WillThink4Wine

My bucket floweth over. So you have inspired me!

1. Clean out this house so there is room to live!
2. Go back to work. Twenty years is a long time!
3. Write “The Mother Book”, that everyone’s mother on the planet has always said they could write
4. Remember to use the enter button!
5. Stop each day to enjoy my children
6. Lose the extra twenty-five pounds I’ve gained
7. Try and stop being so over-protective with my kids
8. Visit my favorite childhood spot
9. Go on a romantic vacation with Jim
10. Become more avid at using the computer
11. Become more confrontational (In a good way)!
12. Read more books, than newspapers
13. Take the twins to Disney
14. Take up sewing again
15. Save money
16. Cook healthier meals
17. Find the time to cook healthier meals
18. Find a little “me time” each day
19. Conquer my fear of flying
20. Take a cruise with my husband and sisters!
21. Visit a tropical resort with white sand and a cabana on the beach and have a hunk bring my drinks
22. Own a “Brand New” car (something sporty but functional). Tan!
23. Find a crystal ball so I can see Thomas’ future
24. See my daughter graduate from college and be happy with her life
25. Dance with my son Jack to Chuck Mangione’s “Bellavia” on his wedding day. It was playing on the night he was born.

Tags: Bucket List, Sisters

I have been inspired once more by Sydney. And so I begin My Bucket List. These are no particular order, simply as they spring to mind. I will keep this list in my anchored pages so that I can update it. I haven’t seen this movie yet, and am very much looking forward to it

Before I “Kick The Bucket” I want to:

1. Marry the love of my life and live happily ever after. I imagine feeling completely content and utterly safe with him, listening to music, sampling wines, reading, watching sappy old movies all while snuggling up in front of a cozy fire.
2. Dance to All I Ask of You at my wedding.
3. Spend a month in Tuscany in a lovely Villa with a fireplace and a pool. I want it to be overlooking a vineyard on one side, and Cypress trees, Poppy fields and Olive trees on the other. I want to spend my days exploring ancient Rome and local marketplaces while sipping wine and sampling all the fabulous food only the local Italians can offer.
4. Pay off my mortgage and finally and forever be completely debt-free. While I have never imagined myself being wealthy, and have no non-secured debt, this is my idea of true wealth.
5. Learn to relax, as thoroughly and luxuriously as my cats do every day of their nine lives.
6. Learn to play the piano.
7. Own a second home in New England so as often as I wished I could spend as much time with my sisters as I would like.
8. See the Pyramids.
9. See the triumphant return of Jesus. I can’t explain it, but since I was a little girl, I have always felt that I would be alive when that happens. I felt this way long before I knew what being saved was. I am an avid reader of biblical prophesy. Unfortunately, my brain is too small to hold the enormity of it and my memory is such that I retain very little of it. Of course, I know I am in good company! I read the Left Behind series in great anticipation of reading another person’s concept of what that magnificent event will be like.
10. Know that everybody I love is saved and will spend all eternity free of pain and tears.
11. Spend a Christmas at a ski lodge in Vermont, not unlike the firepit scene with Bob Wallace & Betty Haynes from White Christmas. I am originally from New England and have never been to Vermont! I have always imagined it to be at it’s most splendid during Christmas.
12. Attend a Placido Domingo concert while he is still in glorious voice.
13. Attend a Andrea Bocelli concert, in Italy.
14. Reach my ideal body weight and be in excellent health.
15. Watch the sunset on an uncrowded beach in St. Maarten with my only love.
16. See The Phantom of the Opera in London, enjoy a pint at the pub, visit Stonehenge and walk across the crosswalk on Abbey Road.
17. Spend at least a week in Greece.
18. Encourage my parents to check off as many items from their Bucket List while they both enjoy strong body, mind and spirit.

Tags: Bucket List

1. I am 5′11″
2. I was born in 1954
3. I am owned by 2 cats, both are gray males
4. I live in yellow house; I don’t especially care for yellow houses, but that’s what color it was when I bought it
5. I have been self-employed since 1987
6. I graduated from High School in 1972
7. I got married in 1973
8. I have been divorced since 1994
9. I love big Red Wines
10. I love Chicken
11. I love Chocolate
12. I have 3 sisters and 4 brothers
13. My parents are still happily married to each other
14. I can’t whistle very well
15. I want to go to Italy someday and spend a great deal of time sipping wine through Tuscany, hopefully with my sisters
16. I used to have Pekingese dogs
17. I almost had 2 Labradors, but a week after I brought them home my cats made me take them back
18. I still drive a big car
19. I love Oldies, especially Falsetto and Harmony
20. I love Tenors
21. Mr X took me to a Luciano Pavarotti concert 2 nights before our divorce was final. It was just marvelous, he could still hit the high C’s back then. Pavarotti could, not Mr X
22. I was 11 when I attended my first Concert. It was The Monkees and I had a huge crush on Mike Nesmith… Huge.
23. I am a procrastinator
24. I am an optimist
25. I am a Republican. I’ll never forget the moment when my dad realized that I was not a Democrat. I was raised in Camelot, the magical fairytale land of the Kennedy’s. My Dad still isn’t over it. (Although I will never again vote for any candidate who cannot properly pronounce the word Nuclear.)
26. My hair is still mostly not gray
27. My current favorite TV show is House
28. I dearly loved my mother-in-law and my father-in-law
29. I spent about 15 years in fertility treatment; it was expensive, heartbreaking and unsuccessful.
30. My favorite TV channel is The Science Channel
31. I really dislike watching the news on TV, especially local news
32. I cannot stand commercials
33. I believe that everybody who can vote, should
34. My very favorite smell is a baby, right after a bath
35. I love carnations
36. My favorite colors are Red and Green
37. I married my high school sweetheart
38. My 3 sisters are my best friends
39. I loved the Dick Van Dyke show, the Andy Griffith Show, The Waltons and pretty much all those hokey, family, feel good shows
40. I send coffee back in a restaurant if it is not good
41. I check my french fries at the drive through before I leave and send those back as well, usually with a remark similar to, “no, I want the ones I see on your TV ads and menu pictures”
42. The last time I went to a movie theater was so long ago I don’t remember what I saw
43. I have hundreds and hundreds of books, CD’s, videos and DVD’s
44. I have a green hammock
45. I’ve never attended a high school reunion
46. I made my own Prom dress
47. My favorite car that I’ve ever owned was a Blue 1965 convertible Mustang
48. I wish I’d gone to college instead of getting married
49. I own 3 computers.
50. I miss the Johnny Carson Show; remember back when late night was witty?
51. I go to bed very early, usually by 8:00
52. I love country crafts
53. My biggest single regret is that I did not adopt
54. I believe in love at first sight
55. I believe in God
56. My favorite holiday is Christmas
57. I miss my friends in Florida
58. I regret selling my business in Florida
59. My eyes are blue
60. I have hundreds of Longaberger baskets and lots of pottery
61. I love mornings
62. I never learned to play the piano, at least not yet
63. When I first got married I was so Obsessive-Compulsive that I would actually fluff the pillows on the couch while my guests were sitting on it. I gave that up, it was exhausting. Oddly, I have no problem with dust.
64. I still can’t leave my house if a bed isn’t made
65. I still can’t stand a dirty dish in the sink
66. I refold my laundry after someone who has helped me fold it leaves
67. I can’t fall asleep if the TV isn’t on
68. I believe that we should have a universal heath plan for all US citizens, not just Medicare for retired people
69. I believe that medicine can go too far
70. I believe that science can go too far
71. I am somewhat claustrophobic. I need to know that I can open a window.
72. I have always hated high bridges
73. I have Panic Disorder. The first time I saw someone hyperventilating, I remember thinking “how can someone forget how to breathe”
74. I am a non-smoker stuck in the body of a person who smokes
75. I have a love/hate relationship with flying; I hate it, but I love that it can transport me so quickly to someone that I wish to spend time with
76. I have been to Colorado twice, despite my fear of bridges and ledges
77. I have been to Key West and watched the sunset at Mallory Square, despite the 44 bridges I had to cross to get there
78. I value my privacy and solitude
79. I love large gatherings
80. I have never had a proper massage
81. I have been on a cruise to the Caribbean
82. I adore old family pictures
83. I miss my grandmothers
84. I still remember how the town I grew up in smelled the first day we moved in
85. I love black licorice & Fire Balls
86. I can’t cook without garlic
87. I have had the pleasure of personally introducing several people to the joy of reading
88. My favorite vacation spot is on the lake in Maine
89. I love the wail of a Loon
90. I really don’t like to wear shoes
91. I wear slippers while I’m at work
92. I have been on a sleigh ride, a hay ride and a horse-drawn carriage
93. I have been kicked by a horse
94. I shook the hands of many pilots, commercial and military and have actually played bingo with a licenced commercial pilot
95. I start praying for my pilot about 2 weeks before my flight
96. I believe that attorneys have changed everything, not necessarily for the better
97. I have a friend who is an attorney
98. I believe that a person is only as good as their word
99. I believe that love is a verb
100. I believe that every day really is a new beginning

There I was, blogging this morning over coffee, and came across a blog where a woman was married to her soul mate, the love of her life.

OK… so the divorced, slightly jaded, moderately cynical woman is thinking “Is there a such a thing as the ‘perfect man’? Is the phrase ‘perfect man’ THE classic oxymoron, right up there with ‘military intelligence’ and ‘government efficiency’?” For the last few hours, I’ve been asking myself what would it take? What sort of man could make me actually consider remarrying?

Here goes.

In a heartbeat, I would marry again, if the right man presented himself. I liked being married (see Mr X). I enjoyed having someone to share things with; the good and the bad. At this point in my life I am more discerning because I know myself better. I will keep this list open as I think more about it, but for now to marry again I would need a man who is:

1. Intelligent -not necessarily someone with 5 or 6 post-graduate degrees, but well read and well spoken.
2. Extroverted - at least to some measurable degree. I enjoy conversation and gatherings.
3. Funny - a sense of humor, able to laugh at yourself and sometimes, your circumstances.
4. Family-oriented - my family is where my heart is.
5. Content with a simple life - home, family, friends, food, sitting in front of a cozy fire sipping wine.
6. Appreciative of some of the finer things - music, wine, books, perhaps some travel
7. Wine lover - see #s 5 & 6
8. Neat - I don’t do well in a cluttered environment.
9. An animal lover - I will always have pets.
10. Affectionate - I love a touch, a look, a hug.
11. Gainfully Employed - lol, almost forgot that one.
12. Thoughtful - brings flowers for no reason, makes me soup when I’m sick.
13. Sentimental - remembers birthdays, first dates, etc.
14. Kind - to young, old and everything in between
15. Mechanically Inclined and Generally handy around the house - have you had to pay for a service call of any kind lately?
16. A Boston Sports Fan - my family would have a difficult time accepting a NY Yankee fan - it would not be pretty
17. Spontaneous - I’m not sure I need this, but since I’ve never had this, I’d like to take it out for a spin