With Christmas a mere 19 days away, I think I’m ready to start feeling festive. P put lights up around our balcony window yesterday, and I dug out the Santa statue that I broke last year but glued back together rather clumsily. We’re scheming about mulled wine and skating in Robson Square, and outside our window, there’s a “tree” lit up in the middle of Lost Lagoon, which is odd but also comforting.
The holidays are a time for lists, in my opinion. Like “Fun Things to Bake” lists (chocolate pixies, pumpkin macarons…). Also, “What I Want for Christmas” lists (MEC soft shell, Canada Council grant…). And of course, “What I’m Going to do Better in 2010″ lists (overcome fear of Twitter, write better grant applications…). Etc.
Apparently, my writer friend Tanya Lloyd Kyi feels kind of the same way (about the lists, not the grant applications). Recently, she posted a list of her favourite things on her blog. So since she asked, I thought I’d leap in with a list of my own all-time favourite things.
In no particular order…
- Sunshine
- Cross-country skiing on blue wax
- Dark chocolate
- Great Danes (the canine variety. Although great Danish people are cool too)
- Breakfast (like Tanya. But in particular, breakfast cereal)
- Red wine in collapsible backcountry wine glasses
- Americanos from the Wicked Cafe on 7th and Hemlock
- Deliveries from Amazon
- Green tea gelato
- Early morning road rides that end at the Wicked Cafe on 7th and Hemlock
Actually, I feel the same way about grant applications, too.
If I want to try the Americano from the Wicked Cafe (which sounds like it must be tried), is the early morning road ride a prerequisite?
Not at all! It just makes me ride faster knowing there’s an americano waiting for me at the end.