la lista

pay off credit card debt - 4.14.11
pay off student loans
take Dave to New York
be photographed looking lovely at a gala/benefit/ball
own a saltwater tank
live abroad
design and build a completely green house
-OR- renovate a cute older house with green upgrades
have a saltwater pool
successfully grow a damn plumeria
bike tour in Europe (not picky about where)
make a bleu cheesecake - 11.15.09
take my little brother snowboarding
work on an art project with my husband
do the splits
design and write my own book (and have it published)
learn to scuba dive and go somewhere pretty
run a half marathon. maybe. run a 5k
raise kids that speak Spanish
dye my hair purple – 8.7.09
do the painting I promised Neha and Anoop when they got married 2 years ago - 9.20.09
knit myself a sweater
buy my parents something extravagant
learn to speak Italian and French
make my own truffles - sometime in 12.10
take a vacation without overplanning it
arrive somewhere overdressed - 9.15.11
swim with dolphins
one day take control of my blog, not let a website do it all for me
grow a century plant
design my own font (I didn’t do this, but sometimes it’s good to let people who are better than you at doing something, well, do it.)
kayak with whales
learn to identify 20 trees in the Austin area
be able to distinguish between the 20 species of sparrows here and stop thinking of them all as “sparrows.”
learn to type without looking at the keyboard