Friday, May 1, 2026

10 things that I am into

​Number one. Memorizing quotes.

Number two. Baking cookies.

Number three. Reading.

Number four. Riding bikes with Sean or friends.

Number five. Traveling.

Number six. Going to museums.

Number seven. Organizing things, especially organizing fun.

Number eight. Sending birthday cards and happy mail.

Number nine. Knowledge, learned through reading, lectures, podcast, journaling, conversations, trivia.

Number 10. Otters, board games, cheese, Italian, movies, needle work,… I’m not sure what the last one is. It is the last one should just be lists. 

Avoiding regrets

​I want to finish my Crosstitch projects.

I want to read 50 books a year.

I want you to be a person as memorized and can recall great quotes.

I want to drive. I tend to Los Angeles, seeing Austin, San Antonio, and Albuquerque and the Rembrandt in Los Angeles.

I want to go to Maine again and Halifax

I want to go to Italy and spend three weeks

Take me to my grandkids and live long enough for them to have memories of me. I want to write them in my children letters to read after my test.

I want to buy art.

I want to finish my scrapbook that I have done

I want my office to look like an office not a story. This means getting shelves in pretty baskets and getting rid of a lot of stuff.

I want to lose weight to a healthy weight and improve my medical numbers, extending my life and improving my quality of life

I want to write a book. 

I want to go to England again in Scotland for the first time

I want to use up all my note cards and postcards sending happy mail to friends.

I want to weed down our games until they all fit in the cabinet with none on the floor. I want to have played all the games that we own.


Small Joys Project

Back in January 2023, I came across a British woman on Twitter who had written out 365 small joys on pieces of paper and put them in a jar, ...