Lindsay Erika

#1: NEPHEWS!;

Coffee (real coffee. micro roasted and made right. served within 2 weeks of being roasted. not that chain crap. that's not coffee.);

Lattes (real lattes. made with real coffee (see above) when the shots are pulled with perfect timing and the crema is nice and thick and a little sweet, and the milk is steamed to have just the right amount of microfoam (that means the bubbles are so small you can't see them) to pour a pretty little design - oh! and it's only 8oz or less. None of this giant crap so full of milk and syrup that you forget it was ever meant to be coffee);

Tea (the British way: black tea, with milk & sugar);

Photography;

Cinnamon-y things;

Croissants;

Chocolate chip cookies that are more chip than cookie;

Cool glass of 2% organic milk;

Warm fresh bread;

Knowing how to weld, even though I never do anymore;

Curling up on a sofa with a hot drink of some kind and a book, movie or fave t.v. show;

Researching obscure and occult topics;

Buying new books (see above);

Oliver & Pippin (cats named after literature – nothing to do with musicals);

Throwing paper airplanes over Pippin’s head and watching her leap 3 feet in the air to catch them;

Watching the 20 pound Oliver run after Pippin (Fat cat running! Fat cat running!);

Watching Pippin's tail triple in size when she's startled;

Scotch on the rocks;

U.K. beer like Guiness and Newcastle;

Gin with grenadine and orange juice (real o.j. no concentrate allowed!);

My perfect Irish coffee made with French pressed Vashon Island Coffee Co.’s Espresso Velutto, brown sugar and organic cream – though I’ve always had to cheap out on the whisky and get Bushmills;

Blending my own herbal "teas" (the only way I will drink the abominations);

Hot cocoa made the right way: nothing but milk, cocoa and sugar (okay, I’d use vanilla too if I ever had any);

The British and anything that is British;

Magnolias and lilacs;

Making up words;

Putting myself on an evolutionary path to ascension;

Pouring good latte art;

Brand new hair cuts & freshly dyed hair;

Learning how to do HTML with absolutely no prior knowledge and only google searches to help me;

Knowing how one-year-olds think;

Buying the perfect gifts for people in those times when I actually have money with which to buy things;

The look on someone’s face when they learn for the first time that, when coffee is made right, it actually DOES taste as good as it smells – without sugar;

People who read all this and see that I’m a totally awesome gal (but don’t “friend” me if I don’t know you. I don’t take candy from strangers.)