Since my earliest years I have lived in ANTICIPATION of three lists of goals; a short term goal, a year or less; an intermediate term goal, the next five years and a life time goal, some time in my life.

The most cited reason people have for not enjoying my life style is lack of money. "It must be nice" is the comment we hear often after a trip to Ireland or a month at the beach.

Julie and I have firm plans for a Med Cruise and a trip to Italy for our 30th Wedding Anniversary in 2011. Want to go along? Just make arrangements for someone to take care of the dog and start saving your pesos. It can be less expensive than you'd expect. Twelve-fifteen months of ANTICIPATION. I can get so excited just thinking about it that I can't sleep! What excitement is keeping you awake at night?
Following my early retirement at age 60 I have tried to fullfill my life time goals. I will never get them all in. Life can be so exciting if we allow ourselves to do whatever we want to do disregarding money or opportunity.
One of the many traits that I have passed along to my children is the ability to set goals, not pie-in-the-sky dreams but something that we would really expect to do. Uh, dreams are okay too!


Her now deceased mother, and one of my all time most loved persons, Ruby, said "How does Walt know what he is going to do 10 months from now? I don't know what I'm going to do 10 minutes from now". Ruby's comment was normal. Most people do not know what they will be doing 10 months, or, for that matter, 10 minutes from the present.
My wife, Julie, and I will be involved in seven dinners by the middle of January. Five of those dinners will be at our home. To allow our guests to ANTICIPATE the event in advance, thereby enhancing the experience, we mail the plans for the evening in advance. In times past we have seen plans such as these on our friends fridge long after the event.

There will be a Welcoming Fellowship with Strawberry Margaritas with Tiger-Tail Shrimp with Sauce. The following menu is printed out: French Onion Soup and an Egg & Pickled Beet Salad followed by an entre of Snow Crab & Baby Back Ribs, a Stuffed Twice Baked Potato and Corn-on-the-Cob. The dessert will be Peach Cobbler, still warm from the oven, with an Ice Cream Topping.There will be Music from the North Pole, a gifted singer singing Christmas songs, and nothing less than a Santa's Elf, my seven year old granddaughter, Rosebud, passing out gifts "as deserved". Can any one say lumps of coal?
The dinner will end with Sixteen Hands Around The Table, joined hands singing Silent Night led by the special singer and a blessing.
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!
God Bless!
2 comments:
That really sounds awesome! I know it will be a good time. No doubt in my mind. Somehow I think that where you are...good times are not far behind.
Hi Dad! I'm looking forward to our January dinner with great... ANTICIPATION! :) Love you! Mark
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