wants

so i'm going through my pc documents and come across a folder "writings."
and there i found a list of "i wants" i had, written on 1.29.2010 - almost a year ago!

so, here's the list...

I want to:

-buy a Canon 5D MKII

-find myself in my photography

-get my shoulder tattoos

-shave my head

-do a photography project alone or with friends

-have an organized & inspirational workspace

-have at least one baby with preston, with a natural birth

-adopt foreign babie(s) who need a home

-visit (at least) New York, Italy, Japan, Thailand, China

-learn Spanish, Italian, German, French & Gaelic

-live outside the US for at least two years

-stay in shape at any age

-run a marathon

-ride in a hot air balloon

-go sky diving

-own birds again (someday when we don’t have cats)

i think its so funny! so, in the past year (which flew by and i'm surprised i got anything at all done) i actually did 3 of those things! i shaved my head, got one of the shoulder tattoos i wanted, did a photo project.

i do find it encouraging...or reaffirming maybe(?)...that the rest of these "wants" are still the same. after probably the biggest life change i could probably make this past year i find it comforting that i'm still ME.  i figure it means i really do want these things. they're not really trivial things, any of them. they are life things. {now, obviously the baby thing is gonna happen a little differently than i was planning a year ago...but still.}

this year i'll work on more of my list - more specifically the learning languages, hopefully some traveling, and staying in shape. and maybe more! marathon? hmm. we'll see. but now i have more to add to the list as well...but that's another blog.

ok! just for fun, how about some photos from one year ago?!

 seriously!?! this was a year ago??