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10 Things to Look Forward to This Year
any season but winter
Ibiza
find a house?
outcome of U.S. presidential election
will U.S. pull out of global and national nose dive?
Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ
The Roundtable
What will happen in my neighborhood?
What will happen in the world?
What will happen in my heart?

10 Favorite Christmas Presents
Hello Kitty
Amelie Soundtrack
Lush
Mini disk recorder
Mesa Camilla (table heater)
Phone conversations with loved ones far away
Jim's curry dinner at Juanan and Inma's
Being a guest at Jesus and Amalia's for Xmas Spanish style
Hearing my Grandpa say "I Love You, Heather" on the phone
Jonah back home safe from England

10 Ways to help out with the Aids situation
ask God what you can do
expect ideas and opportunities to come
visit a sufferer regularly
give money to Aids charities
befriend the family of a sufferer
enjoy sex within marriage
research the disease
love extravagantly
pray regularly
push your comfort zones

6 Things I wanted to be when I grew up
Veterinarian
Published Poet
Missionary
Medical Laboratory Technologist
Horse Jockey
Country Western Singer

10 Favorite Pets I've Had
Casper the Little Mutt Dog
Murphy the not so Miniature Schnauzer
Dewey the Miniature Schnauzer
Nellie the Blond Afghan Hound
Sir Boots the black Afghan Hound
Hadji Ba Ba the Afgan Hound Puppy
Princess the Black Afghan Hound
Mae the Cat
Kati the Doberman
Razil the Horse

10 Favorite 80's Bands or Musicians
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Duran Duran
Suzanne Vega
U2
The Police
Depeche Mode
The Smiths
The Cure
Cocteau Twins
Kate Bush

10 Favorite Cities I Have Visited
Amsterdam, Holland
Marrakesh, Morocco
London, England
Edinburgh, Scotland
Budapest, Hungary
Toronto, Canada
Seattle,WA USA
San Fransisco,CA USA
New York City,NY USA
Seville, Spain

10 Favorite Movies
that I can think of right now:
Some Like It Hot
The Shawshank Redemption
Amelie
Sense and Sensibility
Emma
The Pianist
Life is Beautiful
About A Boy
The Three Amigos
The Black Stallion

1/17/2004

Well, this week I have been able to start a few projects that I am quite excited about.

The first is that my friend Costanza and I have agreed to do a condensed version of The Artist's Way-A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron. We will meet once a week to have a discussion and make sure we are doing the work. It is an experiment to see how I do leading a course like this
1. in spanish and
2. with people that do not have the same basic spiritual beliefs as I do.

I did this course before in California and it helped me so much, but I was only a participant and not the leader, of course it was in english and we were a group of women that more or less had the same beliefs about God and Jesus.
so this should be fun to explore. and of course I am hoping that this will also help me to become more creatively unblocked in different areas of my life.

The second project is that I have agreed to go once a week on Thursdays to Juanan and Inma's for lunch and to teach their family english. We will set up everyday situations like having a meal, grocery shopping and playing a game to practice common english phrases and vocabulary that occur in those situations. I really enjoy hearing someone that doesn't speak my mother language begin to utter their first words.

I really enjoy projects that I work on a little every week over a period of time to see big results.
posted by Heather 1/17/2004 12:19:00 PM |

1/13/2004

Jonah's in bed sick with the nasty cold bug that's been going around.
I used my day to clean house. Did a heck a good job at it too.
I love a freshly cleaned house.

Kati and I were up on the roof for a few hours today scrubbing things clean in the sunshine, her box, my gym shoes, a backpack, etc. I was scrubbing, she was playing. I had on shorts and a tank top in January. It was soooo nice.
posted by Heather 1/13/2004 08:19:00 PM |