A list of "firsts". I hope to keep adding to it.

• First word: "No!"
• First pet: A golden named Red.
• First car: '79 Chrysler Newport
• First job: helping Josh on his family's chicken farm. I was 7 and only helped because I had a mad crush on him.
• First piercing: Ears, when I was 10. I'd begged and begged to get it done.
• First foreign country visited: Australia
• First time in the prinicipal's office: I don't th...

My fiance thinks he's the lucky one. Not even close, handsomest!

• he makes up and sings ridiculously awesome songs with my name in them. Sometimes they are also about burritos. This is the best thing ever.
• he always lets me choose the side of the bed I want.
• he makes the best grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches.
• his hugs make the bad days into good ones.
• he likes my friends, and they love him.
• he likes ...

Instead of always messing with clearing out my phone (and losing texts like I did with my last one), here are some of my favorites :

• "now" ~cowboy, 9/22/07 (and that nickname is exactly why it's so very funny)
• "OMG I'm at an Irish Pub and there are so many hot dudes with Irish accents. It's a world of Bono!" ~J, 9/16/07
• "tomorrow in torts we discuss a case about a bunghole" ~J, 9/12/07

Documenting this over at Flickr, and blogging about it over on the blog.

• Family
• 1. Share Madeline L'Engle books with Bunk.
• 2. Make my nephew laugh
• 3. Write Juli a letter letting her know how much I <3 her.
• 4. Go fishing with Dad, even though I hate it.
• 5. Ask Mom to teach me how to crochet. Again :)
• 6. Visit Grandma T's grave and take purple flowers.
• 7. Have a night out with Juli.
• 8. Make John & Juli a wed...

Books I've read reviews on, or that have been recommended :

• The Decameron - Gionvanni Buccaccio
• Remainder - Tom McCarthy
• Sunstroke - Tessa Hadley
• Cheating at Canasta - William Trevor
• Twenty Grand - Rebecca Curtis
• Bearing the Body - Ehud Havazelot
• Call me by Your Name - Andre Aeiman
• Like you'd understand, anyways - Jim Sheppard
• A Changed Man - Francine Prose
• The Confessions of Max Treviolli - Andrew Sean Gre...

not a full list, since I started this in October, so I'm sure I've forgotten some.

• place holder

• wrist, falling off pony
• toe, walking into bedframe
• heart (twice) from loving unwisely
• amazing handcast Mexican mask, put up on wrong wall
• trust with H in kindergarten, by telling her secret
• the lock on Juli's Holly Hobby box, because I was angry