Things I sometimes want

I want a garden, in the back yard, in those fun containers like everyone is doing these days... with tomatoes and spinach and cabbage and zucchini (and I don't really care about corn, but don't tell Samantha or Brian. sshhh.)

I want longish, well manicured fingernails that don't flake off when they get a quarter of a millimeter long. And I want to never be enticed to bite off those flaky, weak edges again.

I want to have patience, for real. The kind of patience where I don't nervously look at the clock when we're running two seconds later than I wanted to; the kind where I stop yelling at my children to make them go faster when the yelling won't really help; the kind where I can wait to watch that scale come down without over-induldging ridiculously, just because I am not seeing immediate results!

I want to get my house really clean and really organized, and then KEEP it that way... especially that endless pile of papers on the phone counter. hmm.

I want to be more neighborly. What do I even know about my neighbors' lives? I went to our neighbor's daughter's wedding reception this weekend, and felt... well, I just felt like I know next to nothing about them. And they're nice, good people, -- the kind of people I should know and care about, ya know? I want to get to know them, and all my other neighbors, too.

I want be able to play the piano better. I accompanied a women's choir for our Stake Conference meeting this weekend. It was really a great experience, and I even got to play with several violinists and a flutist, sounded super fancy. But did you know, I probably played those two new pieces 100 times + EACH! I mean, I probably put in more than 30 hours of practice to be able to do an okay job. I'm just not a very accomplished accompanist. But I want to be.

I want to write more. On the blog, in my journal, on my various story ideas, etc. I used to think writing was one of my talents. And then it was more of an outlet/hobby. And now it's almost an inconvenience. But I miss it. And I want to reverse the trend and make it more of an outlet again.

I want to be able to wear pierced earrings. That's one I won't ever get, I'm afraid. But it's something I want, especially since Dalana just gave me the cutest red necklace and earrings set. Oh well, dumb pudgy lobes of mine.

I want to be a morning person. I can't believe I'm saying that, because the part of me that is NOT a morning person really does NOT believe I should ever even THINK such a thing. But that part of me that enjoys getting stuff done thinks it would be sooo nice to have long, leisurely mornings for getting things done, organizing my day, etc. (And yes, I've tried to be a morning person before. But 30-something years of night-owl habits don't leave easily.)

I want a window over my kitchen sink. That's a silly one, because my sink is in the breakfast bar island... window wouldn't work so well there. But someday...

I want to do menu planning, and then, once I've selected all my meals, I want them all to sound delectable to me on the days I've designated to make them. (Why does Papa Murphy's always sound better than tortellini soup?)

I want to clothes shop without my children. I take them with me all the time, and then I get frazzled and stressed and make unwise shopping decisions. But it's sooo nice to shop without them, even when I'm shopping FOR them. Make sense??

I want Natalie to stop playing in the water, stop spilling a cup every two hours, stop filling up with water from the fridge and leaving full cups all over our house in odd places, stop changing her outfit every two hours because she's soaked herself while "washing hands."

I want to remember how my kids' voices sound at this age and stage. When they're not busy being too crazy, they each have the sweetest, most innocent voice. I'm afraid I'll forget, as I've already forgotten how they USED to sound.

I want flowers in our front yard... hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, hydrangeas, geraniums, etc. I'm the person with 10 boxes of bulbs I MEANT to plant last fall, envying every neighbor who has bright cheery blooms popping up right now!

I want to read a good book, just for fun. The kind of book that makes me feel better, happier, lighter. Still looking, and still not finding.



I think that's the list, for right now. I think I can HAVE some of those things I want, with a little elbow grease and effort, don't you? :) What about you, what's on YOUR list of Things you sometimes want??