A Few Of My Favorite Things

I love “The Sound Of Music“.  Literally and figuratively.

I grew up thinking Maria was so loveable and sweet, pretending that I’d be singing and dancing with her in the safe haven of the nanny’s room.

I grew up thinking Captain von Trapp was a fuddy duddy, but a cute fuddy duddy.  Even at a young age I knew he just needed the love of one good woman to soften his good heart.

I grew up wishing I was Liesl, dancing with her man in the gazebo near the water and wishing that her heart wouldn’t be broken when he blew into his whistle at the end, sending the Von Trapp family off to Switzerland in order to escape the Nazi regime.

I related to Brigitta who was bookish and somewhat plain.

I laughed when Kurt sang soprano during his solo in “So Long, Farewell”.

I thought Gretl was so cute when she said her bandaged finger was hurt when it “got caught in Friedrich’s teeth”.    And I felt her saddness when she wasn’t able to sing because she was missing Maria so much after Maria ran back to the abbey.

I could go on and on about this movie.  It’s one of my favorites, if not THE ONE!  Not so much for the warm fuzzies or the ”great”, corny story, but also because I look back on the times my family and I would sit around and watch it at Christmas.  It is one of the few traditions that I remember so fondly.   

So today I’m kicking off a new “category” in honor of my favorite movie.  It’s a small glimpse into the little things that make The Rambling Muse smile.  :)

A few of my favorite things:

- Chai latte

- Spicy tuna sushi

- Dr. Pepper