Dream big

Well, since I can’t sleep, I figured I would get up and write.  Initially when I first met a person it may take a little time for me to open up and let that person get to know me.  The same is true with me regarding blogging and FB.  But now that I have started blogging again, I feel like we are good friends.  Well, at least you know me, and if you like what you read you will keep coming back.  So that makes me feel as though we are friends. Sound good to you?  :)

A funny thing about Rob and I is that we like to virtual shop.  Let me explain.  Last week we thought it would be fun to get road bikes.  So we researched it and got really excited about many aspects of it. But, it is really expensive to get a bike, etc, and then there is the question as to how much biking I would actually be able to do since I have a little shadow that goes by the name of Jacob.  It would be fun though.  And when the time comes to get a bike, I already know a lot about them.  :)

So tonight Rob was really excited about this grill/smoker called the Big Green Egg.  We watched a half a dozen videos about it.  Some were ridiculous—a ten minute you tube video showing how nicely packed it is.  Come on.  But we saw someone cook a delicious pizza, brisket, bread, and all sorts of yummy goodness.  Rob said he watched someone cook a peach cobbler.  And when Rob mentioned this might be something he could really get into—Who am I to stop a man from trying to cook.  I love any meal I don’t have to cook.  Don’t get me wrong, I do cook and I think I am fairly decent at it, but it can get a little old.  If I were rich I would definitely hire a personal chef.  Food always tastes better when someone else makes it.  Anyhow, at the moment we are still pretty interested in it.  But it is pretty large and expensive.  And then when Rob said he wouldn’t get the pizza dough or other things to cook ready, he would only put it on the grill, my interest in it started to wane.  :)  Just kidding, they do sound really cool.  And it gets super hot in my kitchen during the summer.  Also, Jacob loves playing outside in the backyard and we eat outside right now while the weather is so nice. 

Other things we have looked into are paddleboards.  Well Rob mostly did.  I did for a little bit, but I figured out quickly that I didn’t want one.  I mostly did research on that to either persuade him not to get one, or when he wouldn’t stop researching it, it was to convince him to just get one and be done with it.

A boat would be nice  (we live close to a lake), but the questions of where to store it and the fact that all these fancy fun things cost so much money always comes up.   

But it sure is nice to dream about these things.   And if you’re going to dream, why not dream big? 

We are quite content with what we have.  We have a nice home and a happy little family.   And as long as we have each other, we are good.   And of course we have dreams and things we hope to accomplish.  I will share one of mine with you.  I love children’s books, and have always wanted to write one.  Maybe I will someday.  Another dream I do have is to look back on my life and be happy with the person I was and the life I lived.  I want to be a good and fun mom and have my kids happy to be home and enjoy life in one another's company.   I can speak for Rob in saying that he shares this  same dream of creating a happy family and having fun memories with our kids.

So lest you think we don’t have any real fun, let me tell you what else we like to do.  Rob and I like to go on dates.  We have been to a few fun concerts together.  But usually for our dates we go eat somewhere and then enjoy a fun movie together.  We like going on double dates with people where the guys or girls plan it and surprise one another with the activity.  Rob always tries to figure out what we are doing.  He likes to know what's going on, where as I think the fun is in the surprise and I would rather wait and experience the event.  We also like to go running together.   Jacob gets so excited when he sees me in my running clothes.  He likes riding in the stroller while I exercise.  But via osmosis he feels like he is exercising and loves to tell us that he’s exercising. 

We like to do the things we can afford near our lake like taking walks on the trails or throwing rocks in the lake.  We like to go swimming, (Jacob has been practicing in the bath tub lately since he “can’t swim”).  We like to go out to ice cream as a family.  I still remember the first time we took Jacob to get an ice cream cone at Baskin Robbins.  He was in heaven.  We like to hang around the house and watch movies or  “play cushions”.   “Play cushions” requires that Jacob throws the cushions off the sofa and jumps around on them.  If only we could remember how much fun we had as two year olds.  I guess that is where I come in.  I try to take pictures and videos of these little moments so I can show Jacob how fun and silly he is.  

So there you go.  Just what you wanted to know.  Thanks to the internet Rob and Jana spent a good portion of their day researching another thing to buy.  Please tell me we are not the only ones who do this.  The only question now for us is will we buy it?  Chances are, we won’t, but you never know…