E is for......

It's Wednesday!! It feels like Friday!! I get to head out on the road today.

First things first. My friend Susan is having a CT scan this morning. Please pray that they'll be able to figure out what's up and be able to FIX it.

Okay... now onto the FUN. There's a meme running around where you do 10 of your favorite things but they have to start with a certain letter. Kind of like Maria from The Sound of Music plays Scattergories. Well, my friend (and Thanksgiving hostess... am I mentioning that too much?? I'm just REALLY excited) Kat gave me the letter E! So... here I go!

My 10 Favorite things that Start with the Letter E!!

1. Elizabeth - THAT'S ME!!!! I DO like me!! Some days not so much, and there's certainly work to be done, but there are parts of me that I like, a lot. My sense of humor, my compassionate nature and my... WAIT!!! Oooo something else that starts with E...

2. Elbows - mine specifically. I've lost about 80 pounds in the last couple years, but before that, I always loved my elbows because there were the one place on my body where you could prove there actually WERE bones under all that blubber. I still love my elbows... and actually kinda have a thing for them in general.

3. Easter - I'm a Christian. Christmas is good, but useless without Easter. Easter is what saved me.

4. E-mail - Oh how I love e-mail... checking it, sending it... laughing at the subject lines in spam. And I always think of my wonderful Gram when she asked about probably 89-years-old "What is this eeeelectronic mail I hear about?"

5. Engagement rings - Don't get all excited, I don't have one yet. But the first time around I had no input into my ring and never really liked it. How arrogant and classless is that? But i didn't... and I know Mr. B wants me to have what I want.

6. Escalators/Elevators - Gert used to call Escalators "Escavators" which is a nice blend of the two. You know how as a kid you LOVED riding the elevators - racing to push the button... and escalators? Yeah.. I've never really lost that love....

7. Encyclopedias - When I was 13 my mom got me a set of World Book Encyclopedias. That was some major money back then (amazing that the whole Encyclopedia thing has been just been obliterated by the Internet). I LOVED picking out a letter and just pouring through the book. That set was long ago sold at a garage sale, but it was a very special gift, and really began my love of knowledge (and useless trivia).

8. Employee Benefits - I like them. I'd like some.

9. Eighties - I was a child of the 80's. Hair bands, pinned jeans, shaker sweaters, Michael Jackson, friendship pins, big hair, parachute pants, Swatches, Merlins, The Brat Pack, upturned collars, Nikes, Reebok hightops, neon clothing, jelly shoes, giant hoop earrings, Liz Claiborne perfume, Cabbage Patch Kids, mootsies tootsies, New Coke (whoops), Prince, polka dots, denim jackets, Rubiks Cubes, penny loafers (with no socks), "Where's the Beef", Miami Vice, banana clips, John Hughs movies, Trivial Pursuit, boom boxes, Sony Walkmans, Members Only jackets, California Raisins..... I could go on. The 80's had STYLE!!

10. Estrella's... Yeah, it's a stretch but seriously, I was having trouble. I adore laying out and watching the stars, and even more I love being up in Canada and seeing the northern lights... that's an incredible experience!!

Okay for better or for worse there's my ten. Wanna play along? I'll assign you a letter if you like!!!

If you don't want to play along, at least tell me your favorite 80's fad!!!!