seven things

This post was inspired by Erika and Savannah.

7 places I would like to visit: 

-The Holy Land

-Seattle, Washington

-Tanzania to visit our Compassion child

-go back to Dublin, Ireland and stay for more than a day

-Hawaii -any island

-go back to Siena [Italy] and take my husband

-Yosemite National Park [California]

7 things I would like to make:

-difference in someone's life

-doughnuts [from scratch]

-a skirt [like this or many others on my DIY pinterest board]

-soup from scratch

-roman shades for the dining/living rooms

-a baby...just making sure you're paying attention.

-a dress like this

7 people I would like to meet [dead or alive]:

-Jesus

-my husband's grandfather, Bob [he had a lot of influence on Brandon's life growing up]

-Corrie ten Boom [Dutch, Christian Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape the Nazis]

-Bill Cosby [I grew up watching The Cosby Show and saw him live once]

-Sandra McCracken [my favorite musician]

-Peter

-Mike Holmes [because I want him to come check out our house]

7 things I would like to own:

-a pair of ssekos

-a dining room table and benches made of reclaimed wood

-my own etsy shop [I keep hoping to open one, but with our home renovations haven't had  made time]

-vintage salt + pepper shakers [like this]

-a cabin in the mountains

-a vespa 

-a vegetable garden

7 things that annoy me:

-when people don't put on their turn signal [while driving]

-chipped nail polish

-when I have something in my teeth and no one tells me

-phrases like "I die" or "just shoot me"

-the sound of someone chewing/chomping/smacking their food

-when people act helpless

-living on a busy street and being woken up by motorcycles [among other vehicles] during the night

7 films I love:

-E.T. [I was obsesses with this as a child...not really sure why]

-You've Got Mail

-Miracle
-Wild Hearts Can't be Broken

-The Proposal

-Father of the Bride

-Chariots of Fire

7 funny words:

-brrr-ful [my best friend from college made this one up] and it's used when I'm cold

-listless

-Banff 

-fluffernutter

-poochkin [one of my husband's many nicknames for our dog

-crumpet

-cantankerous 

What are your seven things?  I'd love to know.

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