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  • My House:
    • Ravenclaw
  • My Wand:
    • Holly (by quiz) or Ash (by birth)
    • Dragon heartstring core
    • 10 3/4"
    • Nice and supple, reasonably springy
      • {According to Pottermore my wand is: Black Walnut, Phoenix feather core, 12 1/4", Unyielding}
  • My Blood Purity:
    • Half-blood
  • My Pet:
    • Cat
  • My Patronus Possibilities:
jul 24 2008 ∞
jul 13 2012 +
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Note: I live in south Texas, so my reality of the 4 seasons isn't exactly the typical months of the 4 seasons you learn in grade school...

Spring {Feb, Mar, Apr}

  • Being out in warm sunlight
  • Fresh, new makeup & clothes trends
  • Gentle rainstorms
  • Seeing greenery & new flowers
  • Days start to get longer
  • Bermuda shorts & shorts
  • Bright colors & pastels
  • Valentine's Day decorations, cookies, & cupcakes
  • Being outside without being ridiculously sweaty
  • Butterflies
  • Flowy dresses & skirts
  • Spring break vacation
  • Cute flip flops & sandals
  • Purging my belongings & spring cleaning
may 3 2009 ∞
dec 29 2012 +
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  • Warm donuts or cinnamon rolls (sweets in general)
  • Books/paper
  • Espresso & coffee
  • The way my husband smelled when we met in high school
  • The way he smells now (most of the time)
  • Toasted marshmallows
  • Clean babies
  • Fall & winter air
  • Cilantro
  • Dry erase markers
  • Mr. Sketch markers
  • Schools (very nostalgic)
  • Oatmeal baths
  • Band instruments & cork grease
  • Tide detergent (original scent)
  • HS football games
  • Garlic bread
  • Those strong chemicals they use at nail salons
aug 10 2008 ∞
mar 10 2011 +
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  • Donuts
  • Pancakes
  • French toast
  • Stuffed French toast
  • Crepes
  • Eggs Benedict
  • Breakfast tacos
  • Breakfast sandwiches (bread + egg, often + meat)
  • Biscuits & gravy
  • Pastries & real Czech kolaches
  • Sausage patties
  • Biscuits (buttered w/ jam)
  • Yogurt w/ fruit & granola
  • Sausage links
  • Meat "kolaches" (not real kolaches in the Czech sense)
  • Hashbrowns
  • Toast
  • Waffles
  • Muffins
may 14 2009 ∞
dec 29 2012 +
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(In descending order...)

  • Plain glazed
  • Cinnamon Twist
  • Raspberry Filled
  • Chocolate Filled
  • Donut holes
  • Cherry Filled
  • Coconut
  • Cinnamon Sugar
  • Chocolate Iced
  • White Iced
  • Lemon Filled
  • Sprinkle
  • Apple Fritter
  • Apple Filled
  • Cream Filled
  • Strawberry Filled
jun 23 2012 ∞
jul 6 2021 +
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  • Walking on packed snow
  • My cat Kylie
  • Getting hand or foot massages
  • Extra plush fluffy blankets
  • Writing with soft chalk on a good chalkboard
  • The way my hand fits into my huband's
  • Cool stream of water on my feet
  • Wide dry erase markers that write thickly on boards
  • Super soft makeup brushes on my face
  • Using a mortar & pestle
  • Playing w/ dough or clay
  • Baby soft skin
  • Sleeping in soft, clean bed linens
  • When people pop my back
  • Modal fiber clothes or charmeuse
  • Pages of books & magazines (& book covers & bindings)
  • Being cuddled up & warm on the couch watching a movie
aug 10 2008 ∞
mar 10 2011 +
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  • Hot Shipley donuts
  • Beignets / zepolli
  • Cheese tortellini
  • Warm blackberry or cherry cobbler
  • Pies (...mmm, pie)
  • Spinach & mushroom raviolis
  • Fruit pizza
  • Enchiladas
  • Fruit smoothies
  • Hot large soft cinnamon sugar pretzels
  • Bananas w/ peanut butter or nutella
  • Los Cucos chips & green sauce
  • Orange juice
  • Grapes w/ string cheese
  • Thai noodles
  • Fresh fruit/yogurt/granola parfaits
  • French toast
  • Fancy salads (especially summer/fruity salads)
  • Warm bread pudding
  • Sun-dried tomatoes & goat cheese
jul 2 2008 ∞
jan 2 2012 +
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  • Getting hand massages
  • Wandering through libraries
  • Playing clarinet in ensembles
  • Really good desserts (pies, cheesecakes, cupcakes, cobblers,...)
  • Having an occasion to get dressed up
  • Quality family time
  • McDonald's half cut tea
  • Making lists
  • Summertime
  • Really good enchiladas
  • Thinking about what other people were doing throughout history in the general vicinity of the space I'm in
  • When my cat Kylie is super cuddly
  • Playing amateur tennis & being decent that day
  • Admiring interesting architecture
  • Tutoring others
  • Playing & listening to musical instruments
feb 18 2009 ∞
may 13 2012 +
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  • Talented people playing classical instruments
  • Cats purring
  • Soft clicking of computer keys
  • Walking on snow
  • Cutting a thick piece of construction paper
  • Intellectual conversations
  • Water trickling through a river (brook)
  • Smacking noise of dishing out something with thick oatmeal consistency
  • Good genuine laughter
  • Little kids whispering
  • Cracking/popping joints
  • The loud, distant roaring of late evening, summer thunderstorms
  • The very soft ambient noise of a quiet library
  • The clink-clink-clink of a roller-coaster heading up a big drop
  • Some of my cat's various meows
aug 10 2008 ∞
may 25 2011 +
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"Board Games"

  • Bananagrams
  • Scattergories
  • Sorry!
  • Boggle
  • Taboo
  • Cranium Pop 5
  • Monopoly
  • Pictionary
  • Would You Rather...
  • Guesstures
  • Apples to Apples
  • The Logo Board Game

Video Games

  • Super Mario Bros Wii
  • SNES Mario & Yoshi games
  • SNES Donkey Kong
  • Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 Wii
  • Xbox Kinect dancing games (even though I'm TERRIBLE)
sep 9 2008 ∞
mar 16 2012 +