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I know the "list of things you want to do before you die" idea is over used, but I've been thinking about it lately. It feels like I've been slipping, and all the things I want are moving further away instead of closer, so I figured making a list, even if only to order my thoughts, would help... And here it is *laughs* it's pretty darn obvious what's most improtant to me, huh? xd : Anyway, I haven't been making much art lately, but I'll try to scan some fairly soon.

1) Get married
2) Have 2-4 kids
3) See my grandkids
4) Make the perfect holiday meal for a full house of relatives
5) Still hold hands with my husband when I'm 60
6) Hand carve a table or cabinet or something
7) Learn to knit and/or crochet while I'm pregnant
8 ) Start a bakery in my old age with Cat
9) Visit Ireland or Iceland
10) Kiss a guy atop Tokyo Tower
11) See the inside of a famous star observatory
12) Own an old-fashioned typewriter
13) Righteously tell someone off by throwing a glass of water in their face
14) Watch a movie at a drive in
15) Buy souvenirs on a road trip
16) Improve my handwriting
17) Own an old-fashioned apron
18 ) Own a kimono
19) And wear it atleast once
20) Get over my fear of phones
21) Learn to Tango!
22) Eat a 'famous' hot dog in New York
23) Buy the old versions of all the Disney Classics
24) Learn to make truffles
25) Raise a really sweet dog to ease the empty nested period
26) Grow an apple, cherry or peach tree
27) Have a garden with a stream and bridge
28 ) Learn what became of Tanner
29) Live in an apartment, condo and town home, then own a house so I can claim I've lived in everything
30) Make an oil painting worthy of hanging
31) Have a homemade picnic in a rowboat
32) Watch with pride as my hubby builds a deck
33) Instill my kids with a life long love of learning
34) Learn to read and write Japanese
35) Be able to write unshakably with my left hand, upside down and backwards
36) Learn either archery or swordplay
37) Mix my own fire cracker and set them off
38 ) Perfect ironing and patch sewing
39) Get a collection of adorable maternity shirts (since I'll be using them more then once)
40) Be a bridesmaid
41) Spread salt over Lynda's grave and stomp it in with spiked heels
42) Own a frivolous sexy dress (and have the courage to wear it...)
43) Keep a veggy garden
44) Learn to braid my own hair
45) Stop a man in his tracks with a single look ^.~
46) Learn calligraphy and Japanese brush writing techniques
47) Meet all the online friends I consider real friends in person
48 ) Become someone's everything and in turn have them be mine
49) Claim a spot of the world as all my own
50) Go out with a bang or live forever!