Favorite Things- Goode style - GOODEness Gracious

So, I was listening to the Christmas Channel. Yes, I am the “people” that listen to that station. Anyhoo– the song “Favorite Things” came on and it got me wondering about this person and their favorite things. Not judgin’ here, but you gotta admit that this is a peculiar list–at best.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Really? Of all of the things in the world… these are a few of her favorite things? I have to tell you in all my years of analyzing rain drops, roses and whiskers I have never thought “golly that is one of my favorite things.”

Now this on the other hand, this is definitely one of my favorite things

So I decided to rewrite it a little…. ahem… memememememe

Toddlers on toes-es and Gilbert the kitten

Bright colored crayons and Addie’s name written

Baby girl dolled up in her fairy wings

These are a few of my favorite things

So then they go into:

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Nope, mine is still better…

Who on earth finds a doorbell something to get excited about? I give them the ponies and maybe the sleigh bells…

streudels are nice…

never had schnitzel–but bless you anyhow 😉

Frankly, it is too darn cold to go sit outside and watch for a goose with a moon on it’s wings…

Then they go on to sing:

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

Still better.

I get the girls in white dresses… but who on earth likes snow in their eyelashes???

As for the wet slimy winters that melt into spring… ugh… give me fall any day over that. Seriously I think they just put some of that stuff in there so they would qualify to be played on the Christmas channel…lol Popular place that it is… (and yes I know the Christmas channel was not in existence when this song was written)

Then they finish it up:

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don’t feel so bad

Is it me or should they do something besides sing a song when a dog bites or bee stings??? I get the point when your feeling sad… but I really doubt your schnitzel or frost bitten nose are gonna make you feel all that much better–but hey to each their own. Who am I to judge? Some of my favorite things are:

Toddlers on toes-es and Gilbert the kitten
Bright colored crayons and Addie’s name written
Baby girl dolled up in her fairy wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Flip flops and Photoshop and Cameras with flashes

Nap time and lap time and bath time with splashes

How the room brightens when my Puddie sings

These are a few of my favorite things

Play dates with playdoh and cuddlin’ with Puddie

Diet coke and cooking and going to the movies

Jesus my savior and my risen king
These are a few of my favorite things

When the day bites

When the words sting

When I am feelin’ sad

I simply remember my favorite things

And then I don’t feel sooo bad!

There. Much better now.

About Cris
I am the mama behind GOODEness Gracious and the owner of Cris Goode Solutions. Here at GOODEness Gracious, we like to keep it light and fun as we cook up family meals, share our super mommy secrets and chat it up about the GOODe life:) So come on in and sit a spell.

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