I love your intro! I’m enjoying the Creative Pause Facebook Group, my treadmill, dark chocolate treats, and the New Testament. This year, I’m reading. No studying. Just reading. It’s amazing what you discover just taking in the story!
Pine is one of my favorite scents for candles. I often look to Proverbs, along with Psalms, when I don’t have a idea for a drawing.
I remember from your journal post that you like blank pages. If you don’t mind spiral binding, Strathmore makes a line of “Visual Journals”. The Drawing and Mix Media ones are great for various pens and markers. (They also have those papers in hardbound sketchbooks, but the binding is so tight that I can hardly make the pages lay lat.)