Friday, January 30, 2009

All Figured out!

You'd think that at 27 & 1/2 years old I'd have it life all figured out...well I don't! On a daily basis I change what I want to be when I grow up, I learn something new, I forget something, I remember something from a long time ago, I look forward to tomorrow and I dream about the future...
So...here is a list of things I would love to do, I probably won't do all of them, but they are on my mind and worth noting for posterity's sake...
1. Sing on Broadway. Technically, I have done this...but I would love to see my name in the lights on Broadway.
2. Live in NYC again with my husband in a cute little apartment in the village and eat sushi together (he wouldn't eat it of course) and sit in Starbucks drinking our Hot Chocolates staring out the window watching the world go by!
3. Write a Motivational Self-Help Book. Obviously I would need to test out my theories on some unsuspecting person...Todd...to see if they work. This is currently a work in progress! (Love you honey!)
4. Be debt Free. This one is also a work in progress and I will live to see some great things happen in 2009. Hopefully we will finish the year with only the mortgage left! That will be a great success.
5. Be the voice in a disney movie. I, personally, always thought that I could sing just as well as Ariel...
6. Sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl WITHOUT the words...yikes...this makes my stomach turn just thinking about it.
7. Be on Good Morning America...I came this close with my essay contest last spring, but maybe something else I do will warrant a nationwide broadcast...(law abiding of course)
8. Find a cure for my dad's ailments. I don't necessarily want to become a doctor, but stumbling upon the cure would be awesome and I would love to be able to give him the gift of his life back after this stupid mosquito, who has since passed, has seemed to cause a major dent in things.
9. Grow old with the man of my dreams. (This is the same man I teased about in #3) The past 6 months have been a whirl and Todd and I have made great strides towards eternity! I love him more each day...even if he has a stupid moustache, I just won't kiss him!
10. Leave a legacy. I want to do something great that my kids will talk about and then my grandkids will talk about it and so on. I think about this everyday and wonder if anything that I did that day will be remembered. I hope that Emma will grow up grateful for me as her mom, I hope that she will know that when I don't let her eat goldfish for dinner, it's not because I don't love her, it's because I think that Salad and Chicken Nuggets are better for her. I hope she will always love music the way she does now and I hope she will always sing at volume 10 when she is in the car the way she does now. I hope she knows how absolutely perfect she fits into my life and that she was my first child for a reason. I hope that the things I'm doing as an individual will teach her to reach her dreams, never settle and always give to those around her. I hope she knows that when baby #2 comes that she will ALWAYS be special to me and that nothing will change that. I hope I leave a legacy...

4 comments:

aubs said...

you are truly amazing and I have no doubt that you will accomplish all of your goals and then some. When I grow up I want to be like you! I love you Tiff and I am so proud that you are my friend, even though I havent't seen you in for what feels like a lifetime ago.

Bonnie said...

You are so amazing. You are one of the few people I know that when they idly talk about doing something actually turns around and makes it happen. I'm sure you can accomplish all of your goals!

Ashley said...

Tiffy,
This is probably my favorite post you have ever written. You are such an amazing person, awesome sister, and great best friend! Keep it up and before you know it you'll have to start adding to that list!! :)
I love you and am so proud of the woman you are today!!

Sue said...

I wanted my children to say good things about me when I got old too but I don't think some of them are saying them now. You are a take-charge kind of girl and I know what ever you want you will go into business to make it happen. I heard you were running New Mexico right now anyway. Look out NYC. (oh and do you need a nanny?)