What I Want Thursday was meant to be a weekly post but due to the realities of my J-O-B and growing list of home improvement projects, it has now become a bi-monthly (hopefully…) utterance. For this Thursday I would like:
- For traffic to slow the fvck down on 35th Ave! – A ticket was handed out last week for 62mph in a 35mph zone and 50+ seems to be the norm.
- For my kids to write me real snail-mail letters in addition to dialing the phone, typing a single line e-mail, or sending me a text. I do not want my generation to be the last that prizes personal tangible communication. I want my children to send Thank You cards, notes of congratulations, and sympathy. Manners are small gifts we give to other people, often strangers, that mean so very much…
- For my kitchen remodel to be finished and done with. I would like a celebratory breakfast of bacon, eggs, fine pressed coffee, OJ, flakey croissants, and lavender honey at the table in the breakfast nook. I would like a morning free of worry and noise to enjoy my breakfast in our new clean, bright, painted kitchen, while reading the day’s International Herald Tribune.
- Some BADASS/useful luggage for my frequent international travel. No more fvcking roller wheels!! Real bags, that look good with jeans or a suit. I like this one from Monocle, A similar one from a guy in Portland, and a new laptop messenger from Timbuck2 in all black.
- More book shelves. I need 8’ or so of shelf space in the office, 4’ in the kitchen for our cookbooks, and 3-5’ in our master bedroom to accommodate our home library. Some cool bookend would be snazzy as well. These or these or these would work nicely.
- For iTunes to realize I do not live in Germany anymore and to FINALLY switch my account over to a US one. Every time I buy a song or app, I get charged in Euros and I have to call in, explain the issue for the umpteenth time and they send me a refund for the difference in 10-14 days.
