GOALS AND DREAMS I want to find out if it is possible to go down the Amazon in a banana boat, and if so do it. (That is what my dad tells everyone I am going to do next.) I want to hold and play with a monkey. (You know the ones that are always on T.V.) I want to see the Wonders of the World. I want to learn how to play chess. I want to stroll arm and arm down one of those quaint little streets with all the wonderful shops. I want to swim with dolphins. I want to go to a farm and learn how to milk a cow and hold the little chickadees and feed a newborn calf with a bottle. I want to go skydiving. I want to see the Eiffel Tower and experience the romance of Paris. I want someone to buy me little gifts (i.e. flowers, bears, jewelry, etc.) just because. I want to go scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef. I want to create and cook wonderful meals and have someone appreciate them. I want to learn how to play racquet ball and/or squash. I want to go to Alaska. I want to feel a sense of accomplishment. Sometimes I want to curl up on the couch in someone's arms and watch a movie. I want to live in a house that I designed and helped build. I want to learn how to fly a plane and maybe one day buy one. I want to dabble in the stock market and not have to worry if it doesn't work out. I want to go into the woods and see a bear. I want to catch a big fish and have someone else clean and cook it so we can eat it. I want to go hang gliding. I want to travel to Europe and Egypt and Kenya and China. I want people to remember me as the girl who was so full of life and always had a smile on her face. I want to get all dressed up and go to the opera and to musicals and Broadway plays. I want to own the best teddy bear in the world. I want to ride a motorcycle and maybe learn how to drive one. I want to go to Disney World and experience every part of it. I want someone to know my sizes and to buy me a great pair of boots, or a nice dress that they saw and knew would look great on me. (Anything you wear would be great.) I want to learn how to french braid my own hair. I want to cook a huge meal and know I don't always have to do the dishes. I want someone to be more romantic than my imagination. (This will be difficult since I own and read books like "1001 Ways to be Romantic" and "1001 More Ways to be Romantic".) I want to scuba dive with whales. I want to ride a horse in the mountains. I wan to have five minutes of fame. I want to try to write a romance novel or two. I want to receive love notes and thoughtful phone calls of love. I want to learn about the news and have someone answer all my stupid questions. I want to go to a live hockey game. I want to be able to buy all the Pooh things I want. I want to travel the world. I want to be appreciated. I want to know someone will be there to take care of me when I am sick. I want to go white water rafting. I want to throw cocktail parties. I want to go to "Sandro's" in New York City. (A great restaurant I went to when I was little.) I want to walk and talk for hours. I want to see "Siegfred & Roy" and the show at Treasure Island in Las Vegas. I want o learn how to fire a gun and do it well. (I do not want to own one, just know how to use it.) I want to go to the Bahamas and the Florida Keys. I want to swim in a waterfall. (Like the one in the movie "Cocktail".) I want to own a bread maker so I can have fresh baked bread everyday. I want to make homemade pizzas. I want to swing on the swings and play in the parks. I want to learn how to sail. I want to jump and play in the ocean waves. I want to have someone to watch Disney movies with. I want to know there is someone to listen to me even when I have nothing to say. I want to see Mount Rushmore and the Panama Canal. I want to have someone read to me. I want someone to play songs for me that the words remind them of me or are what they are thinking. I want to own a boat so I can go scuba diving when ever I want and someone to go with me. I want to learn how to ballroom dance and go somewhere I can use it. I want to go apple picking and learn how to make apple sauce. I want someone to believe in me and to help me believe in myself when I don't. I want to know someone is thinking about me and wishing I was there when I am not. I want to laugh. I want to learn how to use the internet and surf the World Wide Web. I want to have a huge collection of "Boyd's Bears". I want to be successful. I want to have the perfect picture I have of Tory and I made into a painting. I want someone to rub my shoulders and back when they hurt. I want to retire by the age of 35, 45 at the absolute latest. I want to find something I am good at. I want to go to fancy restaurants. I want to go to concerts. I want to go to a ski resort where you ski home for lunch and dinner and then curl up in front of the fire at night together. I want to know someone else will always do the dusting. I want a huge Winnie-the-Pooh birthday cake with the right kind of frosting. I want someone to want to go grocery shopping with me. I want to go kayaking. I want to put my name on the passenger list of the first public shuttle to the moon. I want someone to plan surprises for me. I want to be an extra in a movie. I want to smile. I want to go to Mardi Gras. I want to shoot an 85 in golf. I want to curl up on the beach with someone and watch the sunset/sunrise. I want to go on picnics. I want to have a wonderful wardrobe with something for every occasion. I want to good moments to never end. I want to look forward to everyday. But most of all, I want to be braver than I believe, stronger than I feel, and smarter than I think. To me this is what Happiness is.