Simple Pleasures

Things that make me happy:
Kicking slush clumps from my car wheels
When my kitties lie on their backs
Stepping on frozen puddles with those bubbles in them that crack underfoot
Seeing cardinals in the backyard
Petting my kitties just below their ears - where the fur is supersoft
Cheese
The smell of my Christmas-scented Glade plug-in
The sound that my stove makes when the gas catches fire
Sitting in bed and reading before I go to sleep
Thunderstorms
Finding kitty and bunny tracks in the snow when I leave for work
Hot beverages on a Sunday afternoon
Cracking the top of a creme brulee
Bacon

It's that time again

For the top albums of 2008!
I already voted on The Current's website, so here are the ones I chose. I have starred my top 3.
Adele: 19
*Atmosphere: When Life Gives You Lemons…
Cold War Kids: Loyalty To Loyalty
Coldplay: Viva La Vida
Death Cab For Cutie: Narrow Stairs
Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
Gary Louris: Vagabonds
*Jeremy Messersmith: The Silver City
Kings Of Leon: Only By The Night
*Martha Wainwright: I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
Mates Of State: Re-Arrange Us
Nada Surf: Lucky
The Raconteurs: Consolers Of The lonely
Ray Lamontagne: Gossip In The Grain
She & Him: Volume One
Shearwater: Rook
The Submarines: Honeysuckle Weeks
Tapes 'n Tapes: Walk It Off
Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
Weezer: Weezer (Red Album)

These are definitely not the only albums I liked, but these have received the most airplay.
This year because I didn't go to Lollapalooza, I only saw 3 of these groups/artists live. But they weren't the only shows I went to. Maybe soon I will publish my Top Live Shows of 2008.