• Kindness
• Sense of humor
• Generosity
• Propensity to look good in plaid. and khakis. not necessarily together.
• Interest in reading books
• Some nice physical feature that prompts me to say "wow, I hope our kid gets his __ ."
• Good manners (must be nice to waiters and the people who take your toll on the bridge)
• Ability to cook something, even if it's only one thing
• Calmness
• Mostly decent taste in music
• Good vocabulary
• Driving skills (please note: this has evolved since 1995 when it was simply "car")
• Like children

• maddux
• azariah
• ingrid
• ezekiel
• amos
• ariel
• levi
• benjamin
• cyrus
• jude
• elijah/elias
• jonah
• delilah
• eve
• gideon
• talitha

• Ghana
• South Africa
• ✔ Amsterdam
• ✔ London
• Australia
• Italy
• France
• Tanzania
• India
• ✔ Mexico
• ✔ Canada
• ✔ Belgium
• ✔ Hawaii x 7
• Germany
• Israel

• live in a foreign country for at least 2 years
• join the peace corps?
• adopt children. maybe have my own.
• get engaged
• marry someone i love. with no doubts.
• ✔ walk out on a check
• ✔ get a tattoo
• have a vegetable & herb garden
• make a meal using only food from my garden
• raise vegetarian children
• instill in them my intense love and empathy for other beings
• see america accept people for who they are
• go to culinary school
• make pottery and glaze it
• master the guitar. or at least a good number of songs.
• go on a mission trip in another country

• One Good Man
• The Errand of Angels
• Return with Honor
• Rescued
• Religulous
• Sons of Provo
• The Home Teachers
• Latter-Day Night Live
• Take a Chance

• Gap jeans. boot cut. dark wash.
• Urban Decay eyeshadow
• Clinique Lash Doubling mascara
• Burts Bees Milk & Honey lotion
• AE underwear. cotton boy shorts.
• Kate Spade Ollie glasses. turquoise.
• Jason 25,000 IU Vitamin E lotion
• Vaseline
• Silk soymilk. plain. light.
• Ed Hardy perfume. luck & love
• Stila smudge pot
• Ralph Lauren perfume. hot
• Tazo tea. passion. zen.
• cranberry red zinger tea
• peppermint herbal tea
• my whistling tea kettle
• Rich Chocolate Ovaltine :)
• Tofu

• watch-movies.net
• xkcd
• PostSecret
• TinyURL
• Answer Bag
• Mint
• Apple
• Blogger
• VegWeb
• Etsy
• Gifts.com
• Real Simple
• Martha Stewart
• IKEA
• The Container Store
• Amazon
• Urban
• Anthropologie
• GAP
• Urban Outfitters
• MLIA

• Us: Americans Talk About Love by john bowe

things that make me cry.

• Ragtime, "Till We Reach That Day"
• weddings
• Thinking about the past.
• Worrying about the future
• ...that I won't find someone.
• Thinking of the phone call I'll get when my grandfather dies.
• & having to see my dad and grandmother at his funeral.
• Pets dying.
• Sad movies. Books. Musicals. I'm empathetic.
• Moving. Me or friends.
• Missing people.
• Seeing others I love cry.

• yogurt maker
• food dehydrator
• power juicer
• Cuisinart 14-cup food processor
• ice cream maker
• babycook
• bread machine
• pressure cooker
• slow cooker
• cordless immersion blender
• panini/sandwich maker
• KitchenAid stand mixer
• AeroGarden
• deep fryer (...who says you have to be uber healthy all the time? homemade sweet potato fries and fried tofu, anyone?)