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Our Favorite Things post is a roundup of the everyday essentials and must-have indulgences that shaped our previous year. Please join us as we look back on the things that brightened our 2025— and might just add a little something special to yours, too.

Our Favorite Things post is a roundup of the everyday essentials and must-have indulgences that shaped our previous year. Please join us as we look back on the things that brightened our 2024— and might just add a little something special to yours, too.

Every December for the past 17 years, we've been curating a blog post that highlights Our Favorite Things from the previous year. From the small stuff that brings smiles to our faces to the game-changing items that we can’t imagine living without, our favorites are as...

If you are new to our community, I started writing my "Favorite Things" back in December of 2007. Each year since then, I (and eventually we) have highlighted some of our favorite things from the past year. Some may be little, some may be larger...but to make the...

If you are new to our community, I started writing my "Favorite Things" back in December of 2007. And each year since then, I (and eventually we) have highlighted some of our favorite things from the past year. Some may be little, some may be lavish...but to make the...

If there was ever a year we need to consciously focus on the good, it is certainly 2020! Am I right?! I started writing Debbie’s Favorite Things back in 2007. Over the years, Roy joined in on the fun. Then Ara came on board. And this year we have contributions from...

I started writing Debbie’s Favorite Things back in 2007— and it's always been my favorite post that I write each year! I was so excited that Roy decided to join in on the fun, making 2016 the first year that he added his favorite picks. This year, Ara teamed up with...

I’ve been writing "Debbie’s Favorite Things" yearly since 2007 (wow, 12 years!) and it's easily my favorite post that I write each year! I was so excited that Roy decided to join in on the fun, making 2016 the first year that he added his favorite picks. Double fun!...

I’ve been writing "Debbie’s Favorite Things" yearly since 2007 and it's easily my favorite post that I write each year! I was so excited that Roy decided to join in on the fun, making 2016 the first year that he added his favorite picks. Double fun! If you'd like to...

Roy and I have a joke that the longer we are together the more "like me" he becomes. Sometimes that's a good thing, other times.... :) So I wasn't at all surprised when he asked if he could write "Roy's Favorite Things" alongside "Debbie's Favorite Things" for 2016....

I’ve been writing "Debbie’s Favorite Things" yearly since 2007. I’m kinda obsessed with Oprah and I figured if she could do it, why couldn’t I ?! :) It quickly became a tradition for me to list 10 of my favorite things from the previous year....and it also became my...

For those of you who have been reading my newsletters for a while, you know that this is my favorite one to write each year (and I missed 2013 because we were dealing with an unexpected remodel due to the Boulder floods)! For those of you new to reading my...