Big Ideas

Mrs._F

I was just talking to a friend today about the possibility of him moving to another country very soon, and it got me thinking:

Do you have any "big ideas" that you and your partner hope to accomplish one day?  Like what?

C and I want very much to take a longer-than-vacation trip abroad - to live in another country for a summer, or at least a month.  Spain, England and Scotland are some possibilities...

We also dream of one day owning our own business (and have a couple of ideas

cookiemonster03

We want to live abroad for a year or two...

Skeezon

We want to move back to California, visit Italy (for an extended period of time), have a couple of kids...

thiswillbe

We want to have kids!

I say that a little tongue-in-cheek, but really, that is our primary "big idea". I think we've lived abroad as much as we have wanted to-- I most recently (2006) spent a little over a month living in Sudan, and Sylvia grew up in Okinawa-- and we're pretty much homebodies anyway.

One other thing we'd both like to do, but realistically will probably never do, is design (and have built) a house for us. A slightly more attainable dream of ours is to run a B&B when we're retired.

bluedaisyus

well, aside from c having wanted to own a bar for years, our goal right now is to finish some remodeling on the house. our big aspiration now is to have kids and make a family together. we'd like to do some more traveling, but i've lived on both sides of the country, and we both love our house and are happy where we are, so i don't foresee us wanting to move anywhere else.

that's really boring, isn't it?

Duchess1

Aside from the usual; babies and a house we would like to travel a bit. My personal dream is to have a business of my own.

ssg73

We also want to have a house and babies (no iui this month for those keeping score).  I have always wanted to own a coffee shop.  I guess when I retire that could be an option since I am on the early retirement track and can retire at 53 with my full pension and health care.   Perhaps once we have our babies the next little savings account will be my coffee shop fund.  I have big plans but won't bore you with all my crazy ideas.  I do have the location picked out though.

Monet81

We both want our own businesses. I want to start my own ballet school and K wants her own salon. We're hoping two businesses aren't too ambitious. Also I would like to spend a few months studying dance in London. K's all for going with me one summer. We just have to find the right time!

ctbride08

this post made my heart flutter I am a dreamer and have always had a million big ideas!

One of the wonderful things about andrea is that she wants to make every single one come true - in her mind, they aren't dreams, but rather plans that we are working towards. i wont bore you with my insanely long list but here's the top 4:

1) have kids/become foster moms

2) own a lake house (cottage) w/ a boat (i gotta say, this one is more andrea than me

3) design and build our own home (specifically a log cabin style house)

4) Own/run an equine therapy ranch together

Two*True

Me:  1) Kids 2) Move back to CA 3) Own a farm

K: 1) Kids 2) Teach overseas (particularly Dubai) 3) Own a 'spy' theme bar

 I'm warming up to the possibility of moving to Dubai, as I have a very good friend that has the opportunity to move there.  I think if I knew I'd have a friend there (obviously other than K, b/c she'll be teaching) I'd be willing to take a leap.

2brides

Well we did our big one of having kids.   We'd like to move (which is really needed since we currently live in a crappy school system) to a single family home. We are trying to decide if we should stay in this area (DC) or move north (CT, RI, MA) in the next few years.  We didn't travel as much as we wanted/should have before kids, so we are looking forward to an overseas trip when the kids are older (we'll take them.) 

 We really want to live on the water (and I want a boat.)  Hopefully we can make that happen one day.
 

slbacon1986

Well, I would have to say most things we have done that were my big dreams years ago, so now they would be to have children and to open a group home/PSR company.

Meegs10.13.06

For us the big ones are probably:

have kiddies 

build our own home

travel more... including an extended trip through Europe

I would also love to got back to school for my master's and ph.d. 

 

Pretty run of the mill.  

bluedaisyus

ctbride08:

2) own a lake house (cottage) w/ a boat (i gotta say, this one is more andrea than me

i didn't even think about it when i posted yesterday, but we would love to have a cabin on some land in the hocking hills area of ohio. we go there pretty frequently to camp and go kayaking and such, but we'd love to have our own little getaway down there. we actually joked the other day about how this is certainly the time to be a buyer, but there's no way we could do it right now.

ctbride08

ugh, tell me aobut it! just to torture myself i look up cute little cabins for sale now and again. there is no way we could swing it right now and have other priorities (ie: kids!) but apparently i'm masochistic

bluedaisyus

i'm guilty of the same thing! that's our issue right now, if we weren't trying for kids we probably could actually afford it if we really wanted to--although it might not be the smartest move. babies first!

Mrs._F

ctbride08:

I am a dreamer and have always had a million big ideas!

A woman after my own heart

Thanks for sharing everyone!  It's fun to see that we have so many potential entrepreneurs here...!