Wild Crazy Dreaming

As a Kindergarten teacher, I always ask my kids "What do you want to be when you grow up?"  As I look ahead at my future, I think "what do I want to do when I grow up?"  My growing up will actually be the next chapter in my life.  My empty nest years are approaching.  So let's talk dreams.  I mean the wild and crazy kind.  Some will say their dream is to be famous.  Some will want to save the world.  Mine is not as noble.  I want to own a bookstore.  A small town, used/new bookstore.  I have even dreamed of buying the now abandoned library in our small town.  In my dream, I go into the store and totally remodel the building.  I set the store up as a welcoming spot for people to come and relax, grab a cup of coffee and stay awhile.  People run in and need a quick gift book for a friend.  I can recommend a book that would be perfect for their friend.  Every morning when I get to work, I set a couple of turquoise Adirondack chairs outside. Because of course, my bookstore would be called Front Porch Books.   I might even buy fresh baked cookies each morning from a neighborhood lady to sell in my store.  This dream has some flaws.  I don't like coffee and I have actually never been in this library.  I have never seen it open. I  guess this is why this is such a dream.  I doubt I will ever be able to afford a building full of books.  Also, in my small town, I'm not sure a bookstore would pay the electric bill.  So sometimes wild and crazy dreams are just that, wild and crazy dreams.  But maybe that is what is needed.  Maybe we all need to dream wild and crazy dreams.  Maybe this is the way we get to our real dreams. Maybe we have to get a little wild and crazy.  So what is your wild and crazy dream?

**UPDATE**  Here is an update on my Adventure 1: Meal Time.  The table is cleaned off.  We have had 1 meal together on the table.  Now here are my excuses.  I have found it is hard to sit down as a family when 1 of us is not there.  Our missing member is at college during the week.   I know that I need to get past that, but when I think about doing something as a family, it is 4 of us.  Last weekend we were never in the house at mealtime together and he had to go back to college early to get an assignment turned in.  BUT, today is the first day of Spring break for the whole family!!  So I have high hopes for this week!