I gotta PePe.

Soxy Deb over at Postcards from the Edge had fun with "C" earlier this week, so I hit her up for a letter to explore as well.

She was kind and handed down the versatile "P."

What is it about that letter that just makes me smile when I say it? Oh yeah, the 6-year-old boy that resides in house and in my head.

The assignment: to create a list of 10 of my favorite P things. Only 10!? Well, it ended up being more difficult than I initially thought, but I got Hubs involved. Fun pillow talk.

If you would like to take the Alphabet Challenge as well, please leave me a comment requesting a letter. Get in line fast - R, S, T, N, L and E will go first-come, first-serve.

Here we go, in no particular order...

1. Palm and Pine trees: as you can tell from my header, I'm a beach girl. I love the sound, the smell, the glorious textures of sand and salt water. Palm trees for the tropical variety. Pine trees for my beloved Walton County.

2. Pop Culture: from People.com and Entertainment Weekly to "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost" - I honestly cannot get enough mindless fluff. My everyday life is stress, worry, responsibility. My downtime has to include Worst Dress Lists and who's dating whom. It's a mental imperative.

3. Political Satire: Cartoons, The Daily Show, SNL, Craig Ferguson - I like to swallow the state of our country/world with a lump of sugar. It just goes down easier.

(This was in reference to the knock-down-drag-out battle for Dem. Nominee, but it pretty much sums up my feelings of how the whole President/Secretary of State relationship is going to go.)

4. Pink: the singer and the color.

5. Parent: my own and being one.

6. Pantone Books: For this retired publishing gal, one of the things I miss the most is the magical Pantone Portfolio (truth be told, my selection of color books somehow made it out in my personal box when I left the agency. Sorry Mrs. S - but I figured it made up for some of the mental abuse.) I used them at 2 A.M. press checks and to help me pick the perfect shade of soft yellow for my bridesmaid dresses (maid of honor, you've been locked out of comments). They now help me with house paint colors and freelance projects. They even smell cool.

7. Penises: think of it in terms of Biology, not porn (one of the P words Hubs wanted me to include.) I LOVE men! I have an incredible husband and two beautiful sons. I worship my older brother and my ex-Green Beret, hard-working, soft-as-a-teddy bear father. I have some wonderful girl friends, honest, and my mother is the best, but there is nothing like a man to shoot it to you straight, share a juvenile laugh, give you a random flirty smile to make your day. Men can also look like this...

I borrowed that shot from the Nice One over at Even the Nice Ones. Please visit her for more Daniel Craig eye candy and great posts.

8. Porch: preferably the screened-in type, but I'll take them pretty much any way. It boggles the mind why this trend has not taken off in Texas like it has in the South. We have the "Bug of the Month" around here. One day we're going to add one to this home. I cannot wait.

9. Preppy: paisley, madras, Izod, penny loafers, Bermuda shorts, pink and green, sweaters around shoulders, Lily Pulitzer, "Town and Country" - I. Love. It. All.

10. Phenex 1 and 2: the miracle formula that keeps Youngest healthy and whole. I thank God for it every night.