The "Housewife's" Age-Old Question...

I've been thinking the age old question every housewife asks herself every September...

What AM I supposed to do with my life?

I could...
Get a job - (Monday - Friday, 9a.m. - 3 p.m. only, please. Thank you... Oh yeah, I'll need off everyday my kids don't have school, every summer, every holiday break, sick days, doctor and dental appointments (these may be last minute.) Also, I am never available weeknights, weekends, holidays or be on call) Yeah... right!
Go back to school - (See requirements above, PLUS, no homework, please... I have enough of the kids'.... one hour per child per night. Grrr.)

Volunteer - this sounds nice, but if I wanted to do something for nothing, I'd find the time to do that something for myself. Selfish, I know...

And then there are my personal goals...

I want to:
Get my private pilot's license
Finish the novel I wrote in 2007 and get published
Own a small, yet successful and fulfilling business
Travel. Travel, travel, travel!!!
Craft something worth selling
Build (and maintain) a greenhouse
Throw one hell of a Gala
For once, finish what I've started
Make a difference

I should:
Budget better (Time, and money)
Quit smoking
Quit cussing
Lose weight and work-out

Now for the harder, life-long goals...

I want to raise my children into healthy, happy, intelligent, thoughtful, joyous, thankful adults! (No small feat!)

I want to raise them in a healthy, happy, joyous, Christian home... where there parents do NO WRONG! (Again, easier said than done...)

Be a wonderful wife, mother, sister, and friend...

Then there are the ones that really don't matter in the grand scheme of things:

Have dinner with Jordan Knight and !Vin Diesel! - on separate evenings, of course!

Become REALLY good at all of the above goals! (Yes, I'm competitive... even with myself:)

With the BIG 3-0 looming, I better get started :)