41 things

It's my birthday, whoo-hoo! I am now officially in my forties. Yeesh! My mamos dreaded 41. I have vague eleven-year-old memories of her telling me she would always be 39 and me not understanding it at all. I remember making her a birthday card book where I expounded on her 41-ness. I even wrote out a lot of (incorrect) arithmetic. There was Ms. Pac-Man eating 41 dots and 41 candles on her picture cake. I told her when I bought a car, my license place would read PAW41, etc, etc. I was an awful, awful daughter and now I am the one who is 41. I'm not freaked out about it, I just find it baffling I made it this far. I'm also doing that awful thing where you look back at your accomplishments and cringe at the lack of...oh the life I didn't lead...ya can't look back though, what's the point, right? So today, here is a list of 41 things I want. Some are realistic, some I will purchase for my self and some are off the charts ridiculous and silly...

*a magical makeover of sorts, new hair, new face (less chins) and new frames like these.

*this dress

*these shoes

*these blocks

*a wee video camera

*an instax mini (plus film)

*a honey pot

*petticoats, lots of petticoats

*these boots

*this garlic house

*a cake tin like this

*a road trip to somewhere, anywhere really

*a morning wander to photograph L.A. or Santa Cruz, or...

*happy plates

*a bench kinda like this

*a jasmine plant

*a tea plant

*a garden of my own

*really good indian food

* an awesome apple pie

*a pound of amazing coffee

*a vintage pin the tail on the donkey game

*this tea

*to see the Northern Lights

*a new alarm clock

*glass storage containers

*paper straws

*happy washi tape

*too many new picture books to count

*Pippi to see and to read

*a weekend in a yurt

*a photobooth jaunt

*a skirt like this one

*game night at my place

*colorku

*new happy tunes

*oodles of happy postage stamps

*tabi boots

*new laptop

*this ring

*a cherry limeade

*go on a picnic in wildflowers and have a croquet match (too much?)