As a kid I wrote lists all the time. Things I want to be when I grow up, places I want to visit, animals I want to see, sports I want to play. You name it, I made a list for it. I kept journals of lists. When my birthday would roll around I'd start that list months in advance and give it to my parents. These days I find the lists I write are either task lists or packing items (boring!). Today, I wrote a list prioritizing the first 20 things I need to tackle on my marketing project, after which I sighed and daydreamed about writing a fun list. Although the project is very fun, the list was daunting.
Given that I have been asked four times this week the dreaded question "what do you want for your birthday?", I'm thinking I should make this into my fun list. As a kid the list always reflected my current hobbies and things I thought were cool (neon socks made the list back in the 80's, leg warmers, tap dance shoes, and so on). So, here goes, my list of what I want for my birthday.
3 hours of your time to join me for a HOBA event (http://www.handsonbayarea.org)
The Science of Good Food: The Ultimate Reference on How Cooking Works (www.amazon.com)
Tante Marie cooking school class (http://www.tantemarie.com/)
The contact info for a great cello teacher that lives in SF and is accepting students
Going to a Sabres game
Tintin books in French (many of mine have been lost over the years) (www.amazon.com)
La vache qui rit – 2 plates & bowls (the white bowls not the yellow bowls)
A picture from my fabulous nephew and nieces for my fridge
Beastie boy records (LPs, not CDs)
SF Baking Institute (http://www.sfbi.com/)
A dutch oven
MFK Fisher: The Art of Eating, Consider the Oyster, How to Cook A Wolf (www.amazon.com)
Books especially those by Hemingway, Garcia Lorca, L'Engle, Hugh Pentecost (the Pierre Chambrun series), Murakami (this is a never ending list of authors, should be it's own page)
Indeed, many similarities to the lists of my youth.
Having twins and possible quintuplets is an amazing time crunch but in a really great way. Read all about our progress at crushalicious.tumblr.com.
Welcome to the new blog documenting the adventures in wine making - Crushalicious. (Alternatively known as Le Chateau Mamans du Bebe).
http://crushalicious.tumblr.com/
So, theoretically, I will be working on two blogs now....
