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I took this from Aubrey's blog which can be found HERE.

The Random Letter of Happiness Meme
The rules: You are given a letter and you have to list ten things beginning with that letter that make you happy, and explain why they make you happy.

She shut her eyes and picked a letter. I slapped the keyboard and the first letter typed was "D". In no particular order, "D" things that make me happy. :-)

1. December. For several reasons, there's hockey, it's cold, Christmas and New Years are in December. The kids are out of school and there's been a roadtrip in December the past 2 years with this year being the 3rd. I love December.

2. Dancing. Not out in public but at home. I love acting silly and pretending I have a clue what I'm doing. Britney Spears doesn't have anything on me when we dance to "Stronger".

3. Downtown. Downtown Nashville is my favorite place to be. It's where Preds games are and some of my favorite times are when we're trecking back to the car a couple of blocks from the Sommet. We have the best skyline too. Hello? Batman building!

4. Driving alone. I love driving alone. I can sing as loud as I want to what ever type of music I want. I can cuss out other drivers and not have to censor myself. It's my time.

5. Defensemen. I don't know if that needs explaination. It's my favorite position in hockey and my favorite player is a Dman. Forwards get too much glory, it's all about the underrated guys who deny the flashy overrated dbags of a goal. Yes.

6. Daaz. This one is cheating but I don't care. Haagen Daaz makes me EXTREMELY happy. Pineapple Coconut ice cream is the most amazing ice cream EVER.

7. Doodling and drawing. You should see my calendar at work. Flowers, stick people, bubble letters... it makes me happy. I don't think I sat through a single class in my 5 years of college without drawing on the side of my notes or on my notebook. I'm no artist but I'm better than a 1st grader, maybe.

8. Dogs. In particular, my dog Muffin. She's my baby.

9. Decorating. I love decorating for Christmas or other holidays or even just random re-arranging. It makes me feel like a designer.

10. Drinking. Not to sound like a complete and total alchy but I do enjoy a good drink or few...

The hills are alive, with the sound of... wooshing???

I've been clicking through the "Imagination Prompt Generator" that Sarah has used a couple of times because I'm bored and alone at work today. Prior to deciding to do this I was being an investigator and found out that Neal Cotts sucked so hardcore that they sent him down to the minors and our local team happens to be playing the baby Cubs next week. Squee! :-D

Anyway, most of the topics seemed like duds but I liked this one... "My 10 favorite sounds" because it got me thinking if I could actually name 10 sounds that mean enough to me to think about them in this "favorites". So here I go, my 10 favorite sounds.

1. Wooshing. Favorite sound in the world. The sound of skates on ice. The best is when it's quiet. Just shut your eyes and listen to it. I loved that sound even before I became a hockey fanatic.
2. The sound of a window unit air conditioner at full blast. Crazy, I know, but I fell asleep for years to that sound and even after going back to live in Nashville I would sleep on the couch under it so I could actually fall asleep.
3. Snow crunching under your shoes after a big snow.
4. Waves crashing in. I would give anything to be at a beach right now.
5. The light up bells that my Gran puts up every Christmas in the dining room.
6. The rustling and crunching of dead leaves in the fall.
7. Tons of wrapping paper being ripped into all at once.

And that's as far as I've gotten. How do you have 10 favorite sounds? I could have put the goal horn at a Preds game but I love what the sound represents rather than the sound itself.

Is It Hockey Season Yet???

1) What's (Who's?) your favorite team? The Nashville Predators

2) What's your least favorite team? In order... Vancouver Canucks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild, San Jose Sharks, and Anaheim Ducks... the list does go on though

3) Who's your favorite player? Ryan Suter

4) Who's your least favorite player? Ryan Getzlaf, Kevin Bieksa, Craig Weller, Alex Ovechkin, Barret Jackman

5) Favorite American team? Nashville Predators

6) Favorite Canadian team? Edmonton Oilers

7) Favorite International team? USA.. I have a knack for spotting the American boys ;-)

8) Who's your favorite goalie? Ryan Miller and Pekka Rinne

9) Least favorite goalie? Evgeni Nabokov, Marty Turco, and Bobby Lou can all suck it!

10) Favorite fighter? Jordin Tootoo and Jared Boll.

11) Least favorite fighter? Craig Weller, Daniel Carcillo, and Darcy Hordisuck

12) Favorite jersey/uniform/outfit/sweater? Preds home and away jerseys (homer answer but I like the look of them on the ice), the Sabres' third

13) Least favorite jersey/uniform/outfit/sweater? All of the Stars jerseys, all of the Blue Jackets, and Atlanta's thirds

14) Do you like home, away, or "third" jerseys best? I like both our home and away. I think our homes look better in person and our aways look sharp on tv.

15) Who do you want to win the Cup? Who I want and what will happen are two totally different things. I want Carolina to win. I think Detroit will.

**Number 16 must have gotten lost in translation...

17) Which player would you most like to sit and have coffee with? Jason Pominville or Patrick Eaves

18) What about a beer? Ryan Suter, though I'd prefer it to be a cocktail of some sort...

19) How about just watch the game with? David Legwand or David Backes. They both seem very chill and I think I would enjoy just hanging out watching a hockey game with either of them.

20) Have an in-depth hockey conversation with? Jarome Iginla

21) Do you collect hockey cards, memorabilia, etc? I have a little collection going.

22) If so, what's your favorite card? I think I only have one card. My favorite things that I have are my Suter bobblehead and my puck that Fiddler signed at the radio show for me. I'm partial to my jersey as well.

23) Which is worth the most, and what's it worth? Probably none of it. I collect it because I like it and anything I keep is because of sentimental reasons anyway.

24) Do you live by any hockey players? No. Though Franklin isn't nearly as far away as I thought from the boro.

**25 was gone too...

26) Do you play hockey? Not hardly! I can barely stand up on skates without holding on the wall.

27) What do you wear to hockey games? Jeans, tshirt, and my jersey

28) Do you have any "watching hockey rituals" or anything anyone might consider weird? Ha! Probably too many to count. I used to share a pack of peanut M&M's with my sister in the car on the way to games to the same cd every game. I get to where I won't change what cd I listen to on the way to games if we're on a win streak, I eat ice cream as a half ritual... because I'd probably eat it regardless. Thank God I don't cross my fingers any more. haha

29) What's your favorite hockey memory (as a fan?)
*Favorite game EVER- Game 3 of the 07-08 SC playoffs . Favorite moment of that game was Suter's game tying goal and the GWG by Arnott just 9 seconds later. The arena went insane, I went insane, Kristen and all the people around us went insane. I just got chills typing that.
*Favorite moments of this season were the OT GWG in Atlanta, followed by the comeback win over the Penguins, then the 8-0 win over Detroit.

30) What's your favorite hockey commercial? There's one they show on NHL Network where they clip together pro games and little league games. It's really cool.

31) Who's the nicest player you've met? Probably Jordin Tootoo. All of the Preds I've met have been fantastic about it though. Away player? Brooks Laich.

32) Rudest/meanest/most annoying, etc? Ovechkin and Mike Green seemed really annoyed.

33) Who's the best looking (AKA 'off ice favourite') Ryan Suter, hands down.

34) Other off-handed/off-ice comments? They make hockey worth watching. I talk to the players and myself during games so I'm always saying something. The inside jokes with people around the arena make it even better. From a commentators stand point? I personally liked it when my boy was the "Gatorade Performer of the Night... It's in him, is it in you?"

35) Why do you really like hockey? It's fast paced and exciting. Anything can happen on any given night. There might be a favorite to win but being favored to win in hockey doesn't mean much of anything (case in point, 8-0 over Detroit). Once you're into it, that's it. You're hooked and obsessively hooked at that. Like the commercial says, it's more than a sport and slightly less than a religion and I believe that's true. It helps that my best friends get to experience most every game with me and that my family is just as crazy about it as me. In hockey, the crowd gives their heart to the team every night and in our barn you're pretty much going to get chills at least once a night. That's why I love (not like) hockey.

You might think I'm bulletproof but I'm not...

A few weeks ago, Sarah tagged me to do this. I'm supposed to tag people but everyone that I follow she does too. Here are 10 honest things about me... mostly about my personality.

1. I don't think I'm pretty.

2. I'm jealous. Quite often actually. I look at what other people have and want it. Not necessarily tangible objects but what they have in life. I keep it to myself and it eats at me.

3. I'm the most superstitious person you'll ever meet. I used to cross my fingers for everything. I would sit and find myself doing it for no reason. I've toned it down quite a bit but still cringe at the sound of certain songs.

4. I don't like when people touch me. I like my space. I don't care who it is (not that it's ever anyone I want). I don't like my mom to touch me, my 10 year old sister, anyone. Just don't touch me.

5. I've got an outrageous temper. It's something I've dealt with since I've been old enough to realize I had one. I bottle things up to the point of exploding and then my temper gets the best of me.

6. I'm an obsessed person. I obsess over everything. Whether it's the Preds, a tv show, a band, or whatever, if I take it on it becomes an obsession. I know it's pathetic but it's how I am.

7. I like to reminisce. That's why I take pictures of everything and keep every little trinket from every trip or event. I like to go back and look at things that remind me of a happier day. I don't sit around looking at stuff all the time but if I've had a shitty day and want to cheer up it's only a computer album or box of memories away.

8. I always feel like I've got to do everything myself. I was probably the best group member because I would take on the most work and then did extra to make sure it got done. That's spilled over into my work and home life now too. At the moment, I don't have much of a choice at work because I'm the only one that knows how to do my job as well as others but I doubt I'd trust others to do things even if they did know how. "Grease" was MY show in HS because of this...even though I was just an extra.

9. I like quiet. I know it's hard to believe since I'm always talking (and loud at that) but I enjoy just letting it be quiet. Most days on my way home from work, I leave the radio off and just reflect on the day. I don't always have to break the silence.

10. I'm a late bloomer in every aspect of my life. I feel like I've actually missed the boat for some things. I don't really know how to describe it any further than that.