The Eights

Found this little list on Jenn Olson's blog and thought it would be fun to play along. Plus, I don't really have much else worth blogging about this week. So here's a little list of things:

8 Things I am passionate about:
1. family
2. friends
3. my job
4. autism
5. making things handmade
6. issues of race and equality
7. living green
8. music

8 words/phrases I often say:
1. use your words
2. think about your body
3. yeah, yeah, yeah
4. seriously
5. whatever
6. shut it
7. arrrgh
8. let's see...apparently I say this a lot because the kids I work with parrot it back to me often

8 Things I want to do before I die-
1. be a mom

2. travel, travel, travel
3. learn another language

4. get my master's degree

5. see a cure for cancer

6. see a cure for autism

7. open a school or therapy center for autism

8. live at the beach

8 Things I currently want or need:
1. clothes that fit me
2. a cleaned out, replanted front garden

3. new kitchen

4. new floors

5. a week off (paid)...ha! Wouldn't that be nice!

6. Obama to win

7. a "painting fairy" to sand and paint my walls

8. to be able to eat what I want without discomfort

8 favorite T.V. shows:
1. Fringe

2. Criminal Minds

3. Heroes

4. Grey's Anatomy

5. CSI NY

6. Bones

7. Brothers and Sisters

8. House

8 favorite restaurants:
1. Dick's Hideaway

2. Phoenix City Grille

3. Postino

4. La Grande Orange

5. El Bravo

6. Remington's

7. Barrio Cafe

8. Los Sombreros

8 things that happened yesterday:
1. home made apple butter for breakfast

2. work

3. lunch with Kellie at Pita Jungle

4. bought Halloween candy

5. TV with Shawn

6. leftovers for dinner

7. filled out my mail in ballot

8. knit

8 things to look forward to:
1. being a mom

2. weekends

3. the holidays

4. lots of traveling (someday)
5. paying off my debt (again, looking forward...)
6. vacations

7. Twilight movie

8. a world without violence and hatred

8 obsessions/collections:
1. scrap stuff

2. yarn

3. red things

4. magazines

5. natural beauty products

6. books

7. shoes

8. crafty books and supplies