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Stephanie Howell

reading, organizing, shopping, momming too close to the sun. Home is wherever the Army sends us.

I’ll Ask For It.

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Fair enough.

Here’s what I’m asking for.

+ I’d like to laugh until I cry once a week.

+ I’d like to read a new book every three days. One day I’d like to write a book too.

+ Id’ like to take a shower and pee in peace, for the love of God.

+ I want to go on dates with Jimmy until we are old and gray. I want to hold his hand, laugh at him until I lose my voice, and kiss him until I’m dizzy. Basically I want to always stay the same as we are.

+ I want to visit Provence, France when the lavender is blooming.

+ I want to geniunely learn to love, embrace, and accept my body just the way it is.

+ I want to be a librarian or own a book shop. There is nothing in this world that I’m as passionate about as I am about books and reading. Period.

+ I want to learn to make pasta from scratch.

+ I’d like to stop comparing myself to others. My worth is not determined by how perfect other people’s lives appear.

+ I’d like to learn Italian.

+ I want the superpower of being able to tell who my true friends are. The ones who have my back and don’t have any patience for people who don’t. The ones who make me laugh and call me out and “get” me. No more fakes. Only trues. I’m getting better at this the older I get by the way.

+ I want to learn calligraphy.

+ I’d like to host a creative get together when I move back to America. A weekend of making and bonding and laughing and drinking wine.

xoxo

S

Comments

  1. sounds like a great list!
    I am with you on the bookstore thing!
    go for it! I will come visit and read books upon your recommendation!
    Stephanie, you are so genuine and true and the older you get the more wise you get, that’s so true. you have a heart of gold, stay that way!
    tara

  3. Since you are so close in a small town in Hungary called Tihany there are fields of lavender as far as the eye can see. It’s incredibly beautiful and a quaint town. When you visit Budapest, don’t miss the opportunity to visit Tihany as well. You and your family would love it and it is only 7 hours away!! Usually during this festival they have local wine shops sampling their incredible wines. Hungarian wines are just as good as Italian wines, and cheaper too! Below are some links to the Tihany town guide and the lavender festival. Let me know if you’d like more info.
    http://www.hungary-tourist-guide.com/tihany.html
    http://impressmagazin.hu/the-lavender-festival-in-tihany-has-started/

  4. Thanks for sharing your great list, Stephanie! Every day you are getting just a little bit closer to being able to shower and pee in peace! I love the idea of hosting a creative get together! Going away to CKC every year with a friend is such a great experience. I love sharing time with people who enjoy this hobby as much as I do. As for laughing until you cry, a friend just told me about the show, Impractical Jokers. I stumbled upon it will channel surfing last Friday and it was hysterical!!! You can check it out on YouTube! Enjoy!

  5. go for it!!!! This is a great list and you deserve every item. I would definitely join you for crafting and laughing and wine!!

  6. Great list & you should definitely write that book & I would love to visit your book shop!I don’t know about the showers – my girls still have a knack for calling just when I’m getting into the shower!

  8. What a lovely list, I’d like to visit Provence and learn calligraphy too. And five minutes peace sounds blissful. Maybe one day… The books things sound good too, I’m very passionate about all things word as well. I’m thinking I should make a list, and I’m wishing you luck with yours. No reason you can’t have all of those things, and I really hope you do. CJ xx

  9. Great list! Mine would be very similar as we share a love of books and have young kids. Can’t wait to see how this all plays out for you.

  10. i love your list. made me smile because so many of your hopes are ones that i share. (the book shop and writing a book?!? lavender fields?!?! kindred spirits, i tell you.) 🙂 when we were in the DC area for school, i took a calligraphy class and it was SO worth the small investment. so much fun…just need to carve out more time to practice. you should definitely do it when you have an opportunity! and your creative get-together? i want to come!!

  11. it’s amazing to see lists like this and realize how much we have in common. how my personal desires also live in someone else. thank you for openly sharing some of you so that i could feel less alone in the world 🙂

  12. What a fabulous list. I chose courage as my one little word this year. I am going to attempt a list like this. Thanks for sharing.

  18. Oh yea…I want to go to the creative weekend too…I will be waiting for my invite LOL 🙂 I will bring the cardstock and vellum!
    Patricia
    the PaperTemptress

  20. ❤️ I really want to come to your crafty gathering when you come back…please bring Italian wine. I tried Soave tonight

  21. Our lists are so similar it is scarey or fun take your pick! I make pasta from scratch so pick me! Forget the peeing or showering alone. I am 60, now it is not the kids and the husband just the husband (not so bad :> even fun and helpful! ). I would love to laugh with you and roll in the lavender but it is a little pokey. I also want to be included on the creative weekend, I will be the designated driver! Love you! Hugs

  22. So many ‘asks’ I can relate too. Today’s biggie for me is ‘I would like to go back in time and not forget to put my book in my bag’. No book to read at lunchtime sucks. :p

  24. I am with you on the bookstore, I’ll volunteer free help! I would love an old fashioned, cozy store with over stuffed chairs and leather couches to sit and read (and bring my knitting too!) and relax. What is it about the smell of books?? I love my Kindle and my iPad, but man there is nothing like feeling the paper pages in my fingers and hearing the spine crack the first time you open a book. Count me in on a get together, I love to cook and laugh.

  26. I’m totally in for the weekend. You could definitely own a pretty awesome bookshop. It would be quaint and perfect. Thinking Meg Ryan type of shop in You’ve Got Mail. But I could be totally wrong. And I wish I could learn to love my body too. Right there with you.

  31. What a good list! I want to shop at your book store! And my grandma, mom and I can teach you how to make cavatils (cavatelli)!! 😉 We might cuss a lot but it might make you laugh until you cry! haha Have a beautiful day!

  32. Have you read, heard of or considered the Outlander Series of books by Diana Gabaldon? They are really great and have a cult like following. The first book was made into a mini series on Starz. Let me know if you decide to read them and what you think.

  33. I think you copied my list! Well, I’d like to go on dates with my husband, not yours! But other than that, it’s the same 🙂

  34. OMG! That’s so cool! You’re more than welcome.
    Wana know a secret? Im running a class for skillshare that’s going live at the end of February (!!!) I’m so excited! And terrified.
    I’ve been following your blog for the longest time, since before the twins. I wish you all the best in completing everything on the lift above!

  35. This list is a reflection of being in mid/late 30’s. And I have a similar list. And that creative weekend sounds awesome!!
    Do you guys know where in the states you’ll be once you do move back?