Monday, December 29, 2014

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?


4 comments:

  1. Many of my friends who have been pregnant recommend Jenny's book. I can't remember but am wondering if my friend Jen recommended that book to you when we were at the E! Big Bang is still one of my faves too. I love Bones but it is on Thurs at the same time as Biggest Loser and Greys so I'm way behind since I can only record two shows at a time on my DVR. I just saw part of the Butler at my aunt and uncles. I need to watch that as well as the new Hunger Games movie and so many more. Thanks for introducing me to the Project Life app. Love it too!!

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  2. My favorite site for Disney/Disneyland stuff (I'm a West Coaster) is mouseplanet.com. Love the weekly updates and photos! One of my favorite shows this year has been Once Upon a Time. It can be kind of campy and predictable but still fun to see new takes on old fairytales.

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  3. You know Sarah, that there are three books connected to "Call the Midwife" right? All three are e-books and readily available.

    We have fallen hard for Gotham and Madame Secretary. Of course, there's always NCIS and Major Crimes. My "personal" fav is Rehab Addict on HGTV as I went to seminary in the Twin Cities,and know EXACTLLY where these houses are

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    1. WHAT?! I had no clue there were three books associated with Call the Midwife!!! Looking those up now!

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