Five Good Things [Tony Edition]

1.  He will always cuddle upon request.  

2.  When we stay at his parents to commute to work in the morning; he always gets up before me, wakes me up, and packs my things and puts them next to the door so they're ready to go.

3.  He is superb @ Excel and financial management, both of which I suck at.

4.  He does not freak out when I freak out.  

It's a very good thing one of us is emotionally stable.

5.  He teaches me patience.  

Five Good Things

1. A full return on a pair of rubber boots that cracked after 4 months of wear. Hunter you disappointed me, but at least I got my moolah back.

2. A rich Georgia Mud Fudge Blizzard on a relaxing train ride.

3. $4 tank tops.

4. The Bookseller of Kabul. Heartbreaking, but good.

5. Sun, sun, suuuuuuun!!!!!

Five Good Things

My taste buds have been going crazy every since T and I got back from China.

I've been craving Asian food so badly.

1.  Ma La Food.
Roughly translated this means numbing and spicy food.
It's the specialty of my hometown, Chongqing.
What can I say?  I miss heartburn.

2.  Creamy Taro Bubble Tea.
Not all bubble tea are created equal.  Some are more watery than others.  I crave the creamy type.

3.  Edamame.
I think I've killed this craving by making 3 bags full of edamame and consuming them within 48 hours.

4.  Tofu.
And I'm not talking about the white soft ones.  I'm talking the chewy yellow-beige ones.

5.  Rice.
Oh, good old rice.  I love filling my stomach with you.
But alas you're so carby!

Five Good Things

1. Ancaster Old Mill for dinner.
2. Family hike and pumpkin picking and turkey dinner.
3. A real live doggy to snuggle and sleep with. For 4 nights at least.
4. A certain tall ginger with the initials T.S.
5. Friends who care enough to bring pecan pie and ask hard questions.

Five Good Things

1.  Fried Chicken from Popeye's
2.  Biscuit Sausage and Egg from McDonald's
3.  Peanut Butter ice cream from M&M meat shops
4.  Portabello mushroom sandwhich from the Bean Bar in Hamilton.
5.  Orange juice.  

Five Good Things

1.  Chilly nights.
I can't sleep when it's hot.  I like to huddle under my down comforter.

2.  Fruity Fizz.
Raspberry/kiwi is my favourite.

3.  Quality time with T.S.

4.  Americanos.

5.  Portobello mushrooms.
Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom.

Five Good Things

1.  Friendly reminders to get off the train when you're near your stop.
2.  Naps.  I wonder how many times naps have made this list.
3.  Portobello mushrooms.
4.  Comfortable heels.
5.  Banter

Five Good Things

1.  A cute light teal dress.
2.  Seeing small budding fruits of my labor. 
Thanks Jesus, You didn't have to, but You did.
3.  Growing in maturity- in being able to make wise choices even though my emotions didn't feel like it.
4.  Slow cookers.
5.  Kettle Chips

Five Good Things

1.  Above 10 and below 25 weather.

2.  Reunions.

3.  Onegin.  

4.  Brown Eyeliner.

5.  SMS.

Five Good Things

1.  Parachute By Ingrid Michaelson
This song is literally on repeat on my iPhone. I cannot stop listening to it. It's the perfect "hopeless romantic" song.

2. Yogurt Parfaits
I've started eating yogurt parfaits in the morning in my attempt to be healthier

3. Sketching at the ROM
I've boycotted the ROM ever since that fateful visit in '99 when I realized that the ROM's special exhibit couldn't even match the MET's normal exhibit. I was (and still am) a bit of a museum snob. I went to sketch there, and it wasn't too bad, but I am still boycotting Ontario museums. Spoiled I know.

4. Encouraging Friends
I had to submit a little something something this past Wednesday, and it kinda drove me nuts. During this past week I also started to think that I was a bit nuts, well a little more nuts than usual for attempting this. I was and am so thankful for all the words of encouragement.

5. Spring is in the Air
I know it's cold, but to me spring is here. There's that lovely scent of spring, and those chirping birds.
I wonder who's going to get spring fever this year?

Five Good Things

1.  Free DVDs courtesy of my roommate.
2.  Chocolate trifle gelato.  Yummy.
3.  Coke.  The classic kind.  Unfortunately this non-pop drinker has started to purchase pop.  My teeth are rotting as we speak.
Er...as I type, and as you read.
4.  Windex.  In a household of multiple glass surfaces, Windex is a lifesaver.
5.  Family day.  

Five Good Things

1.  Above 0 weather.
2.  Birds chirping.
3.  Frozen custard.
4.  Prompt apartment maintenance.
5.  Tealish

Five Good Things

1.  Warm wool socks.  Handmade ones.
2.  Spumoni.
3.  Enoki Hotate Bacon.
Enoki mushrooms and scallops wrapped in bacon from Guu.
Party in your mouth times three.
4.  Fresh laundry.
Even though I really hate doing laundry.  I don't know why.
It's pretty effortless.
5.  Roommate bonding.

Five Good Things

1.  Fuchsia Roses
You know you're a nerd/hopeless romantic sap when you buy yourself flowers.
That and you really miss Spring.
2.  Carrot Cake
This is the only "vegetable dessert" that I will go near.
Vegetables and dessert shouldn't really mix, but this is the exception.
3.  Naps
4.  The Genius Bar at the Apple Store
They were kind enough to tell me that the reason my iPhone headphone jack isn't working is because I have failed to completely shove my earbuds into the sucker.
I FAIL.  Again.
5.  Bath and Body Works Sale
This week I bought like a years' worth of hand soap.  My friend, C.G. said to me,

"You know you look OCD, right?"

Ah well, no point in hiding it.  I is crazy already.

Five Good Things

1.  New role(s) within Campus for Christ
2.  New job title: Creative Director of MyCravings Online Strategies
3.  The library
4.  Hope
5.  Umbra

Five Good Things

1.  The cold.  I much prefer cold over heat.
2.  Jill the roommate.
3.  Selina the roommate.
4.  Leftovers.
5.  Good Teen Lit.

Five Good Things

1.  Dinner with BFF
2.  New, sharpened  WOOD pencils (I know.  Who uses wood pencils nowadays?)
3.  Dusting off the ol' drawing skills
4.  A remnant of tasty congee that was saved for a morning such as today's
5.  Art supply stores

Five Good Things

1.  Making a new friend at church.  I mean beyond small talk.
2.  New Year cleaning and reorganizing.
3.  Surviving 9 toddlers on little sleep and no breakfast.
4.  Engagement shoot.
5.  Old music that becomes "new music" because you haven't heard it in so long.

2010 Recap

2010 was a hard year.  Not as hard as the two previous, but hard nonetheless.  Yet it was not all blegh.  Hard can be good.

Top 5 Fave Happenings This Past Year

1.  Hawaii
Enough said.

2.  25th Birthday Party.
It was the sweetest and most encouraging party in my 25 years of life.

3.  BFF getting engaged.
It's like my sister getting engaged except I don't have one, which makes it all the more special.

4.  Vision Trip to South Asia
How could travelling to South Asia NOT be on here?

5.  The Small Things

Five Good Things

1.  A Made By Hank wallet courtesy of my bff.
2.  A lil pug house guest also courtesy of my bff.  OMG SO cute.
3.  Meals up meals of my favourite chinese dishes courtesy of my mummy next week.
4.  Getting everything my only child heart, desires this Christmas.  I am so spoiled.
5.  Stabilizing mentally and emotionally.