These are a few of my favorite things

I unexpectedly received a new ipod shuffle from my husband who got it as a give-away from his company. I love it! I love how it's super compact and light and clips to your clothes so well for my gym workout and walking my dog. I also like the fact that both the itunes website and the ipod make downloading so easy. I have a phone that has mp3 capability and it was a pain to download songs to the phone from rhapsody. Finally, I love the fact that itunes allows me to get all of the old songs that I used to like and then new stuff too. I now have in my ipod everthing from rock to pop to raggae to rap to alternatives etc.

My husband and I recently bought a cuckoo clock. Now it's cuckooing every hour. I like it but I am worried about keeping our guests up with all the cuckooing. So I will need to make sure to remove the batteries when I have guests. We bought this clock from a clock store near our house. It's a lovely clock store with all kinds of grandfather clocks. I have always wanted to own a big grandfather clock. I would have one today if it wasn't so expensive to own one. So because we couldn't get a granfather clock, we settled for the cuckoo clock which we have always wanted to have too.

Another thing that I have always wanted to get and I am finally getting it as a special gift is cast iron teapots and tea cups. And since I am in a "green" phase these days, I love mossy green teapots. I also want a teapot that is flatter and winder versus round because I think the former is more dramatic. Here is the one I am getting: http://www.amazon.com/Old-Dutch-38-Ounce-Cast-Iron-Nobility/dp/B000FAKZ5K/ref=cm_lmf_tit_1_rsrsrs0

I don't know if this next one is considered a "thing" but I am going to my first opera out here soon. I can't wait for this since the Opera House here is supposed to be one of the best in the country. I have never lived anywhere where the opera production is big enough to have 2 different operas every month.