#19: Honeysuckle. There's tons of it growing over the garden wall, I love hanging up the laundry now. Everything dries and smells like flowers.
#20: Emma Donoghue's novels. My life is much better when I'm reading her work.
#21: our new flat!!! OMG!!eleventy! We've got this crazy flat at the top of a house on the street we wanted; our landlady lives ( Read more... )

#16: Naps. Sweet, sweet naps. Why yes, I am an old lady trapped in a young woman's body.

#17: Watching Bound with tea_drinker77 . Oh yeah. Even though Gina Gershon can't act.

#18: The lavender oil tea_drinker77 gave me for Xmas. It's a combination of lavender essential oil, sweet almond oil, calendula oil, and borage oil. Super good on sunburned skin (got a bit too much sun

#13: Having tea and truly amazing brownies with tea_drinker77  at a great new(ish) coffee shop
#14: which has those tomato shaped ketchup squirter thingies on the table. Obviously worthy of inclusion in the List O' Awesomeness.
#15: listening to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" on the jukebox while doing #13 and admiring #14.

#12: Curled up in bed, drinking white wine (sauvignon blanc, for the record) and reading trashy Victorian sensation novels. Last night, I mean, not right now. Although it would be a good way to start a Monday....

#11:  Sunday afternoon Deep Space 9 marathons. Bliss.

#9: FIREBALLS HITTING JUPITER!! God I love astronomy.  Science rulez!

#8 Appletizer. Shuffling down a hot street on a sweltering day, once again disappointed in the never-ending Great Flat Hunt of 2010, Appletizer is an absolute life-saver. It makes everything better. Plus, no caffeine!

#6: The painting that tea_drinker77 and I bought at a women's art exhibition, back before we even had a wall of our own to put it on. We are nothing if not determined.

#7: Public libraries. The central library here is not quite as queer-tastic as the one in Manchester, but it's shiny and bright and got a decent catalogue. And it's far enough away that it gives ( Read more... )

#5: Hiking (and holding hands) with tea_drinker77 

( cuz you can sense what has been lost / cuz you can sense what is at stake )