2014 Favorites

In just a brief overview of some of the wonderful things I have loved this past year in terms of books, movies, tv shows, websites, and totally random things that are not work related. 

• Books
• Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy
• The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
• Seven by Jen Hatmaker
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Insurgent by Veronica Roth
• Allegiant by Veronica Roth
• Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Kingdom Keepers books 6 & 7 by Ridley Pearson
• totally juvenile fiction - however, if you are a Disney lover you should probably just read this series
• Movies
• Frozen (yes, I know it came out in 2013 but really we watched it more than I care to admit in 2014)
• Captain Phillips (yes, also came out in 2013, but I am behind the 8 ball and enjoyed this movie quite a bit)
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• The Book Thief
• 12 Years Slave
• Daniel Lee's The Butler
• Monster's University
• Mockingjay part 1

• TV shows
• Downton Abbey
• We are borrowing these seasons from a dear friend who owns them - loving this story
• Big Bang Theory
• Still love this show
• Bones 
• I realize this came out years ago, however, I am finally catching onto the wonderfulness of the whole thing
• Grey's Anatomy
• we are a season behind because we watch it on Netflix
• Call the Midwife
• I LOVE this series and wish there were 12,000,001 episodes - its on PBS.com and free to watch - go watch it
• Game of Thrones
• We stumbled upon this tv series after we caught up on Downton Abbey and ran out of seasons on dvd
• Several friends recommended it to us - while a bit graphic and the language leaves something to be desired, we surprisingly like it
• Miscellaneous Things
• Nikon D300
• I have fallen more and more in love with this camera this year, while actually using it quite a bit more and learning a ton about the different settings
• Pilot Frixion Ball Clicker erasable pens
• I found a few of these pens randomly in the church - who knows who left them and actually bought a pack of them - I LOVE erasable pens
• I Love This Yarn
• still by far one of my favorite yarns 
• okay I actually have other favorite yarns - however, this one I find wonderful in terms of price vs quality vs softness
• I hate that it is only sold at Hobby Lobby and Hobby Lobby online
• I don't like yarn shopping online - I like to hold the yarn in my hands
• The Project Life App
• A wonderful app for iPhones that allows you to create photobook pages right on your phone
• WORTH purchasing
• If you use your iPhone to take pictures and create photobooks it is worth getting this app - I LOVE IT
• Websites
• www.ravelry.com
• yay for free patterns to make sweet stuff
• www.facebook.com
• sooo wonderful to keep in touch with family and friends - while some days I hate facebook most days I come back to it and enjoy the ways it allows me to connect with those who are far away
• www.pinterest.com/sthomson/
• www.instagram.com/sathomson
• www.allears.net
• Yes I am obsessed with Disney and I love being kept up to date on what's happening in the parks
• www.youtube.com
• I love having some where that is easy to share videos with family and friends
• www.shutterfly.com
• the only way I will consider making photobooks/scrapbooks
• I also back up all of my photos here
• www.picmonkey.com
• love that this is a free website
• I use this for both work and personal stuff
• www.pandora.com
• I seriously listen to this every day at work

Do you have any favorites from 2014 that I should check out?