Five Things that Don't Suck, Winter Bees Edition

1. honey
2. knocking (gently!) on the side of the hive to see if they're home
3. having them buzz back at you
4. mild winters*
5. spring

*knock on wood, people

Five Things that Don't Suck, Making Art Edition

1. printing on fabric
2. or on paper
3. or writing a poem
4. or singing
5. finding your creativity

Five Things that Don't Suck, Silver Lining Edition

1. it's warm inside
2. we don't live on the Cape, where there was apparently snow again this morning
3. warm, comfy sweaters
4. Tazo Berryblossom White tea*
5. only going outside by choice**

*I said yesterday that it's like drinking a cup of warm Boo Berry cereal, but in a good way. And I stand by that assessment.
**unless you count taking the dogs out, and since we chose to have the dogs we have, I suppose taking them out is part of that larger choice and anyway it helps ensure I get a little sunlight and move around a bit and jeez maybe I should have thought a little more carefully about #5 this morning

Five Things that Don't Suck, We Had to Get Snow Eventually Edition

1. when the snow is all pretty and fluffy and stuff
2. how happy it makes Butler
3. not needing boots
4. being able to "shovel" by just pushing a shovel lightly across the driveway
5. melting

Five Things that Don't Suck, Coffee Edition

1. espresso*
2. americano
3. caffe latte**
4. cappuccino***
5. macchiato****


*not "expresso," people. That kind of sucks a little, sorry.
**personal favorite
***very close second
****I'm going to get super-snobby here and say that I mean a real macchiato, espresso barely "stained" with milk, not whatever that thing is that Dunkin' Donuts puts out into the world. Although that might not suck--but it's also not a macchiato.

Five Things that Don't Suck, Lunch with Clancy Edition

1. seeing Clancy*
2. a long-ish drive with just me and whatever music I want to listen to**
3. the actual lunch, which is probably going to be pretty darned good
4. coming home to Jed
5. maybe making some art this afternoon

*Hi, Clancy! Thanks for having lunch with me!
**and getting to do it again on the way home

Five Things that Don't Suck, Happy New Year!!! Edition

1. recognizing that passing from one arbitrarily designated day to the next isn't really enough in and of itself to facilitate change
2. figuring out some changes anyway
3. (relatively) clean slates
4. the opportunity to have second Christmas with the Foleys now that everyone is happy
5. when Jed gets up with Butler in an attempt to let me sleep in a little