Birthday Gift to You

As my birthday gift to you, I'm going to share some of my recent favorite things with you. Maybe one of them can completely make your day.

I give to you, things that have made me smile lately:

• Homemade granola (particularly this recipe from Real Simple)
• Uncooked tortillas. Two hot, bubbly tortillas for dinner in no time flat. They've also subbed as naan when we had some bean masala. Make the everyday awesome.
• Greek yogurt, especially when eaten with the homemade granola. I recently found some on a super good sale, but you can make your own!
• Gain Original scent fabric softener. Gain was/is my aunt's go-to, and I think I'm devoted
• Our clothes drying rack from IKEA. If you're wondering how or why I love it so much, just ask. I love to sing its praise
• The LDS gospel library app. I can carry around manuals, scriptures and study guides in one compact package. Plus, no getting distracted while looking up references since they are simple hyperlinks. Woo!
• Every single one of my tulips and daffodils blooming, and now fading, without neighbor kids destroying them. Fourth year's a charm! :)
• Running through really pretty neighborhoods in the perfect light rain. It seemed the colors were intensified and everything was more alive.
• Finding good stuff while thrifting. And not settling while shopping earlier this week, and finding exactly what I was looking for today-- on clearance!
• Having flights and hotels booked. I get really itchy feet when I don't know the next time we'll travel. Knowing I'll be getting to meet our new hometown soon makes me a blend of anxious and thrilled!
• Did I mention an awesome surprise birthday party and great friends? Still smiling about that one.