i am going to start to make a list of things i want to do… so here it goes… in no particular order. (and i will add to these daily)
1. live in santa barbara
2. see the red wood trees again
3. hear a boys choir
4. see a jason mraz concert (completed 10.16.08)
5. encourage my children to be whatever they want to be when they grow up
6. master making a soufflé
7. go to italy
8. be a better listener
9. take the boys camping
10. spend an entire day without the internet (gasp!)
11. go to hawaii
12. have coffee with my uncle in denver
13. take pictures of geoff’s parents
14. drive across country
15. get acupuncture
16. give up caffeine
17. get a volkswagen beetle (convertible… dream car since i was 7)
18. go to a cubs game with geoff
19. be a guest at a wedding
20. read at least one book every month
21. have fondue parties with friends more often
22. photograph a wedding in paris
23. publish a book
24. grow a garden
25. follow my doctors advice and give up the foods that i am allergic to and see if i feel any better… lol… (chicken, wheat, dairy, & sugar)
26. go to a david sedaris reading/show
27. see kathy griffin live
28. plant a tree in honor of my mother
29. go to a superbowl
30. visit my aunt and cousin in germany (yes aunt antoinette & carolin - that means you 
31. cook dinner at least 3 nights out of the week
32. master my tilt shift lens
33. take another painting class