Writing, Reading, Reflection

My dearest friend Stacey posted eight different categories with 8 different things in them, and since I love these kinds of lists, I thought I’d post the same. Here goes, but like always, I can’t follow directions, so I’m listing 10 things in each category

8 things I’m passionate about

1. Doing the right thing–all the time, to excess, until I’m stressed out

2. My son

3. My new love affair

4. Friends

5. Family

6. Writing

7. Reading

8. Teaching

9. art

10. Listening to God

8 things I say often

1. Oh, that’s so sad

2. I love you

3. Tell me about your book

4. So, what are you learning?

5. Not my problem

6. Sure, I can do that

7. There’s just not enough time in the day

8. Sure, I can do that!

9. How are you?

10. Duh!

8 books I’ve read recently

1. Eat, Pray, Love

2. The Truth about Great Marriages

3. Born Blue

4. Lessons Before Dying

5. In Praise of Slowness

6. Lovely Bones

7. poems by Bukowski

8. Monster

9. My Thirteenth Year

10. Into the Wild

8 Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over

1. Rock You Like a Hurricane (Scorpions)

2. In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins)

3. Hold on To Your Dreams (Triumph)

4. More than a Feeling (Boston)

5. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland)

6. Whole Lotta Love (Led Zepplin)

7. Most Meatloaf songs

8. Love Shack (B-52’s)

9. Most of AC/DC

10. Pachabel’s Canon

8 Things I want to do before I die

1. Write a book

2. Go to France

3. Go back to England and live for several months

4. Win the Lottery

5. Live in the mountains

6. Go to a Yoga retreat in New Mexico

7. Go on an African Safari

8. See my son and neices grow into loving, happy adults

9. okay. so this is the only one that I’ll just list 8 things!

8 Things that attract me to my friends

1. Honesty

2. Fun

3. Sense of adventure

4. Rooted in goodness

5. Family values

6. Love of life

7. Creativity

8. Non-judgemental

9. Laughter

10. Hard working and fun loving

8 Things I’ve Learned This Year

1. Love exists

2. I’m capable of loving

3. I’m a good mother

4. I need to be still more often

5. I say “yes, I can do that” too often

6. I love life

7. It’s hard letting go, but when you do good things fill the gap

8. Internet dating isn’t bad

9. I still miss my friend Linda

10. Church might not be so bad

11. Okay, now I’m not following my own rules, but I have to add this one–Stacey is a very strong person who knows me very well and guides me in the right direction.