Brought to You by the Letter B

(Sidenote: does anyone have any advice to linking. I used to be able to link just fine, and now when I try to insert a link, it puts in the actual HTML language instead of linking. So for now, I'm just going to put in the website name instead of trying to link. Apparently this also happens when trying to bold words. Boo! And thanks in advance for anyone who knows how to help.)

Thanks goes out to rialeilani at & that's the way life goes (www.rialeilani.com) who has given me the letter B. Here are the rules:

If you leave a comment on this post, I will assign you a letter. You then write about 10 things you love that begin with your assigned letter, and post it at your place. When people comment on your post, you give them a letter, and the chain continues on and on.

1.) BRUNO - Bruno is my dog. He is so adorable sweet and makes me laugh all the time. He always kisses away my tears when I'm sad and is so, so excited to see me whenever I get home. I tell him every day that he's the only man I need in my life.

2.) BROTHERS - I have two wonderful brothers (whose names actually also both start with the letter B). We didn't always get along growing up, although I'd say we probably had a better than average sibling relationship even then, but now I'd consider them both among my best friends. I see my older brother almost every weekend, when we get together to go out or watch football. My younger brother lives in NYC, so it's not as easy to see him often, but when we do we have so much fun. He's always been one who I can talk to about anything and the same goes for him.

3.) BOOKS and BLOGS - I'm combining these two, since I came up with so many B things I love and they are somewhat similar. I like to read a lot. I've read every night before I go to bed probably since I began reading at the age of 4. It helps me relax and get lost in another world when mine isn't working out the way I want it to. So I would absolutely be lost without my books. Now blogs serve a similar purpose. I enjoy reading about other people's lives in their own words. They help me realize that I'm not the only one out there who feels the way I do sometimes.

4.) BOYS - I mean, seriously?! If you read my blog on a regular basis you know I'm always talking about one boy or another. Could I leave them off my list of B things? I think not! The sweet things they do (at times!). They way they smell. They way the compete over everything with one another. And the way they treat a woman they are truly in love with.

5.) BOOZE - For when the boys drive me crazy! Ha ha. No, I'm not an alcoholic, but there's something about the way a nice cold beer tastes while watching football. Or having a glass of good wine after a long day at work. Or going out with your girlfriends for margaritas. It's not something I need, but something I definitely enjoy.

6.) BED - I sometimes think I'm infatuated with my bed. It is seriously the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in. Nice and soft, with usually good sheets and a nice warm blanket. It makes it seriously difficult to get up in the morning, even when I'm fully awake and ready to go. It's a good thing I don't have a television in my bedroom or I might live in my bed during the weekends.

7.) BEACHES - Not the movie, although I like that too. It's no wonder I ended up going to school in Miami. Shockingly though, I didn't spend as much time on the beach as I would have liked during my time there. But I've always loved the beach. Growing up, my family always went to Ft. Myers Beach twice a year. There's nothing better than lying in the sun, with the waves crashing in the background.

8.) BUBBLE BATHS - One of my favorite things growing up was taking a bubble bath in the jacuzzi-type tub at my parent's house. I would turn up the radio and just let the warm water melt all my cares away. My current bathtub isn't as conducive to a relaxing bath... given how short I am and the way the tub is shaped, I have to sit straight up or lay with my head at an awkward angle. So I don't take as many baths as I would like to nowadays. I'm trying to save money to remodel my bathroom and get a jacuzzi-type tub there so I can go back to my glory days of long relaxing baths.

9.) BONO - Okay, so my favorite band of all time is U2 (dancing with a crush at my brother's wedding to "With or Without You" still remains one of my favorite memories). And I find Bono to be incredibly sexy. He's inteliigent, a humanitarian, and a rock star. Who could ask for more?!

10.) BLISS - Actual, true, 100% bliss. Happiness seems so fleeting sometimes that moments when you feel completely at peace with everything going on in your life is so wonderful. When everything is going right and you don't seem to have a care in the world. This is bliss to me and fits perfectly in with my favorite B items.