My ideal day in 5 years...

I have a cold.  The funny thing is that I don't even know where I picked up this cold...I am unemployed, I only watch one child once a week, and no one I know is sick.  I hung out with my friend Whitley last Thursday who has had a cold off and on for a few weeks, but I didn't get sick until Tuesday.  No one that I was around on Saturday evening is sick.  
I just do not get how I worked in a school for 4 months and only had one cold (it was an awful cold that lasted 5 days, but still).  Now that I'm rarely working with kids and am not dealing with money or awful sick people who do not wash their hands (Dollar Zone, I'm looking at you), I am sick once a month.  
Anyway.  I'm on the tail end of this random illness, I'm hoping.  FYI: Mucinex did almost nothing beneficial for me. I've been taking some other expectorant, and I'm finally feeling a bit better.  My throat constantly hurts on the left side, and my nose is now running non-stop.  Good times.


SO.  I decided I'd create a bucket list for myself...I am still working on it.  I guess I'll try to think of 100 things...I have 49 right now.  
I found this wonderful website that helped me (http://www.squidoo.com/100things/140063251-Page-6) and it told me to close my eyes and imagine my life in 5 years. Where I want to be.  I wrote about 3 pages of how I wanted my life to be in 5 years-it's not shocking or surprising at all, but it is slightly different than I thought I'd want to live.  
(I am so used to Livejournal that I looked for a cut tool so that I won't annoy everyone and make this super long...sadly, there is not one that I know of.  So I'm sorry...)

IDEAL DAY:

• I wake up smelling fruit (canaloupe) and waffles (with syrup).   
• I hear birds outside the window, and the baby whimpering in the nursery.
• I’m sleeping on soft sheets, cotton sheets.  They are bright and cheerful.  I have a blanket over the bed, even though it’s spring.
• I wake up, my husband is downstairs making my breakfast.  I wake up smiling, because I had  great dreams.  The room is bright with sunshine, there are flowers on the dresser that my husband bought me.  The pictures in the room are over our bed (wedding pictures), and on the dresser and night table there are pictures of our baby girl.  The pictures are in silver frames.  We have antique furniture.  My laptop is on my tiny desk in the corner, closed.  
• I look out the window and there are trees in our yard.  There are birds everywhere, and the sun is just lovely.  The road is just in front of our property, and it’s a little two-lane road.  We live in the country, about 5 minutes from town.
• I leave the room, after stretching, and head to the kitchen.  I pass our daughter’s room, the door is cracked, and I hear that she’s gone back to sleep.  It’s still early so she probably will sleep for another hour.  I go down the stairs, see my husband by the toaster, taking out my waffle. I stand behind him, put my arms around his waist, and give him a kiss on the cheek.  He turns, smiles, and we kiss.  I say thanks for the lovely waffles and fruit.  He gets his breakfast, we sit at the breakfast nook by a window, and he tells me about his plans for the day.  He sips his coffee as he eats.  Our kitchen is simple, classic, and yellow.  It’s airy and open and very comfortable.  I put my water in my favorite polka dot mug and drink it between bites. 
• I kiss him goodbye, after he’s gone upstairs to kiss the baby quietly and tell her he loves her.  I wave continuously as he drives down the road, until he can’t see me anymore.  The dog waits patiently at the door as I close it, already missing his dad.
• I decide to shower before the baby wakes up.  I take the monitor into the bathroom upstairs.  The bathroom is light as well.  It’s blue and has a tub.  I decide to take a shower, though.  I jump in, after turning on some soft music (John Mayer), and quickly wash my hair and wash my body.  There’s not a lot of time to relax, I know the baby could wake up any minute.  I brush my teeth with the purple toothbrush in the toothbrush holder by the sink.  I throw on my pjs, brush my hair, and go back to my bedroom.  I decide to read my Bible while I have a chance.
• Even though my hair is still damp, I decide to get dressed.  I walk to the antique dresser, pull out a tshirt and a pair of jeans.  My closet is full of casual clothes, older professional clothes from my teaching days, and shoes.  I mostly wear jeans and a simple shirt, but on days when I want to dress up I love sweaters, cardigans, and slimming tops.  
• I have 2 pairs of tennis shoes, lots of flats, a few pairs of heels that I rarely wear, and lots of house shoes.  I also have some clogs, a pair of Uggs, and some boots (black and brown).  I usually wear flats.
• I don’t work right now, instead I take care of my daughter.  I used to work at a school as a resource teacher.  I have given that job up until our daughter is in school.  I decide to head downstairs and wash the dishes.  Then I turn on the tv and listen to the morning news.  The baby starts to cry, so I head upstairs to her nursery to soothe her.
• Cars? We have two.  My car is a white SUV.  I love it.  It is perfect for children and can hold lots of stuff.  My husband’s car is a Toyota Camry.  
• While I’m not working fulltime, I spend my time when I’m not with my daughter writing a children’s book.  I also write a blog and do a little scrapbooking.  
• I pick the baby up from her crib.  Her room is decorated in light green and yellow, since I didn’t want her to growing up thinking she had to love pink.  Her crib and the other furniture is white, and she has lots of stuffed animals and books on the bookshelves.  I change her diaper and put her in a cute spring dress and put a bow in her hair.
• We go downstairs to the kitchen and I feed her some yogurt, whole milk, and a banana.  She is all smiles and giggles the whole time.  We spend some time doing tummy time, and she gets to watch Sesame Street.  My mom comes over around lunchtime so that I can get some grocery shopping done and go to the dance class that I like.  
• After dancing and going shopping, I come home and have a quick chat with my mom while the baby naps upstairs.  I start getting dinner ready around 4:30, so my husband won’t have to wait to eat after he gets home.  I make a quick dinner, and it’s still cooking when my hubby gets home.  The baby is awake and happily playing with her toys.  We put her in her high chair to eat, we sit down at the table to eat our dinner and talk about things that amused us during the day.  After dinner, since it’s warm, we take the baby outside to swing in the backyard and we blow bubbles.  She loves this.  Then we take her upstairs to get her bath and we read her a few books.
• After the baby is in bed, we go downstairs to the living room to watch some tv.  We make some popcorn and the dog jumps up on the couch between us.  The living room is very large, and it’s my favorite room in the house.  I fall asleep before the show is over, and he wakes me up so we can go upstairs to sleep.