fairfarmhand Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 1. Buy a vintage Mustang just to drive for fun. I've hauled kids around in dumpy minivans for so long, I'd love to have a cute ride for a change, especially once I have no teens on my insurance. 2. Travel to Ireland. Share your dreams, no matter how impractical. I'm not saying that they will necessarily come true, but I really think this could be a fun conversation topic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Beach Cottage. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I'd like to teach in an international school somewhere. I want to see as many places in the world as I can. I would also like to volunteer at my favorite camp. Not sure how feasible that is, though, as camps seem to want teenagers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 Crap...I just thought of something. A vintage sports car will probably be a stick shift....mmmm...gonna have to figure that out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Crap...I just thought of something. A vintage sports car will probably be a stick shift.. Of course. What fun is a sports car with an automatic transmission? You want to actually drive 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Many more cats. But at $400 a pop to clean their teeth (and my cats need it), plus whatever other bills they have each year, I can't pay for cats and help with college. So...once I'm done helping pay for college costs I'm getting cats. And going out to eat. A lot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinaPagnato Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Spend time learning the vegan recipes that I've only flirted with over the years. Ditto on the beach cottage. Volunteer with at-risk kids, doing tutoring and educational counseling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 launch a non-profit with my dh. We've been talking about it for a few years and I'm not sure we can do it until our youngest is a bit older. We'll see. :) I'm hoping to go back to school soon so that will come first as well. (Trying to decide if I should *just* finish my English degree or also get something in non-profit management. That sounds so boring, though. LOL ) I'd also like to travel to the world's best (best in MY opinion, LOL) art museums. That's a bucket list item. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in NY Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 1. Travel more. (See my other post.) 2. Get a job --- hopefully as a teacher's assistant or math teacher. Close to home. (See number 3.) Summers off. (See number 1.) 3. Drive less. 4. Bike more. 5. Read more, but not while biking. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Become a personal trainer. Go to Greece. Take a bike tour of Italy. Hike the Appalachian Trail. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Graduate from college. Not be a chauffeur. (seriously, I live in my dang van) Trade in the van for a small car. (this is actually happening soon, as we are getting ever closer to launchy-ness) Get a full time job. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I'm going with joyofsix, then becoming a midwife and volunteering overseas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Mine is dorky. Two of my dc want to attend college for artistic performance majors. My other is undecided, but would like to play baseball for a college. I hope to travel to them and attend as many events as possible. It was always nice to look into the stands and see my parents when I played a sport in college. After college, who knows- if they move far away, I would certainly want to visit a lot, or meet them for various activities. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Have a glamorous career, go to Hawaii, finally, wear cowboy boots with mini dresses and not worry about embarrassing anyone but myself. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Crap...I just thought of something. A vintage sports car will probably be a stick shift....mmmm...gonna have to figure that out. It's not that difficult. You get used to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Well...I am already there. I went back to college, got the next degree, working on another and going back to work full-time. Currently dh and I are researching where we want to buy our next and probably last house. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 It's not that difficult. You get used to it. Yep. And it's pretty empowering :D I want to drive all over the country and see EVERYTHING! I'd also like to go back to school, but I don't want to go back for anything particularly practical, and I don't know if I can bring myself to spend the money if I can just be a traveling autodidact. That might be a better way to spend $30K! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T'smom Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 1. Buy a vintage Mustang just to drive for fun. I've hauled kids around in dumpy minivans for so long, I'd love to have a cute ride for a change, especially once I have no teens on my insurance. 2. Travel to Ireland. Share your dreams, no matter how impractical. I'm not saying that they will necessarily come true, but I really think this could be a fun conversation topic. My dad bought a vintage Mustang (same year as the one he drove as a young adult) for occasional driving and a new Mustang for daily driving! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Take a nap. I'm tried already and I'm not there yet! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn&charles Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 1. Write books 2. Illustrate books 3. Create curricula 4. Move out of CA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Sleep whenever I want. Read whatever I want, whenever I want, wherever I want. While sipping tea. Sit outside and enjoy nature whenever I want. Go for walks, hikes, etc. Get massages whenever I want. Travel if I'm up to it. Keep the crap in my house to a minimum. Have the house clean or nearly so all the time. Of course all this is ridiculous since I probably won't be anywhere near retiring from my job. :/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Take a nap. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 I'd love to... Breathe. Sit. Sleep. Read a book of my own choosing. Watch the grass grow. Rock in a rocking chair. Become the most boring-est person EVER. I dream big. You could do all of that and drive a sweet sports car. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 get a master's degree, probably in curriculum development develop curriculum travel with dh in a clean car with heated/power seats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Gosh, I'll be 60 or 60+. It's hard to say, as I don't know what I'll have the strength for then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Well, I am not sure the LAUNCHING part will ever come as we have 3 special needs kiddos and 2 of them will need long term living help. That said, I would: 1. travel to Ireland and ride horses 2. Get one of those smaller camper vans just big enough for dh and I so that we could travel around and have a bed and a potty. 3. Try to do some horse camping. My dream is the shore to shore in Michigan which is 250 miles across the state in 12 days. 4. Keep working in some capacity with foster/adoptive/special needs kids/teens. 5. Take a medical missions trip. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I just want to rock babies in the hospital, be the extra hands when their parents can't be there. What could be better than rocking babies forever? Aside from that, I would love to attend culinary school. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I have three years of homeschooling left and youngest will enter college. My current plan is to either make a go of the event planning business - not likely though because my partner's mother has recently become an invalid, and she is unable to continue working with me so we are going to have to split the assets so she can retire - or go back into the work force. Either way, I want to work for 6-10 years to shore up retirement savings since I've been out of the work force for so long. But, as part of that plan, I'm only taking on something very flexible (might even be substitute teaching) so that we can travel. As of next year, dh will have four weeks vacation plus federal holidays and Christmas Eve Day as well as New Years Eve Day so that gives us options for taking trips of decent length. He also has a flexible "work from home" arrangement so we could even go somewhere for six weeks so long as he had good internet. So, flexible employment plus travel is on the horizon for us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Clean my house. Spend several weeks each year visiting my sisters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Take a nap. I'm tried already and I'm not there yet! I won't need to nap because I'll be able to go to bed when I want and get up when I want! Keep the crap in my house to a minimum. Have the house clean or nearly so all the time. I thought of this after I posted, but YES!!! Is it bad if when I hear the commercials on the radio for the local retirement homes, all I can think of is whether or not they'll take me in as a 43 year old??? Only if it's bad that, when I hear about someone getting lost in the woods or stuck on a deserted island or snowed in somewhere for weeks, I think, "That sounds like heaven." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Run marathons Write a book Hike for weeks Learn to be a better cook Learn more languages and travel 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Take a nap. I was going to say good we can nap together, but no that might not come across as intended. LMAO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 A nap sounds great. I really think I might want a cat, or a cat and a really cute little shih tzu. I want to go back to school for something, maybe an auxiliary medical field. I love medical stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymonster Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Sell everything, buy a RV, and start traveling with DH. Volunteer for the National Park Service or a state park. Edited to add: Goodness, that's 12 years away... We might just have to take the kids with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Oh, naps. Yes, I suppose I could spend some of my first retirement years catching up on my naps. The best thing about being eight days post appendix surgery has been the freedom to take naps with no guilt over what I should be doing. DH would probably say the same thing. He will love not having to get up before five o'clock every weekday morning. I'm sure we will enjoy sleeping together whenever we feel like it. Both kinds of sleeping together, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto10blessings Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I don't even know. All I wanted my whole life was to have kids. I'm living my dream right now. I guess I'd like to travel more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflowerlady Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I want to do a whole lot of nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendy not in HI Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Crap...I just thought of something. A vintage sports car will probably be a stick shift....mmmm...gonna have to figure that out. My dh bought a cute little yellow convertible Miata for me this year (not exactly a classic car, but still fun!) It is a standard. And I learned how to drive it. It is so fun (now - at first it was really scary.) We had the Miata for a couple months before I was able to start driving. I practiced driving it for 2 weeks before my dd and I went to Denmark, where we rented a car (also a stick shift - the only option for rental cars). A week of driving the standard non-stop did the trick, and now I feel like a real driver. It has been really invigorating? exciting? delightful? (something like that) to really learn how to do something new. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Yes, I'd like to ditch the minivan, but it's a workhorse. LOL. I know exactly how many bags of mulch it can hold and use it to haul stuff to the dump. I'd love to travel for a month or more in Europe. I'd like to do some graduate work in an entirely different area, but I don't want to write any papers over ten pages or so. Only two years for me...! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Island Hop around the world starting in the tropics organize and scrapbook all the pictures Finish compiling and editing the family tree on both sides of my family since most of the research is done and the torch was passed to me finally take time to write the great American novel or at least see if any of my half-edited novels are worth finishing and sending off 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproutMamaK Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 See the world. Ideally I'd like to spend 3 months of every year living in another country, a different coutnry each year, and really get a feel for what the culture is like in different parts of the world. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Live by myself so I can actually experience the feeling of all the housework and errands done. As long as there is someone else here, I know there will always be something that needs to be cleaned, washed, put away or dealt with. I do hours of errands each week for the people in my house...doctors appointments, shopping, sports, driving to school, driving to a friends house, etc. Our family has 5 to 6 standing/reoccurring doctors appointments each week. Sports practice or game 5+ days a week. Shopping of some kind 2-3 days a week. If it were just me, I would need to go to the PT once a week and grocery shop once a week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Have a two story turn-of-the-century house with a wrap around porch and sit on the porch in wicker patio furniture drinking a cup (or more) of coffee and read the paper. (I saw someone doing this in my town a few weeks ago as I was frantically driving a child at 8:00 to.... somewhere and I saw this older woman leisurely sitting on the front porch of a beautiful grand dame home with a cup of coffee and the morning paper. I was so jealous) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelwydd Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Of course. What fun is a sports car with an automatic transmission? You want to actually drive I drive a sporty VW now. Six speed manual, and 200 HP. :D Sucks in Dallas traffic though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Crap...I just thought of something. A vintage sports car will probably be a stick shift....mmmm...gonna have to figure that out. As long as your dreaming, just dream you'll practice on someone else's car. ;) Also dream that you'd avoid driving in San Fransisco with a stick!! And if tempted, listen to Bill Cosby's skit on the subject. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Run marathons Write a book Hike for weeks Learn to be a better cook Learn more languages and travel Oooh! Your wish list is almost just like mine! Although I am a pretty good cook at present, and I have kind of gotten over running, so probably not going to do a marathon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I would love to: - live on the coast of a land with moderate year-round temps, - own a sailboat and use it for sailing and SCUBA diving - kayak on the nearby flatwater, - play tennis frequently with a fun group of people my level, - ride a gorgeous horse whenever I wanted (that someone else took care of) - once a year travel to somewhere new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Move out of this old house in the country to a brick ranch in the suburbs, yes, really. A low maintenance lifestyle that's what I want. I also want to finish up college in some fashion, go on one of those Viking cruises mentioned in another thread, and become a bibliotherapist : http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/can-reading-make-you-happier I also want to go out regularly to plays and musical performances. But I've got seven years to go, maybe I'll change my mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 ... steal a five year old and start over with a new homeschooler? :001_unsure: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarasue7272 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Crap...I just thought of something. A vintage sports car will probably be a stick shift....mmmm...gonna have to figure that out.My first car was a yellow '66 mustang, automatic. It even had an air conditioner! Too bad it didn't work. It's been 12 years and I still miss that car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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