1. homemade pizza with a toasted sesame seed crust.
2. the afro canadian restaurant on Cambie.
3. movie theatre popcorn.
4. grilled cheese sandwiches.
5. shoestring licorice.

1. mailing Christmas presents on time.
2. nice mailmen.
3. breakfast for supper.
4. the taunting smell of that damn gingerbread house.
5. a quiet apartment.

1. eating gingerbread houses.
2. prettily wrapped presents.
3. clean sheets.
4. vintage bicycles.
5. blueberry smoothies.

1. colour coded things.
2. making labels.
3. improving an existing system.
4. my organizational skills.
5. people who appreciate my organizational skills.

1. ceiling bicycles.
2. jokes about walls.
3. men who look good in suits.
4. purple satin lining.
5. being a kid at heart.

1. dollar store supplies.
2. a table full of candy.
3. the leaning tower of Christmas.
4. making gingerbread houses.
5. holiday parties.

1. making new dog friends in the elevator.
2. working from bed.
3. cheap bins of bulk candy.
4. avoiding a hot sugary disaster while making christmas treats.
5. not being afraid to admit that I now own very tasteful leg warmers.

1. holiday parties.
2. potato gnocchi.
3. not getting a paper cut while filing.
4. working up a sweat at yoga.
5. city lights.

1. not dropping the large stack of boxes I had on the skytrain.
2. cheese melted under the broiler.
3. the anticipation of the fudgesicle I’m going to devour later.
4. the sound of rain on my windows.
5. playing with a man’s hair.