No more classes for 3 whole weeks!
Wahooo!!!!
I need this break!
~m

I second your welcome!!!

Hi Clancy!

Jelly Bellies....sooooo yummmmmy


(I have to third the welcome to Clancy too!!!)

mid-afternoon naps stolen whilst sitting at my pc at work

thank god no one walked in while I dozed.

a certain person.

why thanks dawg! i had a feeling you felt this way about me but wasn't sure until just now. i'm deeply touched!


BUT I'M NOT GAY!!!!!

Awwwwwwww!!!
I'm happy for you Kylie.

the fact that kylie has a certain person, even though she never blogs about it, never im's, never writes.....

heh.

yay for kj.

Yeah, KJ should write about "certain person" in her blog or im or something. It would be great to hear more about him.

Understanding friends.
Free food.
Guitars.
Bellydancing.
Booze.
Finding those OtR bootleg MP3s Michelle sent me months and months ago.
Post-its.

receiving more christmas cards in the mail than bills.

Listening to Eveningland with the iTunes visualizer on full screen.

leave the light on...

candles and warm blankets

Seeing family
making new friends
seemingly never-ending supplies of fruit and tea
bitchin' aloo gobhi
my sister
tasty home-packed lunches eaten in faraway places
starting excellent new books
not burning the chickpea curry!
dancing
having Liberation Party played in my honor
hearing Song for the Son of a Traveling Man again
hauntingly beautiful Christ bhajans
poking people
baby baby baby baby baby
successfully navigating the TTC
Courage My Love = best store EVER
hugs hugs hugs
seeing Miranda Stone again... and meeting her new husband
(For the record, Chris is a perfect match for her, AND he makes kick-ass blueberry pancakes. Rejoice, for she has found the ideal husband.)
conversations about just about everything
learning about glasswork
feeling kinda sorta stable for the first time in too long

Glad you're feeling good tonight, Libby. hope it continues.

Having all three of our kids at home.

Good on ya, Keith. Happy holidays.

Family visiting
hot tea
wonderful friends
thoughts of moving where it never gets too cold

Cold weather
And the artwork on Google.com I love their artists!

the i love the (insert decade) series on vh1, and finding out that they're coming out with I Love the 90's Part Deux in 2005!

Witty banter on Tiger Woods, the Spice Girls and so much more! I can't wait!

Huge, friendly dogs who behave.
Free copies of windows XP
White elephant gifts

- I get on the plane for home in 3 hours and 39 minutes!! woohoo!!!!

- acetominophen. No, really. I haven't taken an analgesic in about a year (because I don't want to spend a million bucks for a bottle), but I found some last night in my suitcase...and voila, no more headache! Amazing!!

friend
family
christmas

Sleep. (Not that I've had enough.)
Leaving work. (Plaster dust is not my friend.)
Mailing things. (I'm productive! Yeah!)
Nice people. (I met two sweethearts at the post office.)
Compliments. (One of them loved my smile.)

The most badass new sofa ever. Well, 3 weeks new... but I just got a camera.

And the rules of the house:

Oooh, nice Troy. My "house rule" reads "celebrate life," with lots of pretty beads dangling from the hanging wire, but I think this suits you better.

Wrapping presents.
Making egg nog and remoulade.
Watching A Christmas Story with the family.

So, do you suffer soap poisoning? Or maybe you actually did shoot your eye out, hahaha.

The beautiful snow that came this morning.

being home.
missing Norwood.
the Orchard.

and all of the little things...

Hey, what about the "certain someone"?

So nice to have you back, kayjay!

yeah, him too.

thanks, keith. i've missed everyone so much.

i must add one more to my list of favourites:

keith dancing during 'Love Shack'... and then using a pen and a beer bottle for "more cowbell".

mwah!

I'm nothing if not resourceful, especially after half a dozen beers.

Say hi to Mom and Kimberly for me.

"Your what?.... tin roof, rusted!"

kylie, good to see you back where you belong...here.

here's one of all of our favorites...

thanks, william.

what a fun weekend. i've always wanted to say...

"I'm with the band."

hey, the way the weekend went for you are you sure the band wasn't saying "we're with kylie"?

riiight. i love that stuff!

hi, my name is josh... and i'm a part of the orchard, which is with kylie.

thanks, josh.

The world's laziest dog.

A gift bottle of bootleg absinth, a bowl of sugar cubes, 46 Patsy Cline songs and an upstairs view of a foot of fresh snow on a cold December night.

Nice coworkers.
NO MORE SANDING! (I hope.)
Managers who make special arrangements on my behalf.
Dollarama.
Not buying everything in sight, despite having walked into fifteen different stores in search of two measly freaking stocking stuffers tonight.
Not yelling at people when things didn't go my way.
Only crying once today.
AlloStop, I love thee.
The adorable girl at the cash at Canadian Tire.
Music. Music is good.
I think(!) I have successfully made lemon loaf!
Smiles.
The forums.
Sugar.
Getting to see my family tomorrow.

Royksopp

being home with family
college bowl games
march maddness only a few months away.

Sitting around the kitchen with my siblings.
Getting things into the mail.
My little brother, who is the best antidote to the desire to marinate in an agitated depressive funk.
Four whole hours of sleep.
Mail.
My cat.
Dinner dates with siblings.
Well-stocked refrigerators.
The ability to dance.

genuine folks. it just doesn't get any better.

such a pretty puppy.

:::petting the doggy:::

holding my nephew