Leicestershire

• Tropical Birdland
• ✔ Foxton Locks
• ✔ Bradgate Park
• ✔ Ashby Castle
• Market Bosworth/Bosworth Battlefield
• ✔ Jewry Wall

Derbyshire/Peak District

• Upper Lumsdale
• Lud's Church
• Padley Gorge
• ✔ Dovedale
• ✔ Melbourne Hall
• Heights of Abraham
• ✔ Swarkestone Bridge (longest stone bridge in England)

Warwickshire

• ✔ Warwick Castle

Yorkshire

Bold/Neon Series

• ✔ Yellow & purple
• ✔ Blue & red
• ✔ Pink & turquoise
• ✔ Cyan & yellow

Summer Twilight Series

• ✔ 1
• 2
• 3

Pink Series

• 1
• 2
• 3

Stickers

• Ayneh Pride horns

Pin Badges

Other

Zines

• airplanes
• autumn
• basil
• bonfires
• bubble tea
• Canada
• cats
• chill games
• chocolate mint
• city breaks
• coffee
• cottage/lodge trips
• crocheting
• cross-stitching
• diesel smell
• digital art
• fireplaces
• flannel shirts
• honeydew
• Hong Kong fried fish balls
• Ikea

Personal

• ✔ New computer chair with posture support
• Plane ticket to Virginia and also Toronto
• ✔ New keyboard & mouse
• T-shirt yarn to crochet that cute rainbow rug I have a pattern for
• ✔ Toronto Eats cookbook
• Toronto Cooks cookbook
• Tasting History cookbook
• ✔ Perfume - Paris Corner Pistachio Khair
• Perfume - Lattafa Mayar Natural Intense
• Perfume - Lattafa Rave Pink
• Perfume - Lattafa Eclaire

For the Home, Big & Small

• Bed frame
• ✔ Egg separator
• ✔ Big zip storage bags for clothing
• ✔ Pill organizers
• ✔ A second tall skinny shoe rack to be used...

Fall/Winter

• Britney Spears - Hidden Fantasy
• Lattafa - Khamrah
• Al Haramain - Rawaa
• Al Rehab - French Coffee
• Misterscent dupe - Angels Share
• Misterscent dupe - By the Fireplace
• Misterscent dupe - New York Nights
• B&BW - Marshmallow Pumpkin Latte
• B&BW - Autumn Nights
• Diesel - Loverdose

Spring/Summer

• Jimmy Choo - Blossom
• Jimmy Choo - I Want Choo
• Lattafa - Mayar
• Lattafa - Yara
• Elizabeth Arden - Green Tea
• Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
• Al Rehab - Dalal
• Al Rehab - Soft

• Perfume/body mists
• Anything to do with cats
• Converse
• Miniatures

*Places I've Lived*

• New York [IN PROGRESS]
• Kentucky
• ✔ Virginia
• ✔ Ontario
• ✔ England

*Cat paws*

• ✔ Ginny
• ✔ Minerva
• ✔ Daisy
• ✔ Orion
• ✔ Stormy
• ✔ Rosie
• ✔ Ash
• ✔ Zed
• ✔ Spike
• ✔ Teddy
• ✔ Weebles
• ✔ Zeddy

*Other Stuff*

Loved

• Al Rehab - Soft
• Al Rehab - Dalal
• Al Rehab - Golden Sand
• Al Rehab - Choco Musk
• Al Rehab - French Coffee
• Ariana Grande - Thank U Next
• Ariana Grande - God is a Woman
• Ariana Grande - Sweet Like Candy
• Ariana Grande - Moonlight
• Armani - Diamonds
• Aquolina - Pink Sugar
• Avon - Silky Soft Musk (exact copy of Vanilla Soft Musk from late 90s/early 00s)
• Avon - Peach Soft Musk
• Avon - Night Magic
• Britney Spears - Midnight Fantasy
• Burberry - For Her
• Burberry - Hero
• Calvin Klein - IN2U for her
• Calvin Klein - One

Basic:

• Cancerian
• Elder millennial
• 2nd oldest of 5 children

Physical

• Five foot six
• Eyes are dark olive green with brown splotches & speckles - they look dark brown or black from a relatively short distance!
• Hair is naturally dark brown but always dyed blue-black
• Only two erupted wisdom teeth
• The middle toe on left foot has been curved sideways since birth
• Long torso, short legs
• Row of three beauty marks/moles on jawline
• Piercings: nostril, 2 in each ear

Mental/Emotional

[ Safe foods aren't necessarily healthy. But they tend to taste the same every time, which makes things easier for ppl with sensory/taste issues - which I have. Sometimes it means I ate once in 48 hours - so at least I've eaten something. ]

• Mashed potatoes with butter
• Ramen
• Canned ravioli
• Jamaican beef patties
• Grilled cheese & tomato soup
• Pasta with just butter and Parmesan
• Cottage cheese with honey, nuts if I have any, and some sliced apple/orange/banana
• Gala, Braeburn or Pink Lady apples
• Unsalted nuts such as almonds and cashews
• Bananas
• Lunchables
• Peanut butter

[ Little bits of self care I turn to when I'm having meltdowns, panic attacks, and just feeling plain crummy. ]

• A cup of tea
• Watching a silly movie I've seen a million times, usually with Will Ferrell
• Putting on something like The Simpsons for silly, comforting bg noise
• Drawing, especially to music
• Music blasting in my ears
• Organizing something
• Curl up in bed with low lighting, white noise, & lots of comforting items
• Having a shower or at least washing my face
• Smelling my favorite fragrances

altar items

• ✔ small cauldron or other fireproof holder
• ✔ incense holder
• ✔ a couple small ceramic or earthenware bowls
• bell
• ✔ besom
• ✔ chalice
• ✔ wand
• athame
• bolline

incense

• ✔ aloe
• ✔ amber
• chamomile
• ✔ cinnamon
• ✔ frankincense & myrrh
• honeysuckle
• jasmine
• ✔ lavender

August

• Cut out felt pieces of my boys
• ✔ Track everything I'm eating
• Reintroduce upper body strength training
• ✔ Finish the New York cross stitch
• See doctor
• ✔ Put together the crochet strawberry/heart bag
• ✔ More non-comic art

September

• Go on holiday
• Make my felt boys
• Make pride Ayneh horn sticker collection
• More non-comic art

October

• Eye exam

November

December

July

• Feverishly created four pieces of art in a couple days
• Acquired a 1984 reprint of an antique cookbook
• Removed dangerous toxicity from my life
• Went to the Ferrers Centre for their 50th birthday & bought expensive bread at their deli
• Had a little surprise birthday party where everything was pink

August

• Activism work in Leicester
• Finally finished my strawberry/heart crochet bag
• Finished my New York cross stitch
• Found an antique (1905) guidebook to Leicester and neighbourhood
• Got an ungodly amount of great goods at Coalville charity shops

• Have a wardrobe of ONLY things I completely love
• Finish my first comic
• Get a facial
• Get a pedicure
• Get a manicure
• Get any other nice treatment for myself
• Go to Virginia
• Travel to another city by myself
• Design a tarot or oracle deck
• Create a portfolio of art for prints/galleries
• Begin an art book
• Learn how to combat and heal from codependency
• Be more like Carrie Fisher & Bea Arthur
• Get my weight closer to being down out of the danger zone
• Colour often
• Take some kind of college course
• Focus on less negativity

The Cardamom Trail

• ✔ Mango, cardamom & coconut cake
• Rose & honey cake
• ✔ Almond & coffee cake
• ✔ Coconut & pine nut cookies
• Rose, mint & white chocolate cheesecake
• Pistachio cheesecake with apricot chocolate ganache
• Rhubarb, strawberry & orange pudding with star anise & cinnamon

Toronto Eats

• Pusateri's banana bread

Rainbow Tarts

• Any lol

Meet Your Matcha

• ✔ White chocolate matcha truffles
• Matcha pancakes

Misc online & printed stuff

Things I don't often think about

• Miniature displays, especially of buildings
• Brass and gold coloured bathroom fittings
• Window shopping at expensive stores
• Store/office/lobby Christmas trees
• Old china
• Antique cat figurines
• Little fake trees, like brush bottle Christmas ones or the ones you can get for model trains

Dad specific

• ✔ Mini soapstone box
• ✔ Some kind of garnet representation for inside the box

Ma specific

• Brass pegasus

Non-specific

• ✔ Avon Christmas bottle - snowman
• ✔ Avon Christmas bottle - red bells
• Avon Christmas bottle - stocking
• Avon Christmas bottle - candle
• Avon Christmas bottle - tree w/ silver star
• Avon Christmas bayberry Santa sleigh
• Large seashell box w/ window on lid
• Cape Henry/Fort Story lighthouse figurine
• Avon green or blue pitcher w/ bowl
• Avon potpourri pig

• Monnika (Moxxi) Vivetra - goes mostly by Moxxi; homage to my old friend Monica, whose nickname was Moxxie.
• Hana's purple hair from chapters 1-6: Homage to my old friend Ola, who always had purple side-swept hair and an undercut on the opposite side.
• Spike and Teddy the cats: Based off the real Spike and Teddy, although colours & personalities are reversed.
• Colours: The ongoing colour theme is pink, purple and blue. This is partially personal aesthetic, partially a nod to the days when my old roommates (who helped me with the comic in its early days) and I were very close, and those three colours were our faves.
• Noruh himself: The personification of my Toronto
• Effra: No spoilers but I channel my intense resentment of the UK into her lol

Supplements

• Magnesium Citrate
• Omega 3 fish oil
• Potassium
• Agnus Castus (Chasteberry) only part of month
• Low dose vitamin D

Skincare (Face)

Morning

• Vitamin C toner, Glow serum, vitamin C moisturizer w/ SPF

Night

• PHA toner, The Ordinary Buffet serum, hyaluronic serum, retinol serum every 2-3 days, Q10 moisturizer, retinol eye cream, rosehip oil

Weekly

• (TO ADD: Glycolic/salycylic acid peel)

Assorted

• Colors: Pink, purple, aqua, black
• Season: Fall
• Holiday: Christmas
• Month: October

Animals

• Loon
• Cat
• Deer esp. caribou
• Frog

Foods

• Mac & cheese
• Lamb beyti
• My chili
• Pasta with lots of meat sauce/meatballs
• Paneer anything
• Sev puri
• Veggie tempura

Drinks, Non-Alcoholic

• Loam
• Kerfuffle

• Afternoon sunlight shining golden on a wood or laminate floor
• The taste of a fresh, ripe mango on a hot day
• New pens

Chill/Slow Living/Cooking - Japan & Korea

• Plan D
• Nami
• Choki
• Otena
• Toka

Chill/Slow Living/Cooking - Africa

• Morenikeji - Nigeria
• Jennylove Diaries - Ghana

Chill/Slow Living/Cooking - Elsewhere

• Kokohome - Australia

Storm Chasing

• Reed Timmer
• Connor Croff
• Brandon Copic
• Vince Waelti
• Corey Gerken

Countries Where I've Lived

• USA
• Canada
• United Kingdom

States/Provinces/Regions Where I've Lived

• New York
• Kentucky
• Virginia
• Ontario/York Region
• East Midlands

Counties Where I've Lived

• Wayne County, NY
• Hardin County, KY
• Bedford County, VA
• Leicestershire, UK

States/Provinces I've Been To

• Pennsylvania

This is adding new ideas and pulling old list items from years ago!

• Make (and finish) a webcomic
• Design an oracle deck
• Be in an art gallery
• ✔ Take part in an art/textiles gallery or festival
• ✔ Win a contest/giveaway
• ✔ Visit Switzerland
• Visit Italy
• ✔ Visit Spain
• ✔ Visit Africa
• ✔ Visit Stonehenge
• See New York at Christmastime
• Go to a European Christmas market
• See all five Great Lakes (3/5 so far)
• Learn to knit
• ✔ See the northern lights
• ✔ See thundersnow
• ✔ Walk (safely!) in a blizzard
• Publish a physical book or comic

It's easy for most people and maybe even easy for many neurodivergent people. But for me it's a terrible struggle, especially when I'm deeply depressed and feeling executive dysfunction AND food aversions. We usually just order takeaway. So I'm going to track some meals I've cooked that I'm really proud of - because I SHOULD be.

May 31

• Almond & coffee cake

May 27

• Pear, mascarpone & pecorino ravioli & zucchini carpaccio

May 17

• Mango, cardamom & coconut cake

May 4

• Sausage gravy & homemade biscuits

• Big stoneware mugs and cold nights
• Ultrasoft blankets and fuzzy socks
• Men's jackets and cargo pants
• Vans, Converse, Doc Martens & Nike
• City nights and neon lights
• Safe spaces with room to decompress/regress/be in silence
• Accepting my diagnosis and identity = self-love
• Also accepting that I don't HAVE to label myself in certain ways = self-love
• Forgiving myself for past mistakes that were either fully or partially my fault = self-love
• Cat cafes and hot cappuccinos
• Wild thunderstorms and windy days
• Autumn's glow and bright leaves
• Fairy lights and cute miniatures
• Drag queens and vibrant self-expression
• Resolving to keep having fun no matter how old I am & that there's no age limit to...

UK

• Scotland
• York
• Liverpool
• Dover
• Cornwall
• Tintagel

Europe

• Spain (particularly Valencia or Alicante)
• Bavaria & Munich, Germany
• Dubrovnik or Split, Croatia
• Prague, Czechia
• Everywhere in Italy
• Santorini
• Naxos, Greece
• Austria
• Iceland
• Bruges, Belgium
• Lofoten, Norway

[ six years after the first list ]

• 1. My mom loving me so strongly it seems we never lost any time or years
• 2. My older sister easing a lot of my fear and uncertainty over family matters
• 3. The people who have been there for me for a very long time, even though they're hundreds or thousands of miles away
• 4. I'm no longer willing to tolerate toxic, narcissistic friends
• 5 The Marco Polo app
• 6. Accepting who I am, with or without labels
• 7. Having support networks
• 8. Being able to pay our rent & bills & still afford food
• 9. The comic creator Discord server I'm in
• 10. Rainy days
• 11. Really early mornings when the sky is dark blue & the world is coming to life

• 1. cloudy days
• 2. brass and violin music
• 3. flamingoes
• 4. messenger bags
• 5. owning physical books
• 6. the smell of diesel
• 7. the sound of airplanes
• 8. animals
• 9. unusual papers to draw on
• 10. milkshakes
• 11. pink everything
• 12. cheap or free shipping
• 13. cinnamon
• 14. being drunk on life
• 15. anime north
• 16. nesting dolls
• 17. unusual salt and pepper shakers
• 18. organizing stuff
• 19. gift art
• 20. white christmas trees with coloured lights