Friday Five: Matters of Taste

After two weeks of sporadic traveling/retreat leading, I'm finally settling back into the office (and gearing up to face a mountain of laundry this weekend). The Friday Five seems a good way to start...

Name five things you like a lot that some close relative or significant other did/does not like. This could be food, movies, hobbies, music, sports or whatever springs to mind.

1. Tuna noodle casserole. This is my favorite comfort food, and my husband just doesn't like it. So I bake it whenever he's out of town (which isn't that often) and eat it for days. It's a very specific recipe, centering around the use of cream of mushroom soup. And peas. Now I'm hungry.

2. Symphony concerts. Again, not my husband's cup of tea; he's a basketball guy. But we keep learning to appreciate each other's passions, and I think the symphony is growing on him. We're starting off with pops concerts, mostly. Symphony lite.

3. Super Spicy Thai Food. Now this one husband and I fully agree on; it's my parents who aren't into the spicy stuff. For years, my brothers and I believed it was my dad whose taste buds preferred the bland, but we now suspect it might actually be our mom, who sort of blamed dad. Either way, I was delighted to marry someone who loves to bring on the red pepper flakes.

4. Reruns. I love to read and/or watch things over and over and over again. I'm not sure why this is (insert your psychological interpretation here). There's something comforting about it to me. So, for example, I can watch the same episode of certain shows - Sex & the City, Friends, or The Simpsons - a hundred times and still think they're hilarious. Husband does not get this. He thinks it's boring, and I'm sure he's not the only one. Perhaps I am too easily entertained. It works for books, too. I love to read certain favorites many times: Anne of Green Gables, anything by Agatha Christie (I usually go a few years inbetween readings so I forget who done it), and a few others.

5. Cleaning the bathroom. Most people hate this job. And it's not exactly my favorite use of free time, but there's something really satisfying about cleaning the bathroom. Of all the rooms in the house, it looks and smells the most "clean" when I'm done. That appeals to me. Again, I might be too easily entertained.