If time wasn't a factor.
If money wasn't a factor.
If space wasn't a factor.
If lack of talent/lack of knowledge wasn't a factor.
One thing I'd love to do is have a vegetable garden, as well as a yard that's full of plants and flowers like you'd see in Sunset magazine. My mother-in-law, Jofannie, used to live in Yelm on a big piece of property and had fantastic flowers and a too-die-for vegetable garden. In addition, there were multiple fruit trees (co-owned by some pesky moles!!). Anyway, every time we would visit I'd be filled with desire, passion, ideas, and a lot of envy. Christopher offered yesterday to build me a raised bed for a garden, but alas, several of the above factors stand in my way at this season of my life. I am going to keep this day(ton)dream tucked away safely in my heart for when the right time comes along.
The other thing I'd love to do---NOW DON'T LAUGH--is become an expert dancer. Salsa, swing, tango, two-step, ballroom, line dancing...those kinds of dance. Not the ones where I'd be by myself on the stage in a leotard. HEY I SAID NO LAUGHING!
It would just be so fantastic to fly around the dance floor, lost in the music and the steps. And not to mention the fringe benefit of being totally in shape! Wow. I would love, someday, to start dancing lessons and stick with it no matter how many feet I stepped on, no matter how out of breath and out of shape I felt, no matter how long it took before I "got it down". Because eventually I would get better, get in shape, and get it down. An astronaut doesn't fly to the moon the first time he puts on his space suit, right?
So...now I'm thinking about the people I know. Just for fun, I'll list what I think they'd do if they could:
Julie: expertly sew and quilt; take Baton Twirling Lessons in the footsteps of her sister
Melissa: take a summer job as a cruise director on the Disney ships (free childcare all day, every day)
Christopher: be in a christian rock band
Ellen: stay at her second home in Everett, Washington frequently to spend time with her grandkids
Jofannie: travel, travel, travel
Lisa: start her own Women's Mission/Shelter
If you aren't listed, think about it and post a comment :o)
3 comments:
Lack of talent really seems like lack of time, because with time, we can usually develop some kind of talent. I had given up on fruits and vegetables due to several years' of high hopes and poor showings, but Mike is totally into it even though our tomatoes got knocked back by cold, wabbits got the eggplant, and the puppy digs in the blueberries. He takes it all in stride, realizing that it will take time to figure out what works and what doesn't. I'll send you a picture of the garden and its "fences". I would also love to be a real, bonafide "hand" (as in cow girl).
I still have a vision of the baton twirling behind Jill's salsa dancing. Oh, I love a parade...:>)
Jim's comment:
Traveling to Europe, especially the U.K. In enjoy it and discovering the uniqueness of other countries and how they are different from the U.S.
Maida's comment - traveling first class to Europe and staying in terrific places and eating food that tastes great but is not fattening. Staying for 3 months and not ever running out of money.
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