Happy Valentine's Day!

• Any Other Day
• Born to Be My Baby
• Edge of a Broken Heart
• Hearts Breaking Even
• I'd Die For You
• I Am
• I Got The Girl
• I Wanna Be Loved
• I Want You
• If That's What It Takes
• In These Arms - I was at this concert! December 31, 1992 @ Stabler Arena, Lehigh, PA
• The Last Night
• Lie to Me
• Misunderstood
• Next 100 Years
• Novacaine
• Superman Tonight
• This Ain't A Love Song
• Whole Lot of Leavin'

January

February

• Joan of Arc DK biography

March

• I survived the Earthquake of 1906 by Lauren Tarshis (children's novel)
• Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith
• Looking for Alaska by John Green (teen novel)

• Billy Joel
• Bruce Springsteen
• Tom Petty
• John Mellencamp

• ✔ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (reread)
• Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
• Of Mice and Men
• Night by Elie Wiesel
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Pearl by John Steinbeck
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

• Versailles
• Italy - art history tour
• Provence
• Pacific Northwest USA
  • ✔ Seattle, July 2010
• Scotland
  • Crawford Castle in Crawford County, my ancestral home ;-)
  • Edingurgh for Hagmanay
  • Le Gran Départ for Le Tour de France in 2017 (if they win the bid)
• Bahamas
• Puerto Rico
• London/England
• Paris again, like for 6 months or a year or forever!
• Cave Paintings at Lascaux

• Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
• The Last Judgment of Paris by Ross King
• The Vendetta Defense by Lisa Scottoline
• Ana's Story by Jenna Bush
• Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
• Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster
• Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster
• Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster
• My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster
• A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Dr. Ruby K. Payne
• Know Your Power: A Message for America's Daughters by Nancy Pelosi
• Abe's Fish by Jen Bryant
• Pieces of Georgia by Jen Bryant
• Georgia's Bones by Jen Bryant
• Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
• Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
• Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• The House on the Gulf by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Dexter the Tough by Margaret Peterson Haddix

• Teenage Dream by Katy Perry
• DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love by Usher
• Only Girl in the World by Rihanna
• Just Dance by Lady GaGa
• Bad Romance by Lady GaGa
• We R Who We R by Ke$ha
• The Way I Are (featuring Keri Hilson & D.O.E.) by Timbaland
• Sexyback by Justin Timberlake
• Please Don't Stop the Music by Rihanna
• This Place About to Blow by Ke$ha
• Evacuate the Dancefloor by Cascada
• Your Love is My Drug by Ke$ha
• Bulletproof by La Roux

Every few years I have to remake this list (like every time I go to another concert and think, How many times have I seen them?), so I decided to put it some place permanent!

• 6.11.89: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
• 6.20.89: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
• 11. .91: Celebrity Theater, Phoenix, AZ (Jon showed up on Richie's tour)
• 12.31.92: Stabler Arena, Lehigh University, PA
• Spring 93: America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ
• 4.18.01: Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion, Glendale, AZ
• 3.7.03: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
• 7.26.03: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA (last concert ever played there)
• 12.2.05: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, P...

• Macs
• math
• cats
• quiet
• cassette tape deck in my car
• taking notes

• The DaVinci Code
• A Time to Kill
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Jurassic Park
• Field of Dreams
• Remember the Titans
• Die Hard with a Vengeance
• Bourne Identity
• The Rock
• Gladiator
• Save the Last Dance
• Mean Girls
• Legally Blonde
• Clear and Present Danger
• Pirates of the Caribbean I
• Dirty Dancing
• The Seventh Sign

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• These is my Words by Nancy E. Turner
• A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
• My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster
• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (children's novel)
• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
• Lady Killer by Lisa Scottoline
• Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff (children's novel)
• The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart
• The Accidental Mother by Rowan Coleman
• Me and Emma by Elizabeth Flock
• Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
• Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
• Good Grief by Lolly Winston
• The Great Indoors by Sabine Durrant
• Bitter is the New Black by Jennifer Lancaster
• The Green Glass Sea (children’s novel) by Ellen Klages

Happy Valentine's Day! 2012

• Always
• Bed of Roses
• Diamond Ring
• I'll Be There For You
• Living in Sin
• Never Say Goodbye
• Open All Night
• Silent Night
• Thank You For Loving Me
• Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore
• We Can Dance
• What Do You Got?
• (You Want To) Make a Memory

• Set Fire to the Rain by Adele
• Love you Like a Love Song by Selena Gómez
• Domino by Jessie J

• Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PPV)
• The Lucky One

• Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5
• We Found Love by Rihanna
• What Do You Got by Bon Jovi
• You Make Me Feel So... By Cobra Starship

• new song by Jason Mraz
• ✔ new song by Maroon 5
• ✔ Good Things by Bodeans
• Waiting on a Friend by the Rolling Stones
• ✔ Domino by Jessie J
• ✔ I Love You Like a Love Song by Selena Gómez
• ✔ Can't Turn You Loose by Jon Bon Jovi from the New Year's Eve sountrack
• ✔ Have a Little Faith in Me by JBJ from NYE sountrack
• ✔ We Found Love by Rihanna
• ✔ Dog Days are Over by Florence + The Machine
• ✔ Mr. Know It All by Kelly Clarkson
• ✔ Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not by Thompson Square
• ✔ You Make Me Feel... by Cobra Starship
• ✔ Stereo by Gym Class Heroes
• ✔ Mr. Know It All by Kelly Clarkson

• Times Square for New Year's Eve (1998 to 1999)
• go to Costa Rica
• Flyers' Wives Carnival
• general admission seating for concerts
• horseback riding on the beach (no horses, period)

• Janet Evanovich for Seven Up
• Ross King for The Last Judgment of Paris
• Lisa Scottoline for Daddy's Girl
• Jenna Bush for Ana's Story
• Ruby Payne
• Betty Tatham
• Jennifer Lancaster for Such a Pretty Fat, My Fair Lazy
• Nancy Pelosi for Know Your Power: A Message for America's Daughters
• Jen Bryant for Abe's Fish
• Jennifer Weiner for Best Friends Forever
• Julie Powell for Cleaving
• Margaret Peterson Haddix for Sent
• Dan Gutman for The Talent Show
• Louis Sachar for The Cardturner
• Authors at P2010 PNWA Conference 7.22-24.10
  • Andre Dubus III, The House of Sand and Fog
  • Lisa Gardner,
  • Bob Dugoni, Bodily Harm

• Author
• President
• Architect / Interior Designer
• Artist
• Alpaca Farmer!
• novelty shop w/Sunshine
• Gelato shop - Cafe Deux Filles - take class in Italy!

• BUY A TICKET TO EVERY BON JOVI CONCERT AND FOLLOW THEM AROUND THE WORLD!!!
• buy a house - my parents' house, then they can move out in the stix like my dad wants, and I've got big plans for it =)
• extended vacation in Paris
• buy a new car - Dodge Ram extended cab, short bed? Dodge Challenger, orange with black skunk stripes? BMW X5? Honda CRV? Honda Ridgeline, ice blue?
• pay off my sister's house
• buy a shore house
• set up a Scholarship Fund for my students - any student I've ever taught, if they get into any college, I'll pay full ride for 4 years

• digital cameras/pictures
• coffee
• American Idol
• big screen TVs
• GPS
• basketball/NBA
• Survivor
• Twitter
• showing movies @school
• sitting on the beach for a week doing nothing
• e-readers - no Kindle, no thanks!

• The Rose Line
• Saint Sulpice
• inside of the Louvre
• Versailles
• Joan of Arc statue

• The sun in Winter
• Palm Trees!
• Reflectors to mark the lanes/lines on every road
• Prime time TV starting @7 p.m., and the news @10
• Freeways that get you all over town, and fast!
• Macayo's
• my picture on my bankcard
• Good gas mileage
• A clean-washed car after an oil change, or any service
• My hair stylist ;-)
• Red arrows so ppl don't turn on red when I have a green arrow