Another rainy Friday...

For some reason, Friday seems to be the only day I can post. Hmm, and as I type this there is a British narrating voice that sounds suspiciously like Simon Cowell repeating everything in my head. Grand. Anywho, a belated Happy Valentine's Day to you all! I had a lovely 2-day Valentine's Day (because last year I was in Auburn and we couldn't be together), it was great fun and mostly filled with tasty, fattening Italian food. Shocker, I know. Blaire ate Italian? Blaire cooked Italian? It's practically all I cook, really. Sometimes I branch out with a little Japanese cuisine when I cook, if I'm feeling adventurous.

Anyways, I have a fun list today. Random Things I'd Like to Do Before I Die:

• coach a high school volleyball team
• actually paint a painting worth framing and hanging in my house
• read every ounce of poetry by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Blake
• learn to speak Italian (shocker)
• raft the Colorado River
• adopt a child from Asia (Dustin wants to do this too)
• be as lovely as Queen Shenaynay
• ski in the Alps (I don't care whether it's French, Austrian, Swiss, or Italian)
• hike at least some significant portion of the Appalachian Trail with my brothers
• take a trip with my cousin Anna, who I never get to see
• meet my unknown grandfather who lives in North Carolina

Okay, so that's that. Personally I'd be fascinated to see what y'all would put on a list like this.
Last word. Granddaddy (Charles G. Kitchens) is having major back surgery on Thursday. His chances of surviving the surgery and recovery are only 50/50, but he said he'd rather take the chance than continue to live with the pain he has now and end up a drug addict like so many others. For those of you who don't know, he's 87, he's a World War II veteran, his primary fault is that he talks CONTINUALLY but always about Scripture, and I think he's the bravest person I know. Please, please, our family begs your prayers in these coming weeks.
Love,
Blaire