• skateboard
• meditate
• do a cartwheel
• let go of grudges more easily
• speak Russian and/or Japanese
• lose my fear of flying
• visit my family in Germany more often
• watch Kyle snowboard in Hokkaido while I sit in a hot spring :)
• be a perfectly witty, engaging, sharp conversationalist
• draw - even if just to help me with my costuming
• remember all the good things
• make perfect custard (nom nom)

• ✔ 'Chasing the Dragon' Justina Robson
• ✔ 'Tender Morsels' Margot Lanagan
• ✔ 'The Windup Girl' Paolo Baciagalupi
• 'To Say Nothing of the Dog' Connie Willis
• ✔ 'Down to the Bone' Justina Robson
• 'Seer of Sevenwaters' Juliet Marillier
• 'The Complete Claudine' Colette
• 'Cold Magic' Kate Elliot
• 'Boneshaker' Cherie Priest'

• 'Die Brüder Löwenherz' Astrid Lindgren
• 'Pumuckl' series Ellis Kaut
• 'Mumin' books by Tove Janssen
• 'Die Kinder von Bullerbü' Astrid Lindgren
• 'Superfudge' and 'Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing' Judy Blume
• 'Bottersnipes and Gumbles' S.A. Wakefield
• 'My Family and Other Animals' Gerald Durrell

• green silk grecian maxi dress (in the vein of the red plaid)
• bustle-ruffle skirt (replace older model)
• bathing suit (must flatter bust)
• ✔ alter blue/gold dress

It's a short list. My wardrobe needs a diet, not more feeding.

• searching for the cool spots under the quilt
• being excited about breakfast (my favourite meal)
• listening to the silence before the house noises begin
• planning my outfit for the day
• the sunshine crawling across my white quilt
• the hiss of the espresso maker brewing & the scent of coffee
• watering my plants before it gets hot
• cool air drifting in through the open window
• slow, lazy wake-ups or energised, excited leapings out of bed!