• Live next to Grandmother and Granddad
• Favorite foods
• Peeks to see family and friends

• Little Mommy
• Heidi
• The Secret Garden
• Little Women
• Carol from the Country
• Beth's Happy Day

• The Bible
• Living Faith by Jimmy Carter
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
• Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety by Judith Warner
• The Price of Motherhood by Ann Crittenden
• Food and Whine by Jennifer Moses
• Martha Stewart cookbooks
• Nigella Lawson cookbooks
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

• March 4: Texas Primary and Caucus
• March 5: Reading TAKS
• March 6: Lunch with Christopher and Mr. Cantrell
• March 8: Seguin Basketball Tournament
• March 9: Seguin Basketball Tournament
• March 11: Parent/Teacher conference
• March 13: Bought Easter dress at Ann Taylor outlet in San Marcos
• March 16: Baylor men picked as a no. 11 seed in the NCAA tournament
• March 17: Baylor women picked as a no. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament
• March 17: Spurs and Celtics game

• Lion King (NYC)
• Lion King (SA)
• Chicago (SA)
• Phantom of the Opera (SA)
• Putnam County Spelling Bee (SA)
• Annie (SA)
• Color Purple (NYC)
• Taboo (NYC)
• Nine (NYC)
• Stomp (SA)
• Mama Mia (SA)
• Grease (SA)

• DVF wrap dress
• Baylor seal pendant or ring
• Chocolate brown suit
• Martha's Homekeeping Handbook
• Black pumps
• Gold and silver bangle bracelets
• Salad spinner
• Diamond stud earrings

• Babbo
• Artisanal
• Pastis
• Payard
• Grammercy Tavern
• Ouest
• Olives
• Petrossian
• BLT
• La Grenouille
• Le Bernadin
• Momofuko

• Normandy
• Sitges
• Port Aransas
• South Padre
• Rockport
• Orange Beach, Alabama
• Key West
• Isle of Palms, Charleston
• Miami Beach
• Del Mar
• Encinitas
• Coronado Island
• La Jolla
• Carlsbad
• Playa del Carmen
• Cabo San Lucas
• Cancun
• Manuel Antonio
• Cardiff
• Solana

• Lima beans
• Butter beans
• Eel or octopus sushi
• Liver
• Catfish
• Sweet pickles
• Tripas
• Lengua

• Anthony (several times and the nickname is always Shack)
• Nettie
• Randolph
• Kathryn
• Marguerite (which will be the middle name for the girl I may have one day)
• Virginia
• Leona
• Geneva

Actually stayed in:

• Texas, duh
• Arkansas
• Louisiana
• Oklahoma
• Kansas
• Illinois
• Missouri
• New Mexico
• Arizona
• Nevada
• California
• Washington
• Minnesota
• Georgia
• Florida
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania
• New York
• Delaware
• Tennessee

Food:

• Spicy Tuna Roll
• Roasted corn
• Spaghetti with meat sauce
• Risotto
• Mashed potatoes
• Key lime pie
• Lobster
• Raw oysters
• Green beans
• Peanut butter cookies
• Black olives
• Cucumber in pickle juice with chile and lime
• Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch cereal
• Mole
• Chorizo and Egg Tacos
• Lemon bars
• Guacamole
• Chips and Salsa
• Charcuterie (with cheeses, meats, olives,...

• Unloading the dishwasher
• Putting gas in the car
• Putting sheets on the bed
• Blow drying my hair
• Preparing taxes
• Paying bills, even when it is fast and online

• Gervais' diploma
• Silver spoons
• Chicago student artwork
• Costa Rica trip
• Christopher's flower painting
• I love NY t-shirt print

Walnut Creek

• Take down and replace the vertical blinds
• Paint Christopher's room
• Paint Christopher's closet door with magnet paint
• Fix broken brick at entry
• Replace rotten siding (front and back)
• Fix bathroom ceiling
• New blinds for our bedroom
• Re-decorate Christopher's room -- new comforter, curtains, etc.

Cliff View

• New screen for girls' window
• Picnic Table for side yard
• Fix coffee table
• New bedside table for me
• Frame bathroom mirrors
• New flooring in our bedroom
• Paint living room

• Poldark
• Ozark
• The Sinner Season 2
• The Americans
• The Good Place
• The Man in the High Castle
• The Romanoffs
• Call the Midwife
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
• Queer Eye
• Homecoming
• Forever
• House of Cards

• New Edition with Bobby Brown, Bell/Biv/Devoe, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant
• James Taylor
• Amy Grant
• Dixie Chicks
• Thompson Twins
• Lionel Richie

• Get our will done with Wade
• Fix the loose brick on the porch
• Paint the armoire black
• Frame Gervais' diploma
• Clean and organize the coat closet

My grandparent's house that is no longer ours.

• Uncle Chris' spray painting of names in the garage (I'm the only niece listed)
• The upside-down light switch in the hallway.
• Granddad and then Grandmother sitting in the chair in the sun room looking out the window
• The orange bedroom
• Playing Trivial Pursuit, Password and Facts in Five in the living room.
• Christmas dinner set out on the ping pong table -- covered with a gorgeous, antique tablecloth.
• The pencil sharpener by the backdoor
• The big picture of Uncle Chris above the television in the sunroom
• The light coming through the window above the bookcase in the livingroom
• The avocado tree in the front yard

• Bunny Run -- Waco (perfect registry spot)
• Sironia -- Waco (memories abound for me at this gift emporium)
• Francesca's -- SA (gift shop paradise, with cute clothes)
• Pearl River Mart -- NYC (Japanese strainers, snacks and soaps)
• Crate and Barrel (simple, clean design)
• Anthropologie (lovely mix of clothes and home stuff)
• Sephora (love to play with make-up)
• Kate Spade (merchandising wonder -- so beautiful)
• Central Market -- SA (grocery store beyond grocery store, cheese, bread, wine, unusual ingredients)

• Talk show
• Magazine column
• Baylor athletic department community liaison
• Travel writer
• Food writer
• Own a gift shop

• Africa (Kenya)
• Russia/Lithuania
• Italy
• Great Britain (Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales)
• Spain
• Portugal
• Vancouver
• Seattle
• San Francisco
• Boston
• Washington DC
• Argentina
• Puerto Rico
• Napa Valley
• Quebec

• Craftbar
• Bar Americain
• Petrossian Cafe
• Union Square Cafe
• River Cafe
• Metrazur
• Jezebel's
• Becco
• Orso
• Carmine's
• Cafe Un Deux Trois
• Veselka
• Ruby Foo's
• Tratorria del Artes
• Lupa
• Sarabeth's
• Blue Fin
• Peanut Butter and Co.
• Balthazar
• John's Pizzeria
• Burger Heaven