Dreamer

I love this picture so much, it literally takes my breath away.  

I'm a dreamer.  

I see life in big pictures.

Details?  

Not so much.  

That's why I married Kyle : )  

I dream the dreams and he figures out the details. 

I've been dreaming a lot lately.

I'm going to be 34 in a few short months.

Which means I'm only 6 years and a few short months away from 40!!

What!? Really?

Not only am I a dreamer, I'm also a list-maker.

Oh, how I LOVE lists!

So, this is what I call my 40x40...

40 things I want to do before I'm 40.

1.       Make a quilt

2.       Write a children’s book

3.       Publish a children’s book

4.       Hike in the mountains with my family

5.       Learn to knit or crochet

6.       Can something homegrown

7.       Travel to Europe

8.       Travel to Hawaii

9.       Run a Marathon

10.   Teach Maddie how to take pictures

11.       Learn to play guitar

12.       Create on outdoor sanctuary

13.       Plant a willow tree

14.       Read the entire bible

15.       Tell everyone I love in my life what I love about them

16.       Read all of C.S. Lewis’ books

17.       Take pictures in Africa

18.       Climb Mount Fuji

19.       Throw a huge party for my parents 40^th anniversary

20.   Pay off our house

21.       See the ocean

22.       Take Maddie to Disney World

23.       Swim with dolphins

24.       Have a Homemade Christmas

25.       Go an entire week with no T.V.

26.       Print my blog in a book

27.       Write a will

28.       Teach Maddie to read and write

29.       Go camping with Maddie

30.   Take an amazing photo of a bird

 

31.       Master food photography

32.       Potty train Maddie

33.       Work exercising into my schedule

34.       Make sure Maddie knows about Grandparents she never met

35.       Plan a girls getaway weekend with my gal pals

36.       Earn enough with my photography business to buy all of the equipment I want

37.       Win a photography contest

38.       Teach a photography class

39.       Go on a Cruise

40.   Set up a photography studio in my home.

I have no idea how or if I'll accomplish all of my goals.

Sometimes it's enough for me to just have them written down. 

It gives me something to dream about.  

And dreaming is good.  Goals are good.  It's better to have something to work towards and fail, than to never have set out to do anything at all.  

I don't really like to sit back and let life happen, I'd much rather be a contributing factor. 

I also know that planning too far into the future is futile.

God is in control, and his plan will override my own.  

Besides, I've learned from the book Heaven by Randy Alcorn that it's very possible all of these things on my list will be waiting for me in heaven if I don't get to experience them here.

And that's definitely something worth dreaming about!!

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things."  -Philippians 4:8