This challenge is in two parts: Think of five to ten of your favourite things. Things that make you happy. Post them to this thread. Anyone can participate in this part, whether they intend to join the second part or not. The second part will be announced when five people have contributed to the first part, or Nov 23 -- whichever comes later. Cricket

1. Taking an afternoon nap with my kitties curled up around me. 2.Driving alone in the car and singing my heart out. 3. A sparkling red glass of Merlot served in a fishbowl sized goblet. 4. Christmas Eve at my parent's house. 5. boarding a plane that is whisking me away on a vacation

1. Light rain falling on my roof 2. The wagging of my dogs' tails as they greet me after a long day. 3. Curling up with a good book 4. Creating art 5. Turning up a good song really loud on the stereo and singing with it (usually in my car too). 6. Spending time with a good friend 7. And let's not forget, chocolate.

1. solving an insanely obscure coding problem 2. an insanely hot shower 3. finding the perfect pair of jeans THAT FIT 4. getting involved in a good book, to the detriment of those around me 5. hearing my son laugh 6. hanging with my best friend, just because 7. kisses that would fog my glasses, if i wore any

Hmmm, better add my own: 1. Seeing my son apply his entire six years of stubbornness to sound out the word that we don't want him to read. 2. Seeing daughter, age 3, read a book her brother just read out loud, and seeing his pride that she considers him worth immitating, and his reactions as she mis-remembers half the words. 3. Leaving the movie theatre with Hubby. 4. Creating things, especially with wool or coloured thread. Watching something form from nothing. 5. Reading a fic with pencil in hand, and getting so caught up in it that I forget to write notes in the margin. 6. Making other people smile. 7. My day off -- park at a distance, Pilates, library, then lunch at my favourite restaurant for soup, salad, and Dessert. Coming home to see the rest of the family still in PJ's.

1. consuming fine, fine chocolate 2. driving through beautiful scenery on roads safe enough for me to enjoy the view 3. 20 minutes peace in the jacuzzi 4. gardens, pretty much anything to do with them except for huge spiky weeds, slugs and animal poo 5. looking at something I've made/done, or my husband or my daughter have made/done, and having a little burst of pride over it It's taken me ages to think of these....

1. Just spending time with my family 2. Eating chocolate 3. Seeing people happy 4. Doing a good deed 5. Listening to music and singing along 6. Reading a good book 7. Planning a surprise for my other half for no other reason that to surprise him. 8. Spending time just unwinding while replying on Gatch or writing.

Oh and I forgot to add this one more thing: Waking up in the middle of the night and realizing you still have two more hours to sleep before the alarm goes off.

Originally posted by stardust Oh and I forgot to add this one more thing: Waking up in the middle of the night and realizing you still have two more hours to sleep before the alarm goes off.

Wow. This is one of my least favourite things. I have awkward sleep patterns which mean that if I wake up in the night, it'll be 2 hours before I have much chance of getting to sleep again. Seeing that I'll be getting back to sleep right when the alarm is due to go off is enough to stop me getting back to sleep at all.

One more day till we find out what happens next. And it appears that we have five people contributing.

Okay, here's the challenge. Take three of the characters, and three of the favourite things. One is doing a favourite thing. One is trying to do a favourite thing. One is trying to do someone else's favourite thing -- hey, if the other likes it, it must be good. Deadline is before you leave for Christmas holidays. Cricket

The J was shut while Jun and Jinpei were hanging up the decorations for Christmas. Ken, Ryu and Joe were dealing with the tree of rather Ken and Joe were while Ryu was trying to eat Jun's chocolates. "Ryu, if just one of those goes you will be spending christmas on the surgeons table getting your colon cleansed!" Jun said. Jinpei stiffled a giggle while hanging up the tinsel and trying his best to sing along with White Christmas, which was blaring out of the jukebox. Jun tried hard not to wince at Jinpei's singing and looking across at Joe and Ken she could see they were having as hard a time not making any comments. Joe had promised Jun that he would be nice this Christmas, his first back with the team since Kross Karakorum but this was more than even he could bear. "We run out of tape I'll go get some@ Joe said Ken seeing his chance said he would go too. Jun nodded it was great to have Joe back and to just spend time with her family and she knew this must be hard for him. Joe and Ken left and Jun climbed down from the ladder and walked over to Jinpei who was still trying hard to sing along in tune with the current song coming from the jukebox. She leaned over to the box of chocolates that the boys had got her and offered them around. Jinpei grinned before taking one and Ryu almost leapt into the box. Jun suppressed a giggle before sitting down between them and hugging them both. She looked up at the star shining brightly on the top of the tree and silently said a prayer of thanks that her family was together. The silence was broken by Jinpei bursting into song and startling Ryu who knocked the box of chocolates everywhere and in an effort to catch them known the decorations down on top of him, jinpei and Jun. Jun looked at the scene and just started laughing. It was at this point Joe and Ken returned and looked at one another before scratching their heads. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry been a bit naughty and included them all. Well one of my favourite things was time with the family. So hope you all let me off. This is a bit of a rush writing job im afraid as I snuck in when I could grab a spare 30 mins and my times almost up! ***MERRY XMAS ONE AND ALL******

Blink!.. GRIN!! You came up with, and wrote that in HALF AN HOUR??!! any wonder why I admired you as an accomplished quick thinking Role Player all these years? That was a beautiful scene, full of warmth, family bonding, Christmas Cheer and love. what a gorgeous scene. I could just picture that for our Gatch Team. Well it made me smile anyway...Way to go hon.

I hope sometime to get a while to get back into some serious fic writing though not sure when that will be...

I came in on this late, but hey -- I really enjoyed reading people's favorite things. Some of the ones about kids were just priceless. Though I'm late on the challenge and all, I wanna post some of my favorite things too, since I enjoyed yours so much. 1. Curling up with a happy, snuggly cat 2. Feeling really strong and tight after a great weightlifting session 3. Writing something that makes me want to fold the page down on my own writing. (I fold pages down in books to mark writing I find especially amazing, so I can learn to do the same thing.) 4. Accomplishing something I did "with my hands" (gardening, wiring something, building something) 5. A truly excellent action movie that gives me an adrenaline rush 5. No-holds-barred conversations with good friends. Ha ha -- imagine Joe curled up with a happy, snuggly cat, watching a truly excellent action movie after a great weightlifting session. That wasn't the challenge, but it's a fun image! ~Eva