My shower is fixed. Yay!

...

Becky posting!

(and Becky, that's adorable.)

Awwww!



Cardamom: pülla and chai.
Having a physical job.
Feeling pleasantly tired at the end of the day.
Balmy weather.
Walking.

Bethany seems to have stolen my post!

That I'd sold juice.

You sold juice? Ooooh!

watching really bad movies in the theatre with old friends

Forecast for Portland, OR
Fri Jan 07 Rain / Snow Showers 40°/33°
Sat Jan 08 Snow Shower 38°/33°
Sun Jan 09 Rain / Snow Showers 40°/33°
Mon Jan 10 Rain / Snow Showers 41°/32°
Tue Jan 11 Rain / Snow 41°/31°
Wed Jan 12 Rain / Snow 45°/37°

Waking up with relatively little difficulty.

Getting the house back in order after the holidays.

Hot coa coa on such a cold day.

Reading a good book.

Paige's Naps

Progress reading.
Returning to the gym.
Yoga -- ahhh!
Working alone today.
Chai tea.
My sister doing the laundry -- yay!
Waking up on time.
Conversations with nice people at the gym.
The delightful sensation of rest.
Half-decent temperatures.
Finding my keys.
Phone messages offering free groceries. (We definitely need them!)
The prospect of soon seeing friends.
A Christmas card from Singapore.

Seeing good friends for the first time in months.
Tomato Bisque soup.
Free truffles.
Free Biscotti
Sipping Starbucks coffee while sitting in a Tullys
Naps during home community (lol)
Beer with friends.
Rides home on a cold, cold evening.

aaron, you bad boy. drinking starbucks at a tully's.

brilliant, if you ask me. besides, starbucks is just so much better.

anyway...

spending the afternoon at the movie theatre.

people who are helpful when it's not expected of them.

Chatting with Jane.
Phone calls with good friends.
Epsom salts... thank you, deities that be, for Epsom salts.
Catching the bus with minimal waiting.
Getting to class on time.
Having reasons to laugh.
Having a standing study date with a good friend -- my homework WILL get done! It WILL!

Free CDs from a band.

a good night's sleep.

waking up feeling rested and on the way to a full recovery.

hanging out with one of my favorite people, talking about language and church and books.
really good january sales and new clothes.

Homemade Chex Mix

Post-holiday holiday shopping. Thank you, back, for giving me an excuse to delay the distribution of holiday gifts!

Being able to walk without a walker. (This is old news, but I talked to a girl today who used hers for weeks, and I'm really grateful to be healing so well.)

Body pillows. Holy.

Slowly regaining sensation in my back.

Y'all sweet bunch of Apples.

And ditto on the Chex mix and the chai tea, Janelle and Libs.

Good books.
Yoga.
Cookies.
Finally obtaining my driver's license.

Got one for my wife during her pregnancy ... she named it "My Boyfriend". Hmm.

Hey ... glad you're recouping so nicely!

wathing the snow come down from inside.

large snow drifts....while you're inside.

hot coca and a fire.... while reading your favourite novel. (while it's snowing outside)

notice a theme...?

- police officers who internact with me in a polite manner....and then don't give me a ticket

- spending my last few hours in the states with an old friend...

Conversations, fish imitations, and yuppy bashing with complete strangers.

fellow shopper at mall: "isn't this the ugliest bra you have ever seen?" (she holds up flower-patterned thing with pink lace on it. We have to agree.) "I just have to buy it because it's so ugly. the salesgirl said it reminds her of a couch!"

So did you buy the couch-bra or did she?

she did. it was in her size and not mine.

favorite thing: watching U2 videos for college credit.

Naptime.

: )

Zayne.

Getting a raise when I thought they forgot.

The term "couch bra."
Christmas presents! Today I received 7 Deadly Sins and my bee-yoo-ti-ful Scampering Rat charm in the mail! Woo!
Dinner with a friend.
More presents! A bright-green-with-blue-trim handbag with my initial on it, and a fuschia knit fringed poncho!
Loooong walks in tolerable weather.
Finding another discarded toque in this grand winter clothing exchange otherwise known as "absentmindedness." (I am now two hats ahead, but down one pair of mittens.)
Going to bed very very very very soon.

Short! Hair! Short! Hair! Short! Hair! Woo!


Oh, and non-caffeinated mint tea is lovely, too. And having a freshly-scrubbed bathroom, and organized cabinets, and new storage units for my furniture-free bedroom. And I love my hip hop dance class! I totally SUCK, but I LOVE it! And the gym is awesome, too! YAY! Happy world!

OHHHHHH!

i just saw this.

Smootch (see, even used caps)

Finally seeing Garden State, and loving every second of it.

Opening every blind in the house to allow the glorious SUNSHINE to come in!!

: )

(There've been a lotta gray days in the Midwest this winter ...)

Talking sports with my girlfriends.

: )

Seeing sunshine for the first time this year, finally!

Long walks, time at the gym, and a yummy warm meal.

p.f. changs

when a practical email conversation turns into an all-day, bantering conversation.

minor seventh chords. I just really like them.

knowing that even when my basketball team loses its 3rd game of the season that there is more to life than just basketball....

when i catch ray lookin’ at me that way …

(and by that way i simply mean in the most kind, loving, appreciative way, just so you kids with the gutter minds know ... )

Seeing my friend. Yay.

New computers bought for me by family members. Now having the ability to write my short stories without getting totally interupted every time I turn around.

The fact that when I typed in my internet alias of the moment (edwartica) into google, one of the things that comes up is a thread from the CJ message bored titled "I'm a terrible American."