list no. 49 (again) :: the little things

It was pretty obvious that I'd messed up my numbering when I looked at my cumulative posts and saw that this week was no. 50. And there's three weeks left, which has nothing to do with it being a Leap Year and everything to do with jet lag, (screwed up the numbering the week I returned from London). 

Turns out I forgot week no. 39, so I will instead do another no. 49

1. Instead of lamenting the streak of early rising, (also called insomnia), I've come to love my early morning drives about town; down to the beach and the park, I love hearing the crashing waves, and I love the fog hovering below the blanket of trees.
2. I also love the super-hot coffee that I usually pick up along the way.
3. We're thinking about getting a dog, which means I think I'm finally ok with what that will mean, because the majority of training, care, etc. will be mine. 
4. I found a new Kind Bar - dark chocolate, nut and sea salt. It really is the perfect afternoon snack, (I gravitate towards sweet over savory).
5. I thought I was getting these, but instead these came, labeled 'Scottish', which I don't know what difference that makes, except these tasted old even though they weren't expired, leading me to believe that they'd been on a shelf for a very long time. 
6. Miss A asked very innocently, "mama, why would you buy food online?" And she's right, why indeed?
7. I'm loving this book. It's a very compelling story line and I'm curious to see how it turns out. 
8. And look forward to seeing the movie afterwards.
9. Hannukah starts in five days and we'll be gone for Christmas so we're not decorating this year, much to miss A's dismay.
10. I did finally string twinkle lights around the railing on the front and back terraces and they look so pretty. They will definitely stay long after the holidays are over.
11. I've finally shot my way through my Impossible stash and have four, remaining packs of expired 600 film that I plan to shoot on our road trip vacation. 
12. It feels good to both shoot through my hoard stash, and also not feel a tendency to stockpile what's left of my 600 film because the new film is so, so good.