Since I am not on the road at this time, I can actually give credit where credit is due. I blatantly stole this idea from G last month and decided I wanted to try and do it every month like her, mostly so I can remember the good things about each month.

I don’t do that enough: relish in the good things in life.

So without further ado, here we go!

For starters, Kraft Easy Mac. I’m starting with this because it’s all I’ve been eating for a quick lunch of snack lately. I may not have mentioned it before, but I have serious affection for macaroni and cheese of any kind. I have been known, on many occasions, to eat it for lunch on weekends or as dinner on random evenings. I prefer Kraft (or any generic equivalent where you add milk and butter) over Velveeta but am pretty much ok with all of it. But I had shied away from the microwaveable Easy Mac because microwave pastas with the noodles and the powder never seem to taste the same. When I was sick, however, Steve picked me up some Easy Mac so I would have to stand over a stove just to be able to sustain myself. And it tasted almost like the macaroni and cheese I would’ve cooked myself, but it was ready in three minutes and I didn’t have to dirty dishes to prepare it. And I’ve been eating it ever since! Probably not good since Steve told me my blood clot was probably caused by all the macaroni and cheese stuck in my veins.

Now, because of my illness, I spent a lot of time in my pajamas this month. ALOT!  And I have just a few conditions for my comfy clothes – they need to be soft, they need to be warm, and they need to be loose – or rather, they just need to be comfortable.  So when I was searching for Christmas Eve pajamas for Steve and I, I found this set at Target and fell in love.  The pants are a warm flannel but it’s thin so it’s not overcumbersome.  The shirt is also thin but the long sleeves and the fact that it’s pure cotton make it warm.  Both are super super soft and since they are men’s pajamas and I bought them a size bigger than would normally fit, they are loose and comfortable in all the places I need them to be.  They are made by Merona and I will tell you something – I love every piece of clothing I buy from the Merona brand name.  I even stocked up on some of their 100% cotton boxers for Steve and he won’t wear any other kind anymore.

I spent the past month being unable to wear real shoes.  Because of the clot, the top of my left foot was so bruised and sore that any kind of normal shoe only cause me more pain.  Plus, the entire foot hurt when I walked so hard shoes just made it all  that more uncomfortable.  But there were many days when I needed to hobble out to the doctor’s office or the lab to get my blood drawn, so I need some form of shoe that was suitable for the outside world, soft enough for my sore foot and easy enough for me to slip off when the pressure/pain built up and I needed to elevate it.  Cue these slippers.  I had seen them in Target a few weeks back and thought about getting but didn’t see a need as it doesn’t get that cold here.  So when my mom was in the store getting my script, I told her to pick these up for me and spent the rest of the month of December wearing these shoes.  And even now that I’m back to normal, they are comfy and warm and easy to slip-on and off and I highly recommend them.

Once I started getting better, but wasn’t at 100%, I had a lot of time to catch up on my entertainment choices.  We got Louis CK’s Chewed Up special in from Netflix and wow, is it hysterical.  I’ve always loved his stand up because his delivery and timing are superb and his stories are relate-able, at least for us.   And I feel like you’re not watching stand up with him but you’re just chatting with a friend who’s telling you stories about his life.  Hysterical stories!  He does this great bit about how his doctor is asking him about his health and weight, inquiring about how long until he’s full and how many *ahem* bowel movements.  And his reponse is along the lines of, “I don’t know.  How about this?  Every sh*t is an emergency!  Does that describe it accurately?” I was in tears for this whole special and I highly recommend you check it out, along with his other stand up.

I saw P.S. I Love You when it came on HBO and LOVED the movie.  I’ve never been a big fan of Hilary Swank and she didn’t really do it for me as the lead, but Gerard Butler = HOT! Jeffrey Dean Morgan = HOT! Harry Connick Jr. = HOT!  The story was fabulously told and very sweet and Lisa Kudrow and Gina Gershon were hysterical as her friends.  It was sweet and touching and it struck every female nerve I had deeply.  Plus, I see there was originally a book, so now it gives me something else I can look forward to reading!

It takes awhile for me to pick up on things these days and it’s always been like that for music.  I generally resist stars like Taylor Swift because, “pfft, the things these kids listen to these days!”  But every song I’ve heard of hers on the radio has been catchy and fun and I’ve quickly fallen in love with and “Love Story” is no exception.  I have been listening to both of her albums on repeat and love them both.  She writes most of her own songs and is gorgeous to boot!  Plus, she’s a fellow Pennsylvanian.  So yea, I’m kind of hooked!

And finally, some honorable mentions mostly dealing with things that have made my Internet surfing and overall life better.  Amazon saved my hide this Christmas season and not only let me finish my shopping about a week before but also kept me from having to step one foot in any store.  Even if I had been physically able to, I would’ve avoided retailers like the plague so I was grateful that I could find pretty much everything I needed and not have to get out of my PJs for it.

And keeping with my late adopter theme, Firefox and Facebook.  I’ve been using Firefox for months, but I just recently started using many of the plugins available for it and wow!  It’s amazing the little things that make surfing the Internet even more enjoyable.  And Facebook – well, I’ve been on it for quite a long time but it’s only been since recently that I started using it to its fullest extent and it’s awesome!  Forget MySpace, Facebook is where it’s at.

So there it is, my list of December Love.  Quite a bit this month, but there were quite a bit of things that I loved this month.  It’s the little things that make me happy! Here’s to a full year of the little things and I can only hope that each month finds me with enough strength and happiness to find joy in the small things.