Fun Monday - Easy as 1 - 2 - 3

Before we get into Fun Monday, I want to let you all know that Candid Mama has started blogging. That's right, my mom started her very own blog this weekend. Won't you go over to Rose's Garden and say hello?

Fun Monday this week is being hosted by Swampy. She has given us a bit of an alphabet lesson. We've been asked to "Choose a topic/theme and make an alphabetical list of words, phrases, photos...however you want to share your topic/theme."

That's it...those were all the rules we got. And since this was Swampy, who is well known for breaking all the Fun Monday rules anyway, she also said we could go ahead and bend the rules all we wanted. I've always been a goody two-shoes (who exactly came up with that term anyway?) and breaking rules is not something I do lightly, so I decided to give you the ABC's of a few of my favorite things:

A - Africa (I was born in Africa) and safari like things, like Animal print, here's what my bed looks like at the moment:

B - Betty Boop - I collect Betty Boop stuff, have been doing it since way before her stuff was EVERYWHERE.

C – Chocolate


Need I say more?

D – Dance

That's me in all my ballett glory when I was all of three or four years old.

E – eating out. I love eating out with friends.

F– family

G – giving. I really do get a great feeling out of giving small gifts to those I care about.

H– home. I love my home. Love coming home, love being home, love sharing my home with others.

I – Independence. My independence is something I'm quite proud of, and happy with.

J – jewelry. I have a bit of an addiction to costume jewelry...I'd probably have an addiction to "real" jewelry too, but I can't afford the pricey stuff, so the faux bling will have to suffice for now.

K – knowledge. Learning new things, educating myself.

L – laughter. 'Nuff said.

M – make-up. I'm one of those people that loves to play with make-up, and I buy make-up like it's going out of style. And yet, I mostly wear pretty subtle make-up...go figure.

N – nature

O – the Ocean

P – Poetry

Q – Quiet. there's something to be said for silence.

R – reading. Few things are as enjoyable as getting lost in a good book.

S – shopping - Admit it, you thought I'd say shoes, didn't you?

T – Tivo, what a fun little invention this is.

U – Underwear. Oh what? U's a tough letter, and choosing the word underwear will guarantee to get me some interesting blog hits, right?

V – Velvet. No, not the fabric, my new Crown-Tail Beta Fish:

W – That would be wine folks.

X – X-pressing myself - Like you could think of an X word?

Y – You, the people who read my blog, because what fun would it be if I were just writing all this for myself? I mean, I'd probably still do it, but you know...awkward!

Z –zoom, as in camera zoom, because without it, I wouldn't get shots like this:

That was fun. Be sure to head to Swampy's for the list of all the Fun Mondayers singing the alphabet this week, and don't forget to go say hi to Mama!