Best things in life...

• When my daughter chuckles to herself at something she's doing or thinking
• My husband's home cooking
• Being immersed so deeply into a project that I lose track of time
• Anticipating a holiday - as satisfying often as the holiday itself!
• Coming out into daylight after watching a matinee movie in the cinema
• The Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota - an hypnotic environment redolent with so many fond memories for me
• Hot, buttery mash potatoes
• Marmite on white buttered toast (always has to be butter)
• An empty hour or three with a good book or the weekend newspapers
• My mother's embrace - so comforting when I'm upset
• The sound of silence
• Very loud rock music
• Bach's cello concertos - the only music that has brought me to tears with its beauty
• All Stars or Converse sneakers - the best things for my feet
• Trashy rom-com movies - my guilt pleasure
• British weather - I truly love the unpredictability of it
• A Sunday movie on DVD - I am really looking forward to the day Little Planet can curl up on the sofa and watch a movie with me
• Living in London - every day here is an adventure and I can't imagine living anywhere else in Britain
• Spontaneous hugs from my husband or daughter
• DKNY t-shirts
• John Smedley cardigans
• Nicole Farhi jumpers
• American Apparel baby clothes - bold colours and well made
• Standing out in the garden at night when the world is hushed and breathing in the fresh chill air and looking at the stars
• Freshly roasted Monmouth coffee
• Napping
• Dancing with my daughter
• A foot massage from my husband
• Snuggling... into my husband, into my baby, into a duvet
• Being pregnant - I loved my hair, my skin, my body, feeling her move about inside me, the nesting, the dreaming... I felt so powerfully feminine
• Pottering at home
  

So many more things, but this is it for now...