1. Make a queen-size quilt
2. Go on a girls-only road trip
3. Redesign the blog
Part the first.
Part the second.
4. Create a beautiful, functional home
Mid-century Chair
Chalk board
Moller chair
Pot rack
Day bed
The Abigail Project
The linen closet
5. Learn to ride (horses, I mean)
6. Read 15 books: 1. Helping Me Help Myself, by Beth Lisak. 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson. 3. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert. 4. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson. 5. My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme. 6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. 7. Miss Manners Guide to Weddings, by Judith Martin. 8. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery. 9. Twenties Girl, by Sophie Kinsella. 10. The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti. 11. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett. 12. Graceling, by Kristin Cashore. 13. Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos, by R.L. LaFevers. 14. The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman. 15. The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman. 16. The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman. 17. The Blue Castle, by Lucy Maude Montgomery. 18. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson. 19. Stay, by Allie Larkin. 20. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins.
8. Quit a job
9. Grow some of my own vegetables
10. Visit somewhere outside the U.S.
11. Take [three] salsa dancing lessons – 11/6/09
12. Get a professional massage
13. Actually meet a few other bloggers
Maggie Mason
Leah, Simon and Wombat
Sizzle! and Mr. Darcy
Moose
Kristin
Heidikins
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14. Skinny dip
15. Have an old-school garden party
(16. Start an offbeat chamber music series in San Francisco)
18. Go sailing
19. Learn to cook perfect pad thai
20. Go foraging for wild mushrooms
21. Save $1,000
22. Wear a fabulous dress to the Black and White Ball
23. Rock a bikini without a care in the world
25. Cook a whole fish
26. Make my fixer-upper armchair into a personal heirloom
27. Take a photo that I feel is worthy of framing
28. Do a cartwheel… without hurting myself
29. Get married
30. Throw an awesome 30th birthday party for myself
