the list.

based on this entry, i have decided to make "the list" of "30ish things that i want to do in my lifetime." or at least pretty soon. in no particular order.

• be more optimistic. for me and for my better half. giving it a go each day! 02.25.06.

• find joy and believe in the good. thanks, midwesterners!

• fix my pc so it connects to my network.  done, 01.15.04!

• garden at least once a week. i have a garden! that's not dead yet! 02.25.06.

• knit a baby blanket with a monogram for someone.

• make two new friends. friends via the internets count, right? 2005.

• give only homemade gifts. look what i made for the holidays in 2005. here are some other things i've made.

• visit each continent.

• purchase a home in a non-urban area. with stables would be a plus (see below).

• ride horses again.

• accept me - in my own skin (did i just write that? isn't that jessica simpson song? well it sure worked out well for her.).

• learn to play the piano (for real this time) on the antique piano given to my better half.

• create a filing system. 09.17.04.

• buy a drill.

• master pie crust (without crying).

• learn to speak another language (for real this time).

• be less selfish. jen said i should strike this. 09.17.04.

• go cross-country skiing again.

• find direction.

• do yoga all the time.

• live somewhere completely new.well, wichita wasn't what i had in mind, but hey. it was new! 09.17.04.

• appreciate more.i sure do! 09.17.04.

• pay more attention to the little things. i'm paying attention! 09.17.04.

• buy artwork.

• stop dressing so pedestrian. i'm shopping at more indie retailers and hopefully, getting a little more "edge" to my bad self. 02.25.06.

• get a new "top 'o' the line" washer and dryer.

• be active in a non-profit.

• be more excited. i feel like there's much to be excited about lately. 02.25.06.

• take responsibility without being so hard on myself.

• purge things we don't need. marathon garage clean-out! 02.25.06.

• try to respect "the ordinary" (inspired by this quote by lin-chi: "if you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.") done 9.17.04.

please check out the wish jar journal. it's rather inspiring (even to an attempting-to-reform-cynic like me.)