Oh my goodness, I have LOTS.
-get married
-get the rest of this weight off and maintain it FOREVER
-have a baby or two or three (probably not all w/in 10 years, tho)
-own a home
-own a decent car
-go back to school

Good question, same one!

I wasn't expecting to answer the question for myself but I will, in a sense.

I don't have specific goals but I have general things I'd like to accomplish.

I want to be at my goal weight (somewhere under 200 lbs)
I want to travel the world (well at least visit 5 countries in the next 10 years)
I want to climb mountain peaks (I've climbed 1 already, more to come)
I want to be able to do a rock climbing wall

There are also ideas floating in my head of other things I'd like to do but I'm not committed to them yet.

Ok same question, what major accomplishment(s) would you like to achieve in the next 10 years?

Maintain goal weight
Start and manage a non-profit organization
Be a leader in my church
Cheer my children across the high school grad stage (and my son off the college stage...oh my...in only 9 years????!!!!!)
Learn to play the guitar
Remain happy in my marriage and in my skin!

Let's keep this one going a bit longer....same question

- graduate from university
- be content with my weight
- have a better relationship with my mother
- keep in touch with friends from high school and university
- travel SO MANY PLACES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

same question! (it's a great one)

Lol... I feel like I could be anywhere ten years from now. But I will say...
1) Finish University (graduating next year! )
2) Either continue with University with the same major, or go back and take education (it depends how much I like working as a geologist)... i.e. be in a career I enjoy
3) Be debt-free (at least student loan-wise)
4) Maintain the weight I am going to lose BY JUNE... and be happy with myself and how I look. Continue to exercise at least three times a week.
5) Run a marathon (I have always wanted to be able to but never had the endurance so far)
6) Box competitively again (I did up until starting uni)

And I know this isn't really "an accomplishment" since it's not just up to me, but I'd like to be married and maybe starting a family of my own in the next ten years.

Same question for the next person, cause it is good and I don't feel up to coming up with a better one!
What accomplishments do you hope to achieve in the next ten years?

Oooh ooh travel too. I forgot that one. lol

Talk...OK...beg...my kids into having kids..so I can have GRANDkids!

Next 10 years eh....

Run a marathon healthy (as opposed to INJURED)
Dip and pullup my own bodyweight
Finally put this weight monkey in its place and quit self sabotaging
Learn to be happy
And my stretch goal would be boston qualify.

Gary..if your kids dont come through for you soon you can visit my babies and pretend...they are REALLLY cute

I am booking a flight ENNAY! Boy oh boy do I have the cutest adopted GRANDkids ever!! Oh YEA!

Okay, in the next ten years here are my unrealistic goals -- because I already have two wonderful kids, a house and a great husband -

1. To win the lottery so we never have to work again!!
2. For my parent's to live forever because I can't stand the thought of them missing out on my kids growing up!!
3. To wake up one morning looking like a supermodel!!

If you could say whatever you want to someone with no repercussions, who would you say it to and what would you want to say to them?

I think it would be to my girlfriend from senior year to the next two years she was at USC ~ from out of nowhere (to me anyway) she said she didn't want to be together anymore. Now the reason I said out of nowhere was because we talked every day on the phone for an hour or two, mailed each other a card or letter every day, saw each other at least every two weeks, her coming home on the train or me going up there, plus all vacations she had, every evening and some days if I was off work.

We had so much fun together. Now, please don't anyone take this wrong, but she was Jewish, I was a non-participating christian for lack of a better word! Sometimes she would say my parents will never let us marry if you don't convert...that wasn't going to happen. Sometimes she would say my parents think we are too close, I think my parents won't pay for school if we stay together. Now, I know her parents liked me, I spent many dinners and trips with them...it was the religious thing for them.

When she broke up she wouldn't tell me why...was it what I just said? was it another guy? It always bothered me. We had mutual gal friends, they always said she never told them and as far as they knew she never was with anyone else. I have seen her at reunions...were cool! She remained single for 20 years out of high school, has been married for the last 15...let me tell you...I am WAY cuter! But he does have more $$$$...HA!

I guess I would ask her ~ WHY?

COOL QUESTION ~ CONTINUE IT

To my parents I would say - I don't know why you decided I'm not longer a part of the family. Leaving me out of everything for years really hurt me more than you'll ever know. Moving over seas without a thought to how it would affect your family was inconsiderate. Leaving all your debts and troubles behind when you did it was irresponsible. It's amazing that I am a responsible person at all. I feel like since you moved away I will never see either one of you again, and possible never see my brother again and that makes me angry and sad. I worked hard raising him for you and I don't get to experience what a cool person he's grown into. I feel robbed, abandoned, and unloved. In essence, you suck!


I would never say that. It just wouldn't make any difference if I did. But that's what I would say to them. On a happier note... to the women teachers I had over the year...Ms. Maher, Frau, and especially Barbara - thank you for inspiring me, educating me, and saving me. As teachers I'm sure it's hard to see kids grow and move beyond you ever year, and I'm sure it's even harder to never hear the appreciation from those kids. You were most definitely appreciated by me.

Wow.I guess I had more to say than I thought I would.. This question is cathartic...let's continue with it...

Aww Gary, don't do that. My mom used to do that but she is more or less out of luck unless something unplanned happens.

OK ,it has been over 24 hours without a new question. I am bored, waiting for Angie to get home from church, bell choir practice, I could do chores...NAH!

Today Angie and I are meeting my ex-wife, my son and dil at the house they will be taking over, due to finacial strains on her parents. It is in pretty good shape, only 20 years old. I want to take off the acoustic ceilings and re-texture the house before they move in, then paint and re-carpet. We don't have much of a window with her parents plans on vacating and time for moving in for the kids. They are already making payments to keep it out of forclosure. So that will be our project around 12:30, going over schedules with the kids and dil's folks.

Then this evening we will be going with my ex-wife and her SO, probably my brother and his wife, and my son and dil to the Fish Club, Sons of Norway club, for drinks, dinner and entertainment. This is always a lot of fun!

Tomorrow, my brother and I do more work on the electrical for the in coming shuffleboard! SO....


WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEK-END?

Right now baking a pie (peach from peach-pie filling I made and froze this summer) doing laundry & prepping some freezer foods

This afternoon finding my ski stuff and waxing my skis

Later having friends over for dinner (chicken parm, roasted veggies, pasta & pie)

Tomorrow - skiing all day 12 hours away from the wee-one - conflicted mommy!