Between 4 & 8...

Every day, I would like to:
1. Go for a walk
2. Have enough time to read my Bible
3. Go to sleep early
4. Make my bed

Every week, I would like to:
1. learn to cook a new recipe
2. accomplish something
3. Spend more time @ the piano
4. keep my room more clean

In three months, I would like to:
1. Go on vacation for a week with NO kids around
2. figure out what to do with the flowers @ my wedding
3. finish 'love walked in'
4. Get rid of all my junk

Before next year, I would like to:
1. Buy the Nikon D40
2. loose 20lbs
3. Start Italian classes
4. go to Sea World

In two to five years, I would like to:
1. Move to a place wehre I could live for more than 3 years
2. Get a college degree
3. Be a good wife/mom
4. Go on a road trip with Dina

Before I die, I would like to:
1. Meet all my pen friends
2. Go on a cruise
3. Go to a World Congress of the SDA Church
4. Know that sponsoring these 2 kids was worth it.

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Eight Things

8 things I am passionate about:
Abortion
Writing
Love
Coffee
Cooking
IVF vertilization
Adoption
ARt

8 books I’ve read and enjoyed:
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Testament
Waiting for Daisy
Paula
The Sum of my Days
Vivir para Contarla
Portrait in Sepia

8 words/phrases that I say often:
Fuck
so
oh ok
ok
wow
really?
cool
y'all

8 things I want to do before I die:
Go to Europe with Dina
Go to Argentina
Learn to speak Italian
Have kids
Learn to play 'moonlight sonata' with no mistakes
Own a house
Buy a huge clock
Meet JBJ

8 things I’ve learned in my life:
Don't cry over spilled milk
There is power in the word of the Lord
Forgivenes is easy - forgetting is hard
You don't choose who you'll fall in love with
Being forgiven feels great
Good friends are the ones who are by your side in the good, the bad, and the ugly
Love is all around us

8 places I want to see:
Usuahia (however you spell it)
Greece
Alaska
Venice
Moscow
Hong Kong
my grandma's gravesite
Kathmandu

8 things I currently want/need:
More sleep
A CD player
My husband
Money
Watch the movie 'Ratatouville'
A hot dog (from Chile)
Go to a BJ concert