So I’m back from taking the week off
from blogging. Although, I didn’t really take the week off from blogging as I
went around and read (and tried to comment on) all my usual blogs. I guess I
just took the week off from writing. I don’t know how I benefited from it apart
from going to sleep a little earlier every night. Anyway, I’m easing back into
the swing of things by joining in with Stasha, a.k.a. Northwestmommy for Monday Listicles. Today’s prompt is the ten things I hope for this Christmas, which
should be easy enough as all I’m doing lately is revising everybody’s Christmas
wish lists and writing Santa letters.
What I hope for this Christmas:
1. Sleep.
The girl appears to be sleeping better, this past week she hasn’t woken up every night so I’m hoping this keeps up, improves
even, and most importantly doesn’t all go to hell from the jet-lag when we go
to Houston this year.
2. A bra
that fits. The single most terrible thing about living in Italy is that they
don’t measure bras in cups and inches (or centimeters), and it’s pretty hard to
find a cup size larger than a C. So I usually end up having to buy a cup size
that is too small or, in the rare event that the cup size is fine the band is
too big. Since I haven’t been back to the US in three years and have been
pregnant twice since, you can imagine what state my bras are in. My first stop
as soon as I land is a lingerie store. (And target, no one’s keeping me away
from target).
3. A book.
And not just any book. I want to find a really good book, and I want to read it
all the way through in one sitting. And it has to be an actual paper, real
book. For once, I’d like to just take a few hours and read a book uninterrupted
instead of maniacally thumbing through my kindle in line or in a waiting room,
cause it seems I only ever read on electronic devices nowadays at the post
office, at the grocery store, in the doctor’s waiting room…
4. Someone
to organize all my movies, shows and music. My one and only New Year’s resolution last year was to declutter my life. I’ve managed to do some of it,
still working on a lot, but what I haven’t gotten around to, and frankly have
no desire to get around to it is organizing my movies, shows and music. And
since chucking it all in the trash is not the answer, I need someone to just
come over and do it for me. Ok? Thanks.
5. Find a
school I’m happy with. I knew this was going to be an issue sooner or later,
but honestly I expected it to be a little later. I don’t like the Boy’s
preschool. I’ll get into the whys and hows another time. I’ve talked to them
again, but if I don’t see some serious improvement I’m going to have to look
for a different school and I’m not all that hopeful cause I’m afraid that what
I take issue with may just be a cultural thing and not something I can fix. But
I want him to enjoy school, I want him to be happy. He’s going to be in school
for a long, long time starting now, and it has
to be a positive experience.
6. A
house. We’ve been renting for a really long time. In fact we’ve been renting
forever since I’ve never owned a house. We’ve been looking at houses for the
past twelve years (I’m not kidding), we saw hundreds of apartments in Milan and
we’ve seen many, many houses since we moved out here in the middle of nowhere.
So it’s time. I want to find a house that doesn’t make me vomit and that I can
afford. How friggin’ hard is that??
7. Shoes.
As I’ve mentioned I own quite a few shoes, but as I get older I’m less willing
to settle for second best. So this year for Christmas I want a pair (or two) of
really comfortable high heels, that make my legs and ass look great, but (and
here’s the clincher) that don’t hurt my feet if I stand for longer that 13
seconds.
8. Abs.
Without breaking a sweat. Enough said.
And now
the last two, serious ones:
9.
Happiness. This one’s two-fold. I want my children to be happy. I want to know they’re happy. I don’t want to
spend many a waking (and some a sleeping) hour worrying about their happiness. And I want to find a way to make the
people around me a little happier. I’m not being all altruistic either, I’m
want this for me, because if the people around me are happier than I’m happier
and more relaxed.
10.
Health. Lately it seems all I ever read about is the great vaccine debate
(which, incidentally, I now feel compelled to write about, so be warned you’ll
find a ranting post in the near future), but I gotta tell you, I don’t give a
crap if my kids (or I for that matter) get the flu or the chicken pox or
whatever else that’s not life threatening but just a massive pain in the ass. I
do, however, want the husband to be healthy. And I don’t want him to be healthy
for now, or not get sick in Houston or anything short term. I want him to be
HEALTHY. I want leukemia to be a forgotten word, somewhere in the distant past.
I want him to be healthy for a really, really long time. In fact, I want him to
die of old age when we are so decrepit that death seems like a new and exciting
adventure. I want him to see his great grandkids. So Santa, or whoever, forget
the rest of the list and just give us HEALTH. I can take care of the rest myself.
Thanks.
So tell
me, what’s on your Christmas wish list?
