Things I Want to Accomplish

After finding a similar list on another blog, I thought I'd make one of my own.

1. A painting. Or two ... or more. Most of the art sitting in my studio is unfinished, and I can't seem to bring myself to complete it. A very long artist's block I am having!
2. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro ... or another smaller venture first here in the States.
3. Become fluent in Spanish ... so much so that I can speak easily with someone else in their language.
4. ... And then move on to another language, like German or Chinese.
5. Read every book on my list. After discovering a couple of excellent book sites like goodreads.com and librarything.com and cataloguing all of my 'current reads' and 'ro reads,' I have determined I have at least 200 books on my 'to read' list.
6. Live for a least a year in a foreign country. Getting completely outside of your comfort zone is an amazing challenge and learning experience.
7. Visit Italy ... the Dolomites, Milan, Venice, Rome, Florence, Sicily ... see the art, take in the culture.
8. Start running again ... I have ceased completely ... not a good thing.
9. Completely redecorate my house ... or at least paint the walls ...
10. Become extremely adept at gardening, so I can know better how to take care of the plants in my yard.
11. Become equally skilled at photography. But first I need to invest in a better camera.
12. Learn something new ... perhaps how to knit or weave ... this might come in handy for future gifts!