I. Love. Chocolate. You don’t even understand how much I love it. Living in Switzerland for 2 years after college didn’t help much either! Just like a song on the radio can bring you back to a special time, the smell of a great cup of espresso and a bite of real chocolate brings me to my time in Geneva. I loved every minute being there and I look back in great fondness of that time in my life. I knew being a Geneviose wouldn’t be forever and in certain moments I made sure to cherish big and little moments. This past week I received the best package ever in the mail-chocolate from a wonderful friend who is 100% Suisse. Believe it or not, there aren’t a ton of purley Swiss folks in Geneva due to it’s banking community. Although there are 3 national languages in Switzerland; Swiss-French, Swiss-Italian, and Swiss-German (all three very different from their root languages) it wasn’t uncommon to hear Brittish English on the streets and in the cafes. I met Joelle through a language exchange. We’d speak one hour of French for me and one hour of English for her over a cup (or 3) of coffee. Anyway, my awesome Swiss friend sent me 2 bags of chocolate. As soon as I got back from the bridal show I ground up some coffee, used the fancy espresso machine we are borrowing from a friend (more on that in anther post), and picked out a piece of chocolate… happy contented sigh. I want to share that moment with you! We are giving away a half pound of these chocolates. All you have to do is comment on this post. Let us know what your favorite “bring back to a special time” thing is for you. A particular song, a certain outfit, a poster or picture… whatever it may be. I want to know what gives you the warm fuzzies on this cold week in the middle of Winter!Contest ends Friday! 
For me it’s watching my kids play in yeagers toy dept. my grandma ran the dept for 40+ years, before passing away 5 years ago. I remember visiting her their growing up and am thankful that I can watch my kids enjoy it now.
Love chocolate! Who doesn’t? Love the way certain special FRAGRANCES roll back the years and put me in another time and place.
Whitney always brings me back to good times with muh sis.
Who doesn’t love chocolate?? That is the best way to calm your nerves & just relax!!!
Oh my gosh…. I am the biggest chocoholic ever!! I eat it for breakfast… I sneak it in bed when my hubby is fast asleep… I buy it at the grocery checkout. Oh my!! My whole family is so… To me, chocolate brings back memories to my childhood!! Oh I want chocolate now. 🙂
My special bring back to a special time hot chocolate and a warm fire after playing in the snow with the kids. It all started when we lived in Montana!!
biscuits and gravy!
Hot tub with a warm drink!
For me, smells are always what take me back to certain moments in time. My husbands cologne in particular. He uses two types of cologne, Tommy Hilfiger and Jordan. The Tommy always takes me back to when we first met in high school. I don’t know why, but every time he switches back to using Tommy cologne, I think of that particular period in time. The Jordan reminds me of Christmas time (weird, I know lol); this is because the very first Christmas I spent with him, he was wearing this cologne (and a lot of it), and we went to his crazy, latin family Christmas party=).
A song called “whiskey for my men, beer for my horses” by Toby Keith.
The day I found out my grandpa died, I was taking it kind of rough. As I was sitting in my room listening to the radio, my brother came in. He was determined to cheer me up. So after every line he would make some kind of comment like “Does it HAVE to be whiskey, can’t it be something a little less strong, like what about WATER!?” It was so funny, and all I could do was laugh.
Now, whenever I hear that song, I think back to that moment and I am thankful for a brother who is always determined to make me smile, even when I don’t feel like it!
Your post reminded me of the time I spent at a Bible school in Schladming, Austria. I also enjoyed my time in Europe and have fond memories. I made a wonderful, HUGE scrapbook- the only one to date I really finished. There was a certain scent (some sort of fall special) from Bath and Body Works that my mom sent me in a package and there was a letter I put in the scrapbook that somehow got drenched in that smell. Every time I crack the scrapbook open and show it to someone I get to that page and smell that scent and it’s like I am right there in the dorms again. It brings back so many memories! Tasting authentic European chocolate also takes me back…
PS. Give the chocolate to the pregnant woman 🙂
What gives me the warm fuzzies on this cold week in the middle of Winter is just that. The snow.
I grew up on the East Coast in Connecticut State. Where this week would of been like the end of our winters. I acualy had to walk in the 3 feet of snow to school, because school was always open if you could make it.
I remember getting up very early with my sisters making igloos in the snow, it would almost take all day to build a good one. Mom would make us hot coco for our accomplishment. Which we would chase it down with a nice cold ice stick from the roof top.
We would make the greatest snowmen by digging into the winter box and finding him or even made a her, warm clothes and a carrot nose and other items from the fridge.
Winter was great on the East Coast. We knew when time got near to come in when we would get a great wiff from the air of moms warm homemade cooking.
After dinner we would make cookies and enjoy our time together. Just waiting for the next day to play in the cold winters snow. Being so young didnt have to drive in the weather, winter was awesome and an amazing site to see, its so fresh and clean looking.
Now I got two young boys of my own and the adventure starts all over again.
Make the best of what you got and remember, its a memory in the works! Happy Winter
A couple things come to mind: the smell of Coppertone “Water Babies” sun screen sends me back to those long summer days as a kid at the pool. That was the life =) Or listening to Jem’s album Finally Woken. I listened to that album my entire trip to France, forever associating the two. Love it.
What brings back memories is the smell of wood burning in a stove. I grew up with a wood stove for heat andcooking and a wood stove at my uncles house for cooking and there is nothing like coming into a home and smelling a pot of beans cooking on those stoves. My mother always had a kettle of water for humidity (sometimes the pot would overflow from the heat and the water would be dancing on the hot stove and making all sorts of noises) and a pot of beans of some type cooking. Those were the days!!!
I can look at a photograph and be instantly back in that moment: the smells, the feelings, etc. I have a specific picture of a day when Glen and I were dating that he started a water fight at our house. (He’ll deny that he started it by the way! LOL) it takes me back to the dating days: our “younger” selves, the laid back days, and the fun we had.
Guess that’s why (even though I don’t work at it like I should) I enjoy scrapbooking; those memories are there in a heartbeat when I flip the pages and I hope that our kids and grandkids will have that somewhat the same feelings/memories when they flip through them.
Whenever I hear the song “At Last” I feel so wonderful and warm inside. “At Last” was the song the first song my husband and I danced to at our wedding reception.
Every morning we wake up to little feet pitter pattering across the hard floors from their bedroom. We remember the 1st time that sound ever graced our ears. So sweet, so precious and a moment that will always be in our hearts. One day they will all be grown. The littleness will disappear. Then they will have their own babies and the warm and fuzzies will return to us again.
Love when my girls have a snow day! We stay in our jammies, watch movies, have hot chocolate and eat snacks all day!! lilsis_75@hotmail.com
Circus Peanuts. We used to bring them to the park with us when we were little for special picnics. I tried them a few years ago again for nostalgia and found they are awful. But still smile everytime I see them.
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