Mom

I'm maybe the worst daughter ever, because with all the shout outs I've done, I think this is my mom's first.  Last year on her birthday I didn't have a computer so I was rarely blogging.  

Her birthday was last week, and in honor of her golden bday, I'd like to list 35 things I love about my mom.  Sorry it's late Mom, hope your day was great!

1. Her infectious laugh
2. Her phenomenal cooking skills
3. Her embarrassing stories she doesn't mind sharing so we all get a good laugh
4. The way she pretends she knows the words to songs and will sing along in the car, but if I turn down the volume she'll slowly fade away
5. Her thoughtful nature
6. Her always good intentions
7. She puts people first
8. She loves her family so much, and will do anything to have them near her
9. The way she'll cry over a commercial (maybe that's where I get it?)
10. Her sweet karate kicks she used to bust out when we were younger
11. The way she'll rock out
12. How she loves to dance
13. She was always the mom my friends loved
14. Her leadership abilities
15. Her fashion sense, which is usually better than mine
16. Her little sayings, that are pounded in all our heads
17. The way she indulges
18. She's a giver
19. She'll always take me everywhere I want to go, when I come to California
20. She makes friends with everyone.  Seriously, you can't take her anywhere because she knows people everywhere.
21. She'll let you choose where you want to eat, what movie you want to see, what game you want to play (except for when the Mexican Train is involved....we always have to play that one)
22. She likes the same tv shows I do
23. She gets the best tans
24. Even when I'm a brat, she shakes it off and still wants to talk to me
25. She's spontaneous and always up for something new
26. She always wants our time together as family to be the most fun and most memorable
27. She always figures out the twists and surprises is movies (something that actually drives me crazy, but only because I never figure these things out)
28. The way she acts like she's so impressed by my living in Manhattan
29. The way she can talk to anyone, whether she's known them her whole life or just met them
30. She makes me feel like I can speak openly, and don't have to sensor myself
31. She always tries to do the right thing
32. She'll always spoil us, even though we're all adults
33. How she'll work so hard, to make everything perfect when we come home
34. The way she was always involved in my life growing up
35. The way she continually unconditionally loves us