encyclopedia of me - t

from left, clockwise:

• travel - though i haven't gone anywhere of note, really, i have a passport. and someday, it will have stamps in it. i dream of traveling all over the world, but the first stop? rome.

{photo by Nicole Hill Gerulat (nicolehill.blogspot.com) for Rubberball (Rubberball.com), used with permission}

• tulips - my favorite flower (though peonies are edging their way in). one of my favorite things in the world is the thanksgiving point tulip festival each spring. it starts again this week and i can't wait to go. millions of tulips (literally) cover the gardens, and it's one of the most beautiful sights i've ever seen. you can see pictures from previous tulip festivals here and here.
  

• tupperware - the real stuff. i love the cute designs, the different products, and pretty colors. it's just so handy, and i want to own it all. (plus, have you seen all their new orange stuff? to die for, people). i probably don't love it as much as my sister alice, who has an entire room in her house called "the tupperware room", but still, i like it a lot.
  

• target - i didn't really get the beauty of target until i had kids. i can actually say i never even stepped foot in one until my senior year of high school. my best friend michelle loved it, so i tagged along. still didn't get it. now i do. that place is a wonderland. there is so much great stuff--cute kid clothes, cute mom clothes, great house stuff, everything there is great. i especially love their baby stuff. that's really when i got into target, when i was pregnant with isaac. and now? i can't step foot inside a target without spending at least $100. it's ridiculous.
  

• tv - watching tv is one of my favorite things to do. i know that sounds bad, but really, at the end of a long day, losing myself in a good tv show is just what the doctor ordered. there are lots of shows i love, but my favorites include life, lost, friday night lights (did you see the season finale? i totally called it. ask dave), samantha who....i may as well stop there. you get the picture. but for further proof, my "tv" tag category on my blog has 32 posts. wow. aside from tv in general, i also love our actual television. our old one that we bought when we were engaged was dying. when you turned it on the screen was totally white, and then after it warmed up you could see outlines of faces but that was about it. so my parents combined our birthday/christmas gifts for the year and got us a tv at christmastime. i love it. it makes watching tv so much more fun when you can actually see it.

(you can read more of my encyclopedia here)