List Day

Lists are hot. Lists are big. People like to make lists. There is "100 Places To See Before You Die" (and variations on the theme). There is the current blog thing going around, "6 Weird Things About Me." Top ten lists, to-do lists, shopping lists, wish lists. Listmania. Well ... the list goes on and on.

I'm a list freak. I bought a PDA a few years ago (affectionately named Paddy) just to organize my many lists. (While I had a hard time justifying the purhcase at the time, it has become invaluable since I started going to my dad's four nights a week cooking him dinner ... I keep my recipes in Paddy, in Word-To-Go format, so I never have to worry about remembering to tote my recipe book back and forth. I keep my 'menu of the week' in there, so I know what's for dinner every night, and my grocery shopping lists. Life-saving.)

Anyway, I'm in a list mood today, so here's a couple.

Five Places I'd Rather Live Than Here
1. Lincoln City, Oregon
2. Kilkee, Ireland
3. Chateaubelair, St. Vincent
4. Gruissan, France
5. Lindisfarne, England

Five Careers I Wish I'd Pursued Twenty Years Ago
1. Writing
2. Running my own business
3. Music
4. Archaeology
5. Environmental Sciences / Wildlife Preservation / etc.

Five Things I Wish I Had The Courage To Do (but don't ... yet)
1. Parachuting
2. Backpacking (backcountry, wilderness, that kind of thing)
3. Diving
4. Finishing any piece of writing and actually submitting it to someone
5. Quitting my (safe, secure) job and embarking on a new career

Five Things I Ought To Be Doing Instead Of Sitting Here Making Lists
1. Figuring out what I'm going to have for breakfast
2. Getting dressed for work
3. Feeding the dog
4. Doing the dishes
5. Getting in a little stealth knitting