Dreams

I am all about making lists in my life. I live from list to list. If I don't write what needs to be done down it never seems to find the time to get itself done. I don't get caught up in my lists but it helps me to keep my life together. Today while meditating I found myself thinking about where I would like to go with my life. The goals I would like to accomplish before I die came to mind. Some are silly and some are more serious. Here are a few of them:

• Get into better shape
• Get completely out of debt.
• Accept the change in my life
• Let go of the past
• Travel outside of the United States.
• Feel better about who I am and who I am not.
• Have children
• Make a cookbook of the best recipes (IMHO) in the world
• Buy a house
• Identity 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
  
• Save for retirement
• Record a CD of me singing my favorite songs
• Join a book club.
• Grow my own vegetable garden
• Be fluent in Spanish
• See U2 in concert
• Be a better friend
• Buy my dream car
• Expand my vocabulary
• Make optimism a habit
• Get to bed before 11:30pm every night and be up before 8am every day.
• Journal my life
• Drink more water and eat more vegetables
• Have my name cited in a reputable book
• Be a good role-model for others
• Gain respect from my peers
• Learn how to make (and not throw the dough across the room) pie crust.
• Get my graduate degree.
• Find a better job
• Live without regrets.

• Live the stories that I would like to tell my grand kids someday.

Here are some of my goals. What are yours?

Spring has sprung.

I can finally say that I have made it through another winter and it is officially SPRING! I am glad to see spring come along. Every year I think to myself, how many more springs will God let me see? We only get less than 100 of these first day of springs in our life. Think on that for a minute.

This picture is for all of my readers who still live in snowville (which is all 3 of you who read my blog). If spring is here it is on it's way north too.

Today it got up to 73 here. It is a fluke heat wave though we are supposed to get some snow/rain by next week. It got me thinking about planting flowers and herbs outside. I think I have finally figured out what I can grow on my minuscule patio: mint, rosemary, patio tomato (again), pansies, thyme, and perhaps strawberries. I am excited.



Wayne is on spring break after his midterms. He is doing well in most of his classes. I am sure he is glad for some time to get ahead.

I am thinking about doing a favorite recipe section here if anyone would like to enjoy some tried and true favorites from my table to yours. I can't eat onions, garlic or peppers. That weeds out about 50% of recipes from cookbooks that I have found. So my recipes will be onion-free *or at least onion-optional*. Check back for some easy and tasty dishes. I will try to take a picture so that you can see what it should look like in theory.

Best wishes for spring 2009 for everyone!