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1. Kathleen said,

   April 15, 2009 @ 8:18 am

   I hope this does not offend anyone but…………
   I live in New Jersey, I have since 1984, my whole family lives in Maine. I miss them so much. I drive up about every other month to check on my Mother, she is 88 and still lives on her own. I wish I could lilve there but that is not possible. My dream is that Connecticut would disappear. For a small state it takes forever to drive through. Don’t get me wrong I have been to Connecticut, I have friends there, and I have vacationed there.

2. Maryann said,

   April 15, 2009 @ 8:18 am

   Dreams I have a lot of but as my b’day is coming up May 6th,I have a dream..that I can catch a Wollmeise update from the second it begins,have no competition no restrictions on # of colorways.:)

3. Leanne said,

   April 15, 2009 @ 8:20 am

   I live in Colorado and my dream is to retire and live in Virginia, so I can be close to my son, grandson and daughter-in-law; so we can have Sunday dinners and I can be a part of their lives on a daily basis. Okay maybe not too close to them but close enough to be a part of their lives, volunteer and have more time to knit!

4. Emily said,

   April 15, 2009 @ 8:27 am

   My dream is….to be brave enough to completely leave my comfort zone, to be fearless. I can be fearless with knitting, but with everything else I have trouble. I want to travel through Europe, even if I have to do it alone. I want to be one of those people that can jump out of a plane, and not worry at all about the swiftly approaching ground (well…maybe I could worry about that a little bit, but still be brave enough to jump!).

5. Maria said,

   April 15, 2009 @ 8:31 am

   I saw the video a few days ago, and have watched it about 6 times since. I cry every time. My dreams aren’t nearly as lofty or as ambitious. I just want to be able to spend part of my year knitting by an ocean somewhere. But first I need to keep raising all these kids!

6. Sarianna said,

   April 15, 2009 @ 8:41 am

   My dream is to be something – someone – brilliant. I want to be the best I possibly can, and then some. I want to change the world and help people and cure cancer and win a Nobel prize. I want to write novels that make people cry, and I want to make the little old lady who lives down the street smile, and I want to inspire someone to live up to their full potential. I want to be remembered and missed after I’m gone.

   You can probably tell that I’m 19 and having growing-up angst.

7. Michele in Maine said,

   April 15, 2009 @ 8:42 am

   My dream is to have the time to do all the things I love – knitting, sewing, painting, singing – without having to worry about the mortgage! I squeeze it all in around parenting and a full-time job but oh, to have the financial freedom to make and create art full time would be a wonderful thing.

8. Brenda said,

   April 15, 2009 @ 8:46 am

   I have lost 40 pounds, and my dream is to lose 60 more and keep it off. I would love to ride RAGBRAI, which is a bike race across the state of Iowa, the summer I’m 50.

9. Katie said,

   April 15, 2009 @ 8:48 am

   I’ll start…..a few years ago, my husband developed a passion for motorcycle riding. At first I resented it, but then I decided I really wanted to be supportive of things that were important to him, so I got my motorcycle endorsement. Now, I have my own big sport touring bike. I’m still not completely comfortable on it, so my dream is to take a class this spring and brush up my skills……I’d give just about anything to have the confidence to take a long, cross country trip with my husband. So, Sheri, thanks for having this contest; writing this down might actually give me the motivation to sign up for the training instead of just thinking about it! I think Loopy Colorado would be awesome too.

10. Tracy said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 8:53 am

    Dreams. It what gets me up in the morning! I so want to live on a small farm with a few sheep, several dogs and chickens! I want to learn to spin and weave. I want to have the energy and enthusiasm to get up each day to learn something new and continue to improve on the skills that I have. I want to be a good mother and grandmother, wife and daughter.

11. Kristie Hammond said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 8:57 am

    My dream is to buy a small acreage, build a cabin, plant a garden and have a few animals. Of course, some of those animals would have to be sheep!

12. Brenna said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 8:59 am

    So many dreams, so little time… First thing, I want OUT of Texas. I want to move back to the Northwest as this is where I (and my fam too) belong. Secondly, I want to focus more on my knitting/dyeing and actually make something out it all. I want to work from home for my OWN business. I want to spend more time with my husband and son. Lot’s of ‘I wants’ in there but I guess that is the purpose of this post Oh, one more dream…I would LOVE to have a killer studio!!!

13. Valerie said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:07 am

    You know, I’m a little too cynical to like feel-good videos, but this one was admittedly really awesome. Thanks for sharing!

    My dream is to have the means and time to travel more. My husband and I often joke about our “summer home in Spain”, and then there’s the “winter home in Costa Rica” and the “summer home on the Pacific Coast”. My dream is to have the time and money to actually spend more time in these and many other places, even if I don’t actually get a “summer home”.

14. Bobbie said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:16 am

    I am living my dream right now. Lived in Colorado for 30 years and wanted to be a fulltime rver. So two years ago my DH and I sold our house and most of our possessions, bought a truck and fifth-wheel rv and drove off to see the USA. We have traveled 24,000 miles in two years and visited 28 states. We are workampers (part-time work and rv camping) part of the year to earn the money to play tourist the rest of the year.

    I moved out of my comfort zone to stay put because I wanted to travel more. I have no regrets. We see more family members now and make many more friends than when we had a “sticks and bricks” house.
    Bobbie

15. Cathy said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:16 am

    My dream is to have a job where I am surrounded by beautiful things and heppy people and working for a boss who is passionate, creative and fun. Any openings for Loopy Elves?

16. Shana said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:20 am

    My dream is to start a farm with my boyfriend. We’ve talked about it for a long time and having a small house with land, a green house (for year ’round veggies, herbs, and fruits), a barn (w/ some alpaca, sheep, and goats), and a hen house would be the greatest thing for us. We want to join our local farmers market and sell our excess food. I also make soap and candles which I would sell both at the market and online along with the fiber from our fiber animals. That is my dream and I just know that one day I can make it come true.

17. Maggie said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:21 am

    My dream is to somehow manage to put together the jigsaw puzzle of getting married, getting my Masters, and having kids at a relatively young age (while continuing to work full-time at the job that I love). It’s a nice dream because I know, in the end, I’ll make it happen. But it’s still far enough off that it’s my dream.

    I’d also like to become friends with every member of the New York Mets, but I’m not crossing my fingers for that one.

18. Lynne E. said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:30 am

    My dream is to get caught up with–and ahead of–my all-to-frequent writing deadlines. Once you get behind, it’s really hard to break out of the pattern when the deadlines come regularly. However, this dream is doable, and I’m really hoping to accomplish it before 2009 is over and done with!

19. Crystal said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:34 am

    My dream is to live in a log cabin in the mountains. I’ve got a long way to go but if I keep focused maybe I can do it.

20. Queue said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:35 am

    I was born in the city, but I am no city girl. I married a farmboy from Indiana and our dream is to have a farm either in Kentucky or Indiana with a small house where we can be more self sufficient. We want to raise chickens, sheep, goats, bees, and maybe an alpaca or two. I want rabbits; he wants a team of oxen to work with. We want to raise and promote heritage breeds as much as we can. My ideal flock would have Jacobs, Cormos, Black Welsh Mountains, CVM’s, Blue Faced Leicesters, Wensleydales, and Hogg Islands all in as many different colors as I could find/breed. I’d really like to sell the wool and other fibers we harvest, as well as soap, cheese, and honey. He’s been toying with building himself a traditional shepherd’s wagon, complete with a small kitchen. If we could, we might build/dig ourselves a hobbit house, but even if we can’t we’re planning on setting up wind and solar power systems and living as much off the land as we possibly can. We currently live in the city I grew up in and priority one is to get out! After that it’s all gravy.

    My own wool to spin, fresh eggs each morning, homemade cheese and yogurt, our own honey, fresh vegetables from our garden, and maybe only one of us needing a day job – that is my dream.

21. Heather said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:36 am

    Gosh, I have a *lot* of dreams. My biggest one is to finally have a little farm of my own, with sheep, llamas, alpacas, pigs, chickens, and a doofy dawg in the yard. Possibly even a Dexter cow, but that’s pretty uncertain at this point.

    More immediate, my most important dream is to get my beloved to his graduation. He’s working SO HARD, and I’m intensely proud of him. It’s been difficult for him to go back as a “non-traditional student” (ie. old…heh), and he’s doing everything he can to get his degree so he can take care of his family. He’s studying Music Education, and working two jobs so that I can stay home with the kids…he’s truly my hero.

    And in the *very* short term, my dream is to learn to play the violin. And I’m doing it! I’m teaching myself on a rented instrument, as I can’t afford one of my own, and frankly, can’t afford lessons either. I’m using a fantastic website that’s designed specifically for people like me–who have never played an instrument, have no prior theory knowledge, and who are too broke to hire a real teacher. There’s videos and sheet music and all kinds of fantastic information, and it works hand in hand with the books I’ve gotten, and I’m just having a freaking BLAST with it! I’m taking it very slow, but that’s okay. I have all these lofty ambitions with this, and it’s also making me want to pick up the guitar as well.

    There’s not too much I can do about the first two dreams right now, but I have to admit that I’m really proud of myself for making the third dream come to fruition.

22. Marianne said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:37 am

    That is an absolutely wonderful video and makes me cry every time I look at it. So nice to see someone succeed so beautifully.

    My dream is to learn how to design sweater patterns for those of us who are very large. I have yet to find a pattern for a sweater I can knit for myself, and I’m tired of it. So, I’m just going to have to get serious about learning design and the mathematics to make it happen.

23. Tracy Hite said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:38 am

    I dream of knitting blankets for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren. (My sons are currently 12, 8 and 6 so it’ll be a few years at least.)

24. kate said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:39 am

    My dream is to be a full-time indie fiber artist with a studio fully dedicated to my work and some acreage with sheep and chickens. Now, i am a part-time indie dyer (yay) but I still have to go to my day job 2 1/2 days a week. And i do have 1/2 a basement dedicated to the fiber business, and i seem to be taking over the deck to. Yesterday, i dyed all day in the drizzle. It was okay; i just pretended i was in Scotland! so, the good news is, i’m part-way there on my dream. Thank you for reminding me (and for supporting my dream, too!)

25. kelly-ann said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:46 am

    This isn’t very exciting, but my dream is to be able to strike the right balance between my hobbies, spending time with the kids/husband, and taking care of all of my “stay-at-home mom” responsibilities.

26. LittleWit said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:46 am

    My dream is to someday write a book.

27. Janet said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:47 am

    I also dream of catching a Wollmeise update from the second it begins, have no competition and finally get some to make a shawl. I have been toying with the idea of lace knitting for some time. I have made shawls for cancer patients and wives I see at the chemo room. They were thrilled and it made me happy to warm them up. I have made them in worsted so far. I wonder if it would take long with fingering or lace weight yarn. Dream Big, but start small I say.

28. Dana said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:48 am

    My dream is to finally go back and get my masters in clinical psychology. When I got out of undergrad, I was so burnt out and angry at the school I went to (a LOT of bad things happened to me while in undergrad) that I just joined the working world and forgot about grad school. Now, here I am, 4 years later, with nothing to show for being in the “working world” but a recent layoff and mounting bills. It’s going to be terrifying to go back to school, because I feel so “out of shape” in the scholarly sense, but I know that if I don’t do it now I might not get another chance… so I have to just soldier on, keeping the faith, and hope that it all works out.

29. ChristyH said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:48 am

    My dream is to be a stay at home mom again. My dh is blue collar, in Michigan no less so money is tight. I am a nurse and simply make too much money having to work every other weekend to leave it. You would think working only 4 days a month wouldn’t be so bad, but I also have to work holidays and when most families have big get togethers. We homeschool, so I feel like I work three jobs, teaching, housework and being a nurse. We are frugal, have only one car and carry no credit debt. there is just no wiggle room in the budget anymore. My dream is to more fully devote myself to being a wife and mom. My dream is close and I can taste it. :0)

30. Kate Lathrop said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 9:59 am

    How inspiring to read other peoples’ dreams! It’s certainly given me food for thought.

    I have just a few simple dreams – be CC debt free by December 2010 (yes I can!), fully stock my emergency fund, become better educated on investing (it’s embarassing that at my age I’m so unaware of it), and really work to have a good retirement fund.

    I also want to help fund the endowment my dad made in my mom’s name at SLU to help provide single pregnant women with scholarship mony so they can continue their education and receive a degree.

    Learning to spin is also a dream – and one that will help me focus and be in the moment – instead of having my mind wander all over the place and worrying.

31. Tracy said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:00 am

    My dream is to return to school in the fall to become a registered nurse…I was inspired 4 yrs ago by the wonderful charge nurse in the ICU that my mother ultimatly died in. She was such a wonderful and compassionate, educated lady that she inspired me to support other families going through what we were then.
    So the first step in this what will be very long process will begin in the fall if all goes well.

32. Margaret said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:01 am

    My dream is to be a good mom and wife and especially get my youngest succesfully through the first year of middle school in the fall. It is going to be a long year for both of us. I would have more time to knit.

33. Kat Jorgensen said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:01 am

    My dream is to be a wildly successful multi-published writer consistently hitting the NYTs bestseller list. Coupled with that, I’d like to have the funds to start a charity called Dreams Unlimited where I can help people achieve their dreams.

    “You gotta to have a dream. If you don’t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?” – from South Pacific

    Thanks, Sheri, for the YouTube video and for gettng people to share their dreams here. Great contest.

34. kim in oregon said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:04 am

    Alpaca Ranch!

    i currently own one alpaca who boards at a farm about 20 minutes from my house, but would love to have more.

35. Natalie said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:08 am

    I dream of owning my own home. I live in chicago, where homes aren’t cheap (even in this economy!) and I’m a professional musician and single, so my income is okay, but certainly more on the low end. It’s made it challenging, but my wants are pretty basic – 1 bedroom, with a separate dining room, washer/dryer/dishwasher, more closet space than I have now and a parking space!

36. Liz said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:10 am

    College- My dream is to go back to College and graduate. I did two semesters straight out of high school. Unfortunately, I had severe anxiety disorder and back then, it wasn’t something that was talked about or really even understood. I had a hard time getting to classes because of it and failed out. Biggest disappointment of my life. I keep telling my husband- I want to go back not just to prove it to my family that I can do it, but to myself. So yeah- my dream=college. I actually did apply at a community college and took my placement test. And then my husband got laid off. So my dream is on the shelf again. But some day…

37. Kathryn in Minnesota said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:14 am

    My dream is to become a best-selling author. Thanks for the blog post and the contest! It’s fun to read about everyone else’s dreams. Gives me some perspective! I am adopting some of Kate L.’s dreams as goals for the next year and a half. I too will be credit-card-debt-free by January 2011 and will begin work with my next paycheck on stocking my emergency fund. I fear touching a skein of Wollmeise someday might be more of a fantasy than a dream, but here goes: I also dream of knitting a pair of socks from a skein of Wollmeise!

38. Jennifer in SC said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:16 am

    Short Term: Find needles ‘pointy’ enough to do K2tog tbl so I can do Knitspot shawls! I’m very discouraged right now.
    Long Term: Either a cabin in the mountains w/fireplace so I can weave and knit in front of it on cold winter nights, or be part of a crafting co-op, where shops and studios share space and ideas (all types of crafts: fiber-oriented, pottery, paper-making, etc.).

39. Nancy said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:21 am

    My dream is to one day take a trip to England and do a 100 mile walk through the Cotswolds, followed up by a week in France. It’s been my dream for quite some time now and with the economy being what it is, well, it got set back onto the “dreamshelf” for a bit longer perhaps, but who knows, maybe someday?

40. Eunice said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:24 am

    I have my dream life, my kids are all doing well, and now I am dreaming for my grandkids. I want them all to find their dreams.

41. Joyce said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:24 am

    My dream is to have my granddaughter, Sophie, think that I am as special when she is 25 as she does today at 5. I just spent a long weekend with her and, while I love them all, cherish the open, honest way little ones address life. We talked about worms, planting seeds,my parents that have been gone for so long, potato chips vs. corn chips and so much more. I’d love to see that pureness last.

42. Kathy said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:29 am

    My dream is a simple one….to remain healthy, happy and with the people I love for many, many years to come.

43. Chan said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:29 am

    Actually, it concerns me a bit that I don’t have a big ol’ dream at the front of my mind anymore. I suppose I still want to be a published writer, and my dear friend demanded a novel last year – which I need to work on again after getting distracted…

44. Lisa said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:30 am

    My dream is to take the next several years off from work to support my kids as they navigate through middle school and high school. I worked at their school when they were little, but now that I’m not able to do that, I think being home and available to them on a moment’s notice is so much more important. They need a strong support at home to make it through the tough years ahead. I think creative budgeting and total dependence on God might make this one happen!

    I also want to be a middle school Algebra teacher one day once the kids are off at college. Weird, huh? I’m already qualified to teach Algebra in middle school in most places, but not in the county in which we live – they require a license for high school math even though it’s a middle school course. I have some work to do to get qualified if we stay in this county.

    And on top of all that, I just want to own our own home near our families and be able to afford good colleges for the kids – dd would love a small Christian school, ds wants a state university.

    I thought I’d ask for the moon since you said I could dream! )

45. Karen said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:40 am

    My most fervent dream right now is to have our credit card debt paid off. My husband was laid off and while we can live on my income, it’s very much a paycheck-to-paycheck kind of living with no opportunity to make any real headway on paying off the cards. We’re working on being more frugal (including a yarn diet for me), but it seems like it’s going to take forever.

46. Heather N said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:40 am

    Well, my dream has been the same since I was 5.

    I want to become a teacher! So for the past 4 years and add another 1 year to that, I have been working hard in going to college (CSUCI! ^^*) in getting my BA in Liberal Studies. However, add another 1 year to this and I will be working on a Multiple Teaching Subject Credential! I.E. An Elementary School K-6 Teaching Credential.

    So in the end… I will have completed 6 years of college… just to fufill my dream in being a teacher~

    Also I know my education does not stop here, because eventually I will go for a Masters… and then maybe even Administration … so I know I have quite some time before I will be done with school, as being a student myself.

47. Nancy said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:44 am

    My dream is to live in the Pacific NW because the area is great, I love rain and hate hot summers and the area is just great for gardening.

48. Patti in Maine said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:47 am

    my dream would be to have a book, coffee and yarn shop where you can sit and knit (and sip coffee of course and every table would come complete with a page turner so that you wouldn’t have to put down your knitting to turn the page in your book…just to sip coffee…or maybe each table will come with a desgnated page turner AND a coffee cup handler? Then you’d only have to stop knitting to scratch your nose…OR maybe there’d be a designated page turner, coffee handler AND nose scratcher. This could go on and on. The possiblities are nearly endless.

49. Jeannie said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:48 am

    My dream is to be able to help support my family by selling things that I love to make. That goes back to my first love(that’s taken a back seat lately)–sewing. I loved designing and sewing bags. I just have a problem of not wanting to let them go. Now that I’m designing knitting patterns, I need to figure out how to divide my time between knitting and sewing to make this dream come true.

50. Bertha said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:50 am

    My dream is to own a house, with a yard, in a nice neighborhood, and be able to quit my job so I can watch my 2 year old daughter grow up instead of having other people get to watch her grow up every day. Of course I see her when I get home in the evenings and on weekends, but it still feels like I am missing so much. I don’t think that’s likely to happen (well, we might be able to get a house someday, but certainly not if I quit my job!), but it’s nice to dream about.

51. Annette Hill said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:53 am

    Susan Boyle has moved me too! It wasn’t just her phenomenal performance. I loved her open manner and perky responses! I’m so happy that this is happening for her!

    My husband and I also dream of living in Colorado. We love the Estes Park area and Rocky Mountain National Park! But to make it happen, we’d have to win the lottery or something amazing like that. And if we could sell our house and move there, the dream would be complete if I had enough income to retire and spend all my time knitting, embroidering, sewing, quilting, reading, watching movies and cooking!

    Thanks for inspiring all of this dream sharing with your contest. It’s great to read about people with rosy hopes and dreams!

52. Lilith M. said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:54 am

    I dream that one day I will be able to visit my family in Brazil again with my mother. I have a brother down there that I haven’t seen in over 10 years, and I am dying to meet him and my new twin nieces! Most of my family lives on an Indian reservation and there is a ton of red tape involved with being able to go on the reserved land even if you are family. But hopefully in a few years we can all see each other again (crosses fingers!).

53. Emily said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:54 am

    Well, being a member of the great unemployed right now, my dream is to find a job. But for the past few years, even when I was working, I dreamed of having a job that I enjoyed, that paid well, and that I felt was worthwhile. Or at least used my degrees.

    I also dream of getting a good night’s sleep, but that’ll come when the baby’s older.

54. cecily said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:56 am

    i have a few dreams.

    1- a cure for multiple sclerosis…my sister has had the disease for 10 years, and it’s very…difficult…for my family.
    2- a debt-free life. for me AND my family. Oh holy crap, that would be amazing.
    3- to find a job that fulfills me, both in the environment, ie my coworkers, and in what i actually do
    4- One of my biggest dreams is to have enough money to travel the world and see the places I really want to see, with friends I enjoy.

    There are more, but those are just a few of them.

55. Carrie L. said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:59 am

    My dream is to lose enough weight (and be in good enough shape) to be able to do one of those walking tours of Tuscany where you walk from village to village (and someone else takes your luggage on ahead) and each night they have a gourmet cooking demonstration while you drink wine, then everyone gets to eat the yummy food. I’ve always wanted to do that.

    Now I just have to start that diet again, and again, and again, and again

56. Rosi G. said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 10:59 am

    All I’ve ever dreamed of is a house. A big spacious house with lots of closets, and rooms for my kids (all four). And a nice big room for me to craft in. And a beautiful backyard. That’s all I want, really, I swear it. Like when we play the lotto all we want is to win enough either to pay the house in cash or to at least have enough for a hefty down payment. Sigh….

57. Timmie B said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:03 am

    My dream is to have a retirement home in the Virginia mountains and spend summer months there. In the cooler months I’d like to live in Las Vegas. The mountain house must have screen porch or Florida room so I can knit and watch the world go by. I’ll just go find a bench in Vegas to knit and watch the world go by.

58. Diane said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:03 am

    My dream is that my 2 boys are always happy!

59. Alicia said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:05 am

    My dream is to be able to go back to school for a graduate degree in achival studies or museum studies…and be able to find a job afterward.

60. Erynn said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:05 am

    My dream is to work for Cirque du Soleil in their costume dept. I’ve been making costumes as long as I have been knitting (in fact, I started knitting because the costume needed knitted items) but since I graduated college I haven’t done as much costuming as I would like.

    I had plans to start getting involved in the local theatre to up my experience, but then I needed to cut hours of my job and find a second. Since I close a lot now, I don’t have time to help out. I really want to intern at the Guthrie in Minneapolis but given the time frame I’d need to be there and the fact it is unpaid, I can’t afford to do it.

    Maybe I’ll do some sewing tonight. If I can resist the needles.

61. Angela said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:06 am

    I’m in the process of losing weight and I daydream that someday when my 3 year old boy has aged about 10 years that his friends whisper that I’m a hottie

    My fiber dream is to not work and create a “job” for myself volunteering in my community, spinning on my wheel and knitting charity projects. Ok – maybe that’s a retirement dream too

62. Bonnie H. said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:06 am

    One of my dreams is to secure Master Craftsman status in counted thread embroidery from the Embroiderer’s Guild of America. I have many hobbies: knitting, counted thread embroidery, sewing, painting. I also have a full-time job and a husband, a dog and a home to care for. I’ve thought several times about enrolling in the program, but did not want to give up any of my pending projects to devote myself to the master craftsman program. Then I got my latest Needlearts publication from EGA with a story about a woman who started the Master Craftsman in Crewel Embroidery program in the late 1980′s. Life intervened for her many times, but last fall at the age of 89 years old, she finally completed it. I think I’ll be sending in my enrollment form and will just work it in with all my other projects.

    Another of my dreams is for my husband to successfully complete his Ph.D. in engineering and fulfill his dream of teaching at the university level.

63. Seanna Lea said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:07 am

    I love my job too much to leave, but my big dream is to open up an ice cream parlor / bakery with all of my favorite recipes. There is an ice cream shoppe in the town I live in that seems like it has changed owners or gone under 2-3 times in the short amount of time I’ve lived here, so I keep thinking of ideas on what I would do to make the shoppe better and more desirable to both foot traffic and people to stay and eat their cones and sundaes. Yum!

64. Kay said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:08 am

    Ok, my dream is going to sound very simple. But if you think about it, it really isn’t. I want to be a better person tomorrow than I am today. When I die I want people who knew me to say….she was a very good person.

65. Kathryn Sigman said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:10 am

    My dream is to take my 71 year old mother to Ireland and Greece, two places she has always wanted to see. She raised seven kids by herself when my father abandoned us and at the same time, she managed to get through vocational school to get a job. She got a job to support us, then went back to college and finished, all the while, raising a family. We all have a college education and have done great and we all want to give back as much as possible to her while we can. She always wanted to travel but put it off for us.

66. Loopy Ewe Fan said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:12 am

    I dream of a time where children are not in fear of their safety and have full tummies and loving attentive parents.

67. Jane said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:18 am

    My mother who is 90 has lived long enough to see a beloved greatgranddaughter. My dream is to see that same baby grow up and have one of her own. Of course, that means taking better care of myself!!

68. Bonnie said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:19 am

    Before I started reading I would have had trouble naming more than one or two ideas. Now I have several. I would like to continue losing weight (Weight Watchers, about 12 pounds down so far, 70 or so to goal weight) and get myself in good enough shape to do the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. I’d like to take my younger daughter to Norway to see where I was born and meet that side of the family. And I’d like to go back to writing and publish a mystery novel that’s well-reviewed by mystery readers. At least two of three are totally do-able.

69. Heather said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:21 am

    My dream is to some day be able to afford everything on my Wish List at the Loopy Ewe

70. Meridith said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:23 am

    I’ve got a few. My first dream is for my parents to be able to come home between now and the middle of May with my two sisters – my biological sister, and my new adopted sister. They have been struggling for a year to get a Ghanaian passport for my adopted sister, and keep hitting roadblocks. My parents have been in Ghana for nearly three years now – my mom came home for three weeks after my emergency c-section with my youngest child, but Dad and my sisters have yet to meet my now-two-year-old son. I am so looking forward to seeing my parents with my children – especially Dad with my youngest.

    I dream of us also being debt-free in the next two years. Less would be fabulous. I’m hoping to start being a better help with that – I’d love to see my spinning and knitting businesses grow to where they are not only supporting themselves, but also helping with the family budget.

    My biggest dream is to have a larger home. We have three children and a small two-bedroom home with a yard that needs intense work (as does the house). I’d love to have a 3 bedroom home (four would be grand for visitors, but three would suit us just fine), with a nice backyard for the children to play in, and a laundry on the main level. A spinning/knitting room would be wonderful, too, but I’ll settle for the 3 bedrooms.

71. WendyT said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:26 am

    My dream is to be financially comfortable so I could quit work. I would move to a warmer climate and then have more time to spend with my son, working in the garden, knitting and exercise. My dream also includes creating a no-kill haven for homeless cats and dogs. It would be great to be able to create a home for these dear animals that so need our help until they found a forever home.

72. limedragon :-: Harriet said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:30 am

    My biggest dream is to meet a wonderful guy, fall in love, and get married. (I am uber shy.) Second biggest dream is to finally land in a good career and to be able to afford a house of my own. (I’m working on this one! I will be staring my MLIS in the fall!) : )

73. Lahodges said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:30 am

    Due to an aneuryism 19 years ago, my husband became a quadraplegic. My dream is that Stem cell research will come far enough so that I will see him walk again. It breaks my heart that such a loving, smart, wonderful man has spent the last 19 years of his life confined to a wheelchair.

74. Becky said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:30 am

    My dream is to someday write a book. Probably a novel–I love to write, but I haven’t had much time for it lately with two little ones running around!

75. Josiane said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:31 am

    I have many dreams, but there’s one thing that would help me more than anything else in making them all come true, so this is the one I’m focusing on right now: I want to get out of the passive mode in which I have been stuck for too long, and into active mode. An example? I’ve spent much more time reading about knitting, spinning, etc. than I’ve actually spent doing these activities. It may sound like nothing to most people, but it’s an old pattern of mine and it’s quite hard for me to change it. So I’m working on making that dream of changing this pattern come true as soon as possible so that I can get on with all the other dreams I have.

76. Lori said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:32 am

    My dream is to start my own yarn/fiber dyeing business. I want to specialize in self-striping sock yarn and gradiated lace yarns and lots and lots of fiber for spinning. Spending my days making beautiful color and spending my evenings at home with my husband and children and being able to tuck my kids into bed every night, that’s my dream. I want dogs and kitties at my feet and a bright studio to work in. Eventually move to a little farm and have a few chickens and a few sheep and just dye yarn and fiber and dry it outside from the tree branches! I wanted to be surrounded by color each and every day!

77. Jennifer said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:36 am

    My dreams (we can roll them into one if you like)

    -to live on a farm with a ton of animals. I was a farm girl growing up, and I have missed it ever since.
    -to be successfully self-employed. Preferably in the fiber arts, but doing things related to my current career (libraries) is fine too.

78. colleen said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:37 am

    I dream that someday we will be able to afford a trip back to Ireland. We went there on our honeymoon, traveled in a rented car, rode bikes around the Aran Islands and it was magical. I would love to go back and show my son the “40 shandes of green”

79. Hattie said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:38 am

    I have a few dreams too. I’d like to have my own business, preferably fibery in nature. I’d like to finish school, and I would like to write a book. With my busy schedule right now it makes them all hard to accomplish, but one of these days I think I’ll be able to say I have done them.

80. Christine said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:41 am

    I have many dreams, but one of them actually came true last week! I’ve loved whales and dolphins all my life and have always wanted to touch and swim with one. I did!! But I almost gave up the chance since I was the last one (with confusion of who hasn’t taken their turns because of an obstinate dolphin!) A little voice inside screamed inside me, “I haven’t done the belly ride!” You can read about it here: http://christinepetterson.typepad.com/too_much_energy/2009/04/i-swam-with-dolphins.html

    One of my “new” dreams now is to catch a Wollmeise sneakup on The Loopy Ewe. Not sure if this one is attainable!

81. suzanne said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:42 am

    my dream is to own my own craft store…I would sell yarn, scrapbook and needlework suppliesw….If I can’t do that then I would like to work in a very nice shop and be insoired everyday..

82. Megan said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:44 am

    My dream is to live abroad. I either want to live somewhere in Europe where I can spend several hours a day sitting at an outside cafe, working, reading, and knitting, or I want to live and work in Africa.

83. Joannah said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:47 am

    My dream is to find a University teaching position that will allow me to explore cultural responses to disability and chronic illness that are inclusive and respectful.

84. Sarah said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:47 am

    I have a few dreams that I wish would come true more than all my others.

    I wish for my husband to keep his job and not get laid off or have the factory close.

    I dream that my children will be happy and successful whatever they do.

    I have my dream that someday all my knitting designs and patterns will be more than just notes in my design book and single projects only I have knit.

85. Julia Merriam said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:51 am

    I’m almost through my first year of veterinary school, with three more left to go. When I’m done, I’ll be perusing an internship or a residency in shelter medicine and, when I’m done with *that*, I’ll be going on to work as a shelter veterinary full-time.

    I dream that one day, I will no longer have a job. That there will be no more work to do in the shelters, and I’ll be forced to find a job in a different field. I dream that, one day, shelters will only cater to the lost, not the homeless.

86. Windy said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:53 am

    There are so many dreams I have running through my head. There are the over the moon dream of winning the lottery so that I can travel around the world first class. Then there is the slightly more reasonable dream of actually going back to college and finishing my degree. But the one that I wish for the most (it is more of a wish than a dream) is to be able to say a proper goodbye to my sister who passed away almost ten years ago.

87. Doris said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 11:59 am

    I have several dreams. FIrst, I’d like to write a book, possibly with my son. I’d also like to be debt-free. Our business had a set-back and we had to borrow for the first time. It i killing me to owe money, so I would like to repay the debt as quickly as possible andbe done with it. I also dream of our business turning back around and being what it was just a year and a half ago…we’ve been doing this for 17 years, and this was the first year that we didn’t grow, but actually went backwards, and it feels like a personal failure.

88. April said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:03 pm

    My dream is to have a life where I’m fulfilled, happy, and wake up each morning energized for the day. Where I have a loving, sweet family and a home. I just need to figure out what I want to do with my life in order to get there!

89. Karen said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:04 pm

    I have a few dreams – finish college and get my degree – move to Nashville for a career in music or stay right here in NYC for the same said career – own a home and be out of debt and have mom and dad retire so that they can live the rest of their lives with each other and comfortable

90. Mary said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:06 pm

    My dream is to create and run a non-profit no-kill shelter for cats. No cat would ever go unwanted and unloved because I would take them in. They’d be able to live the rest of their lives either in a great “forever home”, or if that’s not possible, the shelter could be their “forever home”. Either way, they’d be save, warm, loved, and well cared for.

    I have dreams of me running and dancing all the time. For now, I’d settle for dreaming about being able to walk!

91. TMTTYRR said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:08 pm

    Of course I’ve got a dream. (Reminds me of something we sang in choir last year, “I have a dream!” ) I should hope everyone does! How sad to go through life without one, you know? I’ve actually got several, but I won’t list them all.

    One of my big ones is to not only FIINISH my book, but have it published some day. I would be really happy if that happened, even if the book never made the best seller list. Another is to finish my Ph.D. That would not only make me really happy, that would make a lot of other people REALLY happy. (Ask BFF Liz. She would really like me to finish.)

    Dreams are good. I think we should all have more.

92. Julia said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:09 pm

    I dream of being able to make a living as a a fiber artist. I’ve made steps in that direction – I make felt hats and sell them at a local gallery. I want to start an online shop and expand my product line (wool hats are hard to sell when it isn’t winter!). Would also love to teach feltmaking and get my hats into some juried shows. Oh, and I dream of finishing my doctoral dissertation, which is plodding along slowly. AND I dream of finally scoring some of that Wollmeise single malt sock yarn! Apparently I have lots of dreams!

93. Ana said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:11 pm

    I actually had two dreams. My first dream was to always go back to school and get my degree. I did that two years ago. I majored in accounting and business administration.
    My second dream was to lose weight. I did that also. I dropped 75 pounds but I managed to put some of that weight back on. So my third dream is to get back into shape and get back to my goal weight. I’m blogging about my journey.

94. Karen in Toledo said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:21 pm

    My dream is to buy a large piece of land with a pond and a large house so that I can rescue and train Labrador Retrievers that are in shelters. Both of my Labs are rescue dogs and they are the most loving, loyal dogs I have ever had in my life. They are also very BIG! I have room in my heart, but not in my home or yard right now for more. I want to be be able to get Labs out of shelters and help them find forever homes, but if they don’t get to homes, they can stay with me, on my large Lab Homestead, comfortable and happy.

    My other dream is marry my dear beloved Bill at the top of the volcano on Kuaui, Hawaii.

95. kit said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:23 pm

    Well, I fulfilled the dream to live in Montana so what is left is to own my own yarn store, or at the very least, work in a yarn store.

96. Wasie said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:25 pm

    I have several dreams too! Gosh, I hope we all do. First, I dream of making a difference somehow in this world before I leave it. It may be in a small way but I want that I have been here to have made a difference. (Working on that one.) Second, I dream of being caught up on all of my “projects”–knitting, quilting, scrapbooking–you name it! Having them all done and then getting to go out and buy supplies for something TOTALLY NEW! Wouldn’t that be awesome! Third, I dream of being ORGANIZED. Probably if I were better organized I’d get more of those projects finished! he he

97. Melissa B. said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:28 pm

    One of my dreams is to have my husband find a job where he can be home more with our family. He works 7 days a week, 12-14 hrs a day. We know we are blessed for him to have a job, especially since he is an engineer for a car manufacturer. But he has had these hours for almost 11 years (yes, that is the age of our oldest.) The kids are getting older and I hate that he has to miss as much as he does.

    But my biggest dream is to live a long and happy life serving my Lord! I would love to do some sort of volunteering to help children, but with the above, it makes it sooo hard! One day the kids will be bigger and not need me as much and then I thats what I hope to be able to do.

98. Jocelyn said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:30 pm

    Wow, everyone has such amazing dreams — I think I’ve added several to my list since I started reading… One of my big, long-term dreams is to be comfortable in my own skin; not to worry so much about what people might think of me and what I do. Another long-standing dream of mine is to learn to play the bagpipes. Someday…

99. Moving Out.... said,

    April 15, 2009 @ 12:33 pm

    My dream is to find a library job that would allow me to move back to NYC, so I could be close to my family again. And all the great yarn stores there.

    Unfortunately my current job doesn’t know about this, so I can’t blog about it.

100. Sue Apple said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:43 pm

     I have several dreams. First for my daughter’s seizure disorder to disappear. There has never been a teenage girl who loves to drive as much as her and if we can’t keep her seizures under control, she may never get a drivers license. The medications she has to take to keep them under control affects her in many negative ways also, she struggles in school because the meds affect her ablity to retain information.

     Secondly, for my son’s Aspergers and ADHD to vanish. He has such a brilliant mind, but struggles in school and life because of these conditions.

     For myself and my hubby, I would like to afford to retire soon, move to our farm where I would host small retreats for knitters and other crafters, my husband could have his woodworking shop and we, along with my husband’s aunts want to have a little shop to sell our handmade items, baked goods, etc.

     My dream to host retreats is getting it’s trial run this fall – I’ve invited some knitting friends down for a weekend to test run my concept.

101. Lisa in Los Angeles said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:44 pm

     My dream is to finish writing the murder mystery I’ve been working on since 2003 and buy a little house with my husband. The novel is probably more attainable than the house, sadly, since we live in West LA and want to stay where we’re at because we now live within walking distance of our jobs. (Hello! No more blood-pressure-raising drives on the 405 and the 101! I can knit on the bus instead!)

102. Karla said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:46 pm

     So many! Where to start. My biggest dream would be to be able to be a stay-at-home Mom for my daughter, but as a single mom that isn’t financially feasible. So the dream I work on every day is to be the best mom that I can in that moment to help my daughter grow into a loving, caring adult. She doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist, but I hope I can instill by example a love of life, family, friends, compassion for others, and desire to make a difference in this world. Selfish dreams would include getting to visit Ireland, mastering lace knitting, taking my 90 year old grandmother to Hawaii (she can’t fly anymore), and finally getting through my genealogy brick that will add one of my ancestors to the DAR patriot list.

103. Melissa said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:47 pm

     I have a few dreams. For my next career I want to be a veterinarian and do volunteer work helping animals. Since I don’t have the science prereqs, I may have to compromise and do animal rehabilitation and training.
     Another dream is to work in the legislature for animal advocacy.
     Dye yarn and knit full time.
     Oh, and win the lottery so I can do all of these things and not have to worry about how the bills get paid.

104. Beth Comstock said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:47 pm

     Well my dream is one that I will probably never get to know if it comes true. My dream is that all 9 of my kids grow up to happy, healthy and at peace with all of the decisions and actions that they have made in the process of growing up. And that at sometime they will say “Ya know, Mom and Dad were kind of smart.”

105. Bambers said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:48 pm

     One of my dreams is for my DH & I to stay healthy well into our “golden years”.
     We are looking for acreage near both of our families to retire to and run a Pit Bull Rescue. Two lovely “pibbles” found their way into our lives, home and hearts by chance.. they are thriving now!
     I would have liked to score the ever-elusive Wollmeise on my birthday.. but I missed it yesterday LOL!!!!

106. Erin said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:49 pm

     My dream is to be able to make a living from my writing. The first time I saw something I had written in print was one of the greatest days of my life. As a voracious reader and bibliophile, seeing someting I’ve written on a bookshelf or in a library catalog stil makes my heart beat just a little bit faster. I would love to not have to worry about a day job and just be able to sit and think and write, with no restrictions. Seeing it get published and actually getting paid for it would be the icing on the cake. It’s a long ways away from happening, if it ever does, but sometimes just thinking about the possibility and how wonderful it would be is enough.

107. Kim A. said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:51 pm

     How inspiring to read about so many people’s dreams! I have had many of my dreams come true– I have a loving and supportive partner, and a wonderful little girl. I have all sorts of dreams for our future as a family, and for my daughter, but I’m in the midst of working toward my current personal dream.

     I have a good career doing work that I once loved, but have realized over time that I do not want to continue. So last year at the age of 39 I started the prerequisites for nursing school. My dream/plan is to begin one of the graduate entry programs (for non-nurses with BAs in a different field) next year, and become a certified nurse midwife.

     We then hope to move to Colorado, and have a home with a yoga/meditation/ knitting/guest room and a large, light, warm kitchen that is where everyone gathers.

108. Helene said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:54 pm

     I do’t know if this is quite in the dream category but I would to be able to swim. At 52 (53 on Friday) I am still not quite afraid, but uncomfortable in the water. Since my husband owns a sailboat, this would be really nice. And I dream of having the time to use all the yarn and fabric I own in fabuous, arty, perfect creations. And lose weight while doing it!

109. Andrea said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:57 pm

     My dream is to finally figure out what I want to be when I grow up and then spend the rest of my life doing it. I’ve spent too much time making other people’s dreams happen.

110. just lori said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 12:57 pm

     I have a 5 year plan that starts with the purchase of land in Oregon. About 200 acres. By the end of this five year plan, we’ll have started a Renaissance Faire, have the first portion of the Castle/B&B completed, the vineyards will be producing, and I’ll have my yarn farm started as well.

     I don’t dream small. *grin*

     In the meantime, it’s looking like I’m finally sneaking up on another dream I set a while back–to make my husband a linen shirt from fiber I grew myself. I’ve learned to spin…next is to learn to spin flax, then to figure out the growing part. Oh, and the weaving of it, I guess.

111. Jocelyn said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 1:12 pm

     Wonderful dreams, everyone. I wish all of them would come true!

     I saw that video only this morning…gave me goosebumps. The good kind. God bless Susan Boyle, and everyone like her who have the guts to follow their dream, no matter how late a start they have.

     My dream has always been to be a professional novel writer. I daydream a lot, like a lot of people, I even dabbled in fanfic a while ago but adult responsibilities meant I found less and less time to devote to dreaming up characters and ideas and actually putting them to paper. Few nuggets of ideas still come to me and I keep them tucked away for that time in the near future when I will be able to sit in front of the PC and breathe life into them.

     On a more realistic level, I share my family’s dream of moving to Canada permanently within the next 5 years. Not sure yet if it’s Toronto or Vancouver.

112. Doreen said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 1:15 pm

     The ironic thing to me about Susan Boyle’s amazing performance is the song that she sang. It’s such a sad song about someone whose dream is dead. And she sang it as a start to hers coming true.

     My dream is like several other people’s. I would love a place in the Virginia mountains. And I’d love to put a dent in my stash so that I can justify all the time and money I spent accumlating it.

113. Ann Rose said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 1:20 pm

     One of my dreams, since I first saw a print of it in my undergraduate years, is to see the real painting of Monet’s “The Artist’s Garden at Giverny” at the Musee D’Orsay in France. Those purples, pinks, greens and blues just ignite something in my soul.

     I’d also love to try parasailing — I’m too chicken to jump out of an airplane or bungee jump, but I think parasailing would be the closest I could come to the feeling of flying. A tandem hanggliding ride might work, too.

     Helping my husband find a secure, tenure-track job in American literature would also be great, as he’s been in a short-contract, renewable position for years now and every year or two, when he’s nearing renewal, he gets so stressed out that it’s hard to watch and I can’t do much to help.

     Joannah, you wrote about teaching about disability and chronic illness — I’ll contact Sheri and maybe she can put us in touch. I’m working under a government grant, so my position isn’t permanent, but I DO work at a “University Center for Execellence in Developmental Disability” and have worked in the field of Disability Studies for years.

114. Beth said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 1:25 pm

     I have two dreams, one for my children and one for me. For my children I dream that they would truly fulfill our prayers for them from the time they were conceived. For myself I dream that I would finally be able to achieve a healthy weight and not beat myself up over my failures. Not too much to ask, eh?!?

115. Kelly S said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 1:40 pm

     As a mother of 2 small children, my dreams mostly center around seeing them grow up to be happy & healthy adults. For myself, I dream of becoming a thinner, healthier person who is much more energetic than I currently am. I guess I have fairly simple dreams.

116. Faith said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 1:51 pm

     My dream is for everything to be okay; I dream for my husband to heal, my baby to continue to be healthy, and for us to have enough to get by.

117. Melissa said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 1:53 pm

     I have lots of “dreams”. First is that I can get to my goal weight. I have been trying and trying and trying again for the last 2 years. In my mind it would open a lot of my life up. I feel like I have been hiding for a long time.

118. Meesh said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 1:56 pm

     My dreams are not something others can help me with, and some of them aren’t strictly in my control, but here they are:

     I dream that my children will love and cherish me when they’re older the way they do now (with maybe fewer elbows to the ribs).

     I dream that I will knit up all of my stash. Whereas there may be people wanting to help me with this, I actually want to have enough time and inspiration to do all the knitting there is for me.

     I dream that something positive will happen at my job by the end of summer. Things have been so frustrating here for so long that I’ve almost lost hope of any improvement. But something has to happen someday (in geologic terms, at least).

119. Mary said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 1:57 pm

     I dream learning to play the cello once the kids are grown.

120. elise said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:00 pm

     Right now my dream is to find a job in NYC when grad school is done so I can go back to where the rest of my life is. That and to go to the Telluride bluegrass festival someday.

121. Sharon said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:03 pm

     I have a number of dreams, but the one I’ll share here is to be comfortable with my body. I have spent my life fighting with it to make it look like a supermodel’s body, and genetically that was impossible. I would like to focus instead on being healthy and happy and accept my 40+ body as it is: sags, wrinkles, cellulite and all. So far, still a dream, but I’m working on it.

122. Monica said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:07 pm

     I have many dreams. I would like to not have monetary worries (wouldn’t we all), I would like to be healthier and more fit and active. I would love to travel with my husband and kids…etc. But my biggest dream is to raise wonderful, compassionate, caring children. I want to make a difference in this world, and I want the same for them. I want to see them grow into happy and responsible adults and have families of their own. OH, and I want enough yarn to last me through my retirement days.

123. Brooke said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:10 pm

     My childhood/adolescent/young adult dream was to get married to a wonderful man and find the perfect dog to love. I now have both my dream husband AND dream dog and count myself blessed.

124. Vicki said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:16 pm

     My dream is to move to the mountains of NH and live in a log cabin with my dh. Lots of time for knitting, a part time job that I actually like…little things like that!

125. Michelle said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:21 pm

     I have big dreams and small dreams, short term dreams and long time dreams too. But for right now I dream of finishing my master’s thesis.

126. Kim said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:29 pm

     My long term dream is to go to culinary school and pay for it outright – no student loans for me please! My short term dreams are to be financially stable, afford to put both my sons through college, and find more time to knit!

127. Cindy (maxfun) said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:31 pm

     My dream of the moment is to make a decent living from fiber-related pursuits. Right now I work part-time at an LYS, do transcription and editing at home, deal casino games for a party company (not real money games), knit samples for the shop, spin (and hopefully sell soon) yarn, and design a few patterns sold through my LYS and my blog.

     What I would LOVE to do is open a community gathering place that is also a shop focused on selling locally produced/dyed rovings and other spinning supplies. Ideally, it would have a small food/beverage operation included and plenty of space where people could come for spinning/knitting circles and instruction. There are a TON of yarn shops in my metropolitan area, but only a couple with any spinning supplies at all — and one is a warehouse that’s way out in the country. So a spinning shop would be way cool. AND my suburb has a revitalization project happening downtown with lots of exciting things to promote community gatherings, so a shop like this would fit right in.

     My obstacles include: I’m single, so this would be my only source of income — a very risky proposition, indeed. I’ve never run my own business, except for being an independent contractor, so I really have no idea of how to begin. I have very limited capital to start with.

     I think I need to win the lottery (except I don’t buy tickets) or find a rich partner — or a sugar daddy! LOL

     Anyway, I’ve taken baby steps. This shop idea is my version of retirement. So working in the LYS and dipping my toes in the designing pool is a start. Next is to find some local community college classes (or another source) in starting a retail business, then maybe grant writing. Visualization is an ongoing thing, too!

128. Linda said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:34 pm

     I have a dream that I am not a procrastinator anymore…I have a clean house with everything in it’s place and only what we need, in our house on acreage with a space for a goat, chickens, and an alpaca. I have happy friends that don’t complain, and stop by for a quick visit and have some coffee or tea, maybe some wine…we laugh and show each other our projects – and my project is made with Wollmeise yarn.
     It’s a dark color and a scarf. oh…and look I’m giving some to my friends!..dream on!
     Well, anyway, one can dream, right?
     Some dreams are wishes, I wish they could find a cure for parkinson’s so my dad can be like he use to be. Maybe someday…

129. Carrie said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:38 pm

     I dream of one day owning a skein of Wollmeise!

     LOL, seriously though, my dream has always been to work with animals in a zoo, and the ultimate goal is to be in charge of the big cats and to one day raise a tiger cub. And, to live in the mountains of Colorado, living off the land. Sign. Someday!

130. MaryEllen said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:44 pm

     One of my dreams is to live in a quaint town in New England, where everyone is respectful of their neighbors and takes responsibility for their community. A place where I could raise children surrounded only by good influences. I don’t even know if that place exists, but I’m looking for a new job in MA now, so maybe I’ll be one step (or at least one state) closer…

     My other, less attainable dream is to work for the Boston Red Sox (but I doubt they have a need for a knitting scientist…)

131. Adina said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:48 pm

     Living in Colorado is wonderful. I lived there until I was in my 30s, then moved to the PNW. I love it here, but really like Colorado, and will probably go back someday.

     My dreams are two – write a novel and sell it. And have a farm. Not a big one – just one for us, for our family. I wouldn’t mind living in another country for a while either. LOL

132. Allison said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:51 pm

     I have a lot of dreams, and many of them are knitting-related! I’d love to own a yarn store (probably will never happen, but that’s good for you guys because it means I’ll keep buying from you!) and write a knitting book. Also I’d like to get at least one novel published. I’m in college right now so I can still pretend that all this will happen in the future!

133. Kim said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:54 pm

     I didn’t read any of the other comments before writing this because I didn’t want to get sidetracked or self-conscious. My dream is to be a writer. I want to write great fiction. Not best sellers, but good books that earn the respect of the reading audience and other writers. So far I haven’t written anything so it remains a dream. But someday…

134. Rachael said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:54 pm

     My dream is for my life to continue on the path it’s on now. I’d like to pass all my Actuarial Exams (in a dream world, in 2 years if I pass every one I have left on the first try!) and have my husband quit his job to be a stay-at-home dad (going to be a reality as soon as we have a kid for him to watch). My ultimate “Future Goal” is to retire on-time and be able to sit on our deck and knit, spin, read and write with my dogs sleeping at my feet. We are building a large deck this summer, so that’s step one, I guess!
     I’d also love to learn to write for ME again. I used to write wild stories from age 3 or 4 all the way through a creative writing class in high school. I was so determined to get through college quickly, my math degree didn’t leave much room for “fun” writing. I haven’t set pen to paper in a creative way since then.

135. KatherineR said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:55 pm

     My dream is to finally finish my novel and own a skein of Wollmeise.

136. Ruth said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 2:57 pm

     My dream is to create an 8-page newsletter called ElderHelping that would be all about how baby boomers like me can help take care of our aging parents. I have reserved the domain name and am starting to come up with ideas on layout etc. I am a graphic designer/writer and I’ve gone a newsletter for our local electric cooperative for a decade now. So, hopefully, it’s not too far of a stretch to think I could pull it off. I’ve blocked out some time over the next few months to get everything up and running.

     I think that this would be a wonderful publication for all of us who are dealing with helping our parents age gracefully and with dignity. I’m in the midst of dealing with these issues myself. I’m flying back to St. Louis on Saturday morning to be with my mom next week for cataract surgery.

137. Candy said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:09 pm

     My dream is to not be afraid of trying the projects that are tucked away in my brain. Fear of failure holds me back entirely too often. I could not have done what Susan Boyle did, because even if I had her voice, I would have been afraid of what people would think–and they did think the worst before she opened her mouth! So I guess my dream is NO FEAR!

138. Karen said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:12 pm

     My husband and I have a dream to have a log cabin/ranch in Montana. We have a large family of 8 children and hope for this to be the gathering place for holidays and family vacations but we also want to use it as a camp for troubled youth. A little hard work, some shared responsibility and a whole lot of love and hopefully make a difference in some other kid’s lives.

139. Elizabeth said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:12 pm

     My dream is too pay off all my student loans quickly so I can get to other things in my life (like building a home, getting a car, etc). It would be so nice to win the lottery…..

140. Sharilyn said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:18 pm

     Oh, I like the question….

     Long term dream: (Happy kids.) A master’s degree.
     Medium term dream: (Happy kids.) Teach knitting or spinning.
     Short term: (Happy, clean kids — all kids have been outside and are very dirty. ) Make my own spindle.

     May all your dreams come true.

141. Danielle said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:20 pm

     The dreams listed above are so captivating and inspiring and lovely!

     For me, I dream of being fluent in Italian and speaking it at home when we have kids! (I’m learning now!). To make a impactful indent on my book while in Italy this summer. But most importantly, I dream that my legacy as a wife, mother, friend, and person will be strong and that I will hear, “Well done good and faithful servant” when I meet Him someday.

     Great idea, Sheri!

142. pam said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:20 pm

     i dream of getting out of debit, have a child and retire to Italy, S. Tuscany to be exact.

143. Sara said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:23 pm

     My big dream would be to have the time to do everything I want to do.

     I’m getting my PhD in bioinformatics (using computers to do biology) right now. I love it but I had so much more free time before I started graduate school. I have video games, books, and even yarn that people have given me years ago that I still haven’t touched. I’ve gone from taking 50 mile bike rides on the weekends to considering the 20 min walk to school adequate ‘exercise’.

144. Susan in Ballwin said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:32 pm

     My dream is to have the opportunity to live in an area where I can room to devote to my passion for training and working with dogs, especially rescued dogs, and a nice, sunny deck or porch to watch the sun set in the evening while sipping my glass of wine. Ahhhh — (she says with a glazed look in her eyes).

145. Bev said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:40 pm

     My dad was in the army when I was growing up, so we moved ALOT. We were fortunate enough to live in Germany for five years. To say it was an amazing experience doesn’t even come close to describing it. My dream is to return to my absolutely favorite place of all our assignments – Oberammergau. It’s a little bitty town at the base of the mountains about a half hour from Garmisch in the Bavarian Alps. I was in junior high at the time and our base was too small for to have it’s own, so we rode the bus down into Garmisch every day — past mountain streams and 100 year old monasteries. I loved that bus ride, it didn’t matter what the season it was always beautiful. A little bit of heaven on earth.

146. Carol said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:40 pm

     My dream is to go back to college (I’m… um… 40-something, at this point). Not just any college – Art School. I already have a degree – in a field I have little interest in. My parents, who truly had my best interests at heart but no faith in my artistic abilities, wouldn’t listen to (let alone fund) my dreams of being an artist. They paid for my business degree, and sent me off into the world.

     At this point, I don’t have to rely on anyone else’s faith in me but my own. I truly do believe that, with a bit of actual technique to back up my God-given talent, I could become a much sought-after artist. And hey – the business degree won’t hurt me a bit when it comes to managing the cash flow generated from the sale of my much sought-after art…

147. Cathy said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:50 pm

     My dream is to travel to all 50 states in the US and to set foot on all seven continents around the world (that Antarctica is gonna be the tough one!)

148. Dottie said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:50 pm

     My dream and prayer is that my children will grow up to be thinking adults, choosing to live godly lives. Of course this dream requires a lot of work in the meantime!

149. Elinor said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:52 pm

     My dream is to publish a novel. I’m a pre-med college student, but last November I started and won National Novel Writing Month and completed a 50,000 word novel. I’m editing it now, and if I finish editing before June I’ll get myself a proof copy, but I intend to participate and win every year that I can. I love writing, and sometimes it gets lost in all the science-y things I have to do. Published! Some day.

150. Denise said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:52 pm

     My dream is to someday take piano lessons. I’ve always wanted to play the piano.

151. Sandy Lewis said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:53 pm

     My dream is to move from the prairie of middle South Dakota to my beloved Black Hills. I want to live in a small cottage in the woods with hubby and my knitting and wild animals and fresh air. Devine………….

152. Christine said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:57 pm

     My dream is to qualify for the Boston marathon, I will try, again, in September. OUR ( me and hubby ) dream is also to one day live in CO!

153. Robin said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 3:59 pm

     I have read some great dreams and I wish all of you the best at making those dreams come true.

     My dream is to always be a stay at home mom. I really no desire to get a real job again. If I could find someway to make a little extra money with my spinning or knitting that would be icing on the cake.

     I am blessed beyond belief with what I do have and I am thankful for the wonderful life that I have even though at times I think it isn’t all that great.

154. Debbie said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 4:00 pm

     My dream is to teach yoga for my post retirement, part-time job. I have 13 years to get over my shyness! Right now I take many classes – yoga, kickbox, pilates, spinning (cycling, not fiber related). I dream that I could teach yoga to older folks. That would be very satisfying.

155. Victoria said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 4:24 pm

     My current (realistic) dream is to do well in the Master Knitters program through the TKGA. I want to learn more about knitting, be able to answer people’s questions when they have them, and the bragging rights won’t hurt either.

     My life-long, totally unrealistic, but totally fun dream has always been to be a famous singer. I’m a pretty dreadful singer, but it’s fun to dream.

156. Marsha said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 4:28 pm

     My first dream was the same as yours-to live in Colorado! I was lucky enough to make it come true 25 years ago, and I’ve never been sorry for the move, even tho’ where I live here in Gunnison is occasionally the coldest place in the nation during the winter!

     My most immediate dream is to take spinning lessons as soon as parental committments settle down a bit.

     My long term dream is for our church to raise enough money this summer and fall to have our own building. I have faith that my two dreams can come true.

157. Diane said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 4:38 pm

     God has blessed me beyond measure. I can’t dream of a life that would be better than the one he has led me through. I have a wonderful, loving husband and two grown, independent sons. I have a cozy home, a comfortable income and enough of the “things” that make life enjoyable. I have the love of family and friends and the joy of a hobby I love. I have a church family that nurtures my soul and a knitting group that broadens my mind. I have a great sense of humor, insatiable curiosity, self-confidence and zest for life. Nothing is beyond my abilities or capabilities.

     There are things that might make my life better–independent wealth being foremost–but I don’t really NEED anything.

     My dream is that everyone finds the strength to make her dreams come true.

158. sue said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 4:41 pm

     I’ve already had the good fortune to live many of my dreams, which is nice thing to be able to say. My current dream is move back to my hometown, where I can be closer to my elderly parents and my nephew. A fairly simple dream, but one I hope to make come true one day soon.

159. Kim B. said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:10 pm

     I have a number of dreams — all of them obtainable if I work at it. I dream of being credit card debt free and within a year that will become a reality.

     My big dream is to own a yarn shop with a cafe area that would serve wonderful coffees, baked goods and yummy salads/soups/sandwiches. I don’t know where I would want to be located. My dream doesn’t go that far because it will never happen.

     I also dream of having more time for myself to knit, read, and do community volunteer work.

160. Natalie said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:17 pm

     My dream is to get my PhD in Comparative Literature and become a tenured professor and literary translator who lives with her gorgeous husband, kids and lots of pets in a beautiful house full of fiber near the Ocean I do already have the gorgeous husband and 3 cute cats, so I’m on my way!

161. jane said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:18 pm

     I dream of not having to drive to work, not having to go to work and not having to leave the house if I don’t feel like it.

162. Kat R. said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:22 pm

     I dream of several things I won’t list, but here are a couple. I dream of a visit to my home state of Texas (I live in Indiana). Although my parents are long gone and I am an only child, I have other aging relatives that I would love to see as well as my cousins and many friends I grew up with. Plus, I would love for my girls (19 and 15) to get to know some of my family. In our 16 years in Indiana, we have only been for a visit three times.

     I dream of having a job someday that really makes a difference in people’s lives. I set out at college to become a veterinarian and got sidetracked. I love animals and I know caring for them in turn affects their owners in a positive way. Any other job that would allow me to do the same would be great.

     God willing, my dreams and many others expressed here, will come true.

163. Debbie R. said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:30 pm

     I’m living my dream as of January 2008. I got to retire at 47, becoming a domestic princess/diva. Thankfully, I have a wonderful husband who wants me to stay home and enjoy my life, not find another job. Financially, I’m in good condition so I can do this. The house is paid for, and there are no car payments or bills. The husband does all the home and car repairs so we don’t have that expense either.

     I can spend my spare time spinning, knitting, going to guild events/meeting, hanging out with my spin/knit pals and my husband.

     If there was anything I would add, it would be a bigger “studio” for all my fiber related stuff and other craft hobbies. Maybe I can talk the husband into that addition one of these days. lol

164. Julie said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:36 pm

     IMy dream is to be able to travel to Hawaii. It is one place I have always wanted to go.

165. Lisa said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:36 pm

     I have a wonderful life and supportive family. I am so lucky, but I do have a secret wish. I dream of writing novels. I know there is a good author inside me. But I have fear, too. Fear that I cannot meet my own expectations. Guess I’ll never know until I try, but it’s too easy to put it off another day. The video makes me think deeply about trying to gather courage, conquer the fear and just try.

166. Gayle said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:40 pm

     I grew up as a “lonely” only child so I had four beautiful children–one daughter and three sons. Raising them was the most wonderful and amazing accomplishment of my life. They are all now adults but due to petty ridiculous circumstances, I have not seen them together for five years. My husband and I get along with all of them and see each one regularly but they have divided into two camps (daughter and oldest son vs. two younger sons). My only dream is to see them all together again–laughing and having fun like they did when they were growing up.

167. Heather said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:41 pm

     My dream is to convince my hubby to have another child. I would love to quit my job and become a full time mom. I never had the chance with my first one. I’ve recently developed the urge to home school, too. I dream about being able to encourage my children to learn more about things they love rather than forcing them to learn things that don’t really matter in the real world.

168. Dixie said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:45 pm

     Mmm, dreams.

     I’d like to 1. finish my thesis on time; 2. get a job that helps bolster science in Ireland; working towards making Ireland a good place to do science, convincing smart people not to leave the country, and encouraging industry to invest in Irish research groups.

     Now, it’s nearly 100% likely that I will 1. finish my PhD and 2. move to Ireland afterwards. It’s the other stuff — being done in time to walk this year, and getting the job that really supports my personal goals — that are dreams I’m still holding my breath about.

169. Pat said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:51 pm

     You know, I’ll be happy to pick up those boxes at the post office and bring them down with me next week? My only fee would be a few skeins.

170. Jean said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:54 pm

     My dream is to be able to go back to school to be a Veterinarian. I/m not at a point in my life where it looks likely, but there’s always hope, right?

171. Beth said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:57 pm

     Sadly, I think part of my problem is that I don’t have any dreams. I want to travel with my DH when the kids are grown and moved out (they are 14 and almost 12 now.. and I had my son when I was 20). I want to have adventures and experience life.. something I think I missed out on by having my children so young. I used to want to go to college, but it’s so darn expensive. I want to take art classes and start painting again. I don’t know… it all seems so trivial sometimes. I feel like I’ve already come such a long way in life.. that I am in such a better place than I used to be.. I guess I gave up on dreams. Time to figure out some news ones. Thanks for the challenge.

172. Jacquie said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:58 pm

     Its been a long time since I ‘ve allowed myself to dream. Life has made me focus on “today” each day, for a long time.
     Reading through the list has been inspiring. I think I’m going to hold onto these wonderful pieces and let some magic happen.

173. Misty said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 5:59 pm

     My dream would be to bake. All the time. For a living, for fun, and just because. Breads, cakes, sweet things, savory things, just baking.

     My goal is to apply for culinary school in the next 6 months and attend next fall.

     Eeck! Typing it makes it all the more real! Thanks everyone for sharing.

174. Kristi said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 6:02 pm

     I just saw that video linked from elsewhere and wow…good for her!

     My dream is to finally finish college and get a degree in chemistry. I’m older than the typical college grad…30 to be exact. I was a bit nervous starting college over again, but it seems like I never missed a beat.

     I’d like to find out more about materials science because I love fiber and knitting…it seems fitting.

     Then when I get my degree, I’d like to buy a house with my husband. A place of our own with our Puggle named Nugget.

175. Robin said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 6:02 pm

     I have always worked for my dreams and have been successful but as I approach 60 – my new dream is to find elder friendly housing with a friend to share it. My nest is now empty and I find that living alone is not what I want – I need another person or two to share the day. I will keep looking and try to make this happen so I don’t end up living with my aging mother.

176. amy said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 6:03 pm

     Where to begin? Reading these posts and thinking about my life, I realize how lucky I am and how much we are “living the dream”….how fortunate I have been in life. If I get to dream further: to be debt free…to work in a yarn store…to be able to sing (I am awful)…to travel to Scotland someday…for my children to find happiness in life as they grow up…to cure the common cold!

177. Melissa said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 6:14 pm

     My dreams are to raise my kids to love the Lord with all their hearts, to figure out if I am supposed to go back to school someday, to be the best wife and mother I can be, and to be an awesome friend. I fall short so many taimes, so it is a cnstant work in progress for me. I will never be perfect, but everyday I strive to be a little better than I was the day before.

178. Jennifer said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 6:19 pm

     My dream is to move to Chicago. I want to go back to school at Columbia College (already accepted!!) in downtown Chicago and finish my degree in graphic design and then make a life for myself there.

179. Chris said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 6:25 pm

     I dream of better health and I dream that my kids have a good life and be happy with the paths they have chosen and I dream of having several more arms so I can get all the cool projects done that I have squirrelled away! And getting rid of all the clutter would help too!

180. Pamela said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 6:34 pm

     My dream is to have my very own artisan fibre shop; I want to sell supplies for knitting, spinning, and sewing as well as feature the work of artists in the fibre world. Hmmm….kind of sounds like you might be living my dream Sheri!

     Pam (who still holds out hope for a Canadian branch of the Loopy Ewe )

181. Karen in MN said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 6:34 pm

     I’m living my dream right now. We are at the end of our house remodel, which includes a studio for my weaving looms. I will have the space now to be creative! And we got baby chicks a couple days ago, which I love watching.

     The only thing I would really like is some sheep or alpacas, but I can always visit my friends for that, especially the alpacas. Oh, and I’d love to make goat cheese. But no goats either.

     But for all intents and purposes, my dreams are fulfilled. Guess I gotta think of new ones.

182. Nancy N. said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 6:42 pm

     My dream is that stem cell research will be stepped up under the new Adminstration and that a cure will finally be found for Type 1 diabetes. My daughter was diagnosed when she was 5 1/2 — she’ll be 11 this July. She has courageously dealt with this blow and struggles with highs and lows everyday. To never see another child with diabetes again would be a dream come true!

183. inky said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 7:09 pm

     Wish it could happen real soon dream: Have an afternoon of knitting with Sheri, Yarn Harlot, Mason-Dixon gals, Cat Bhordi, Cookie A. and Eunny.

     Hope it’ll happen in the next ten years: Spend a month in Scotland, tracing my mother’s family and perhaps, just perhaps, stumble across some wool.

184. Anna said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 7:23 pm

     I had always wanted to have a cat and finally after 22 years my husband decided cats were great. We have 8 now and I’m in heaven. The dream I think I will never attain is to be organized and decluttered. I just can’t picture that.
     And of could I too have the Wollmeise dream….

185. nancy said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 7:30 pm

     Thanks for the question Sheri. It has made me think really hard about my life and where I would like to go in the later part. My dreams when I was much younger were very high, discover a new animal, cure cancer, end war, stop hunger. We could do anything then. I have not done any of the things that I had intended. No college degree, no new animals and cancer, hunger and war still plague us every day.
     My dream is to find myself and what it is I am supposed to do. I think we all have an assigned task. I do not think I have found mine yet, and I don’t know where to look. Smaller wishes include, seeing a volcano, a glacier and whales. Not all at once, of course. Learning to play the piano, lose enough weight to be able to be healthier and to be a better knitter this time next year. I wish all of the wishes and dreams we have all had the courage to express here would come true or at least a path them would become more obvious. I also wish that the dreams so personal that we can not bring ourselves to put them into words might also have a chance to come true.

186. Martha said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 7:43 pm

     The video was a highlight of my week yesterday.

     My dream is a short-term one. I want to the guide dog puppy I’m raising to make it as a guide and I want to be able to hand her over to her new handler at the graduation ceremony. Then I want to bring home another puppy and do it again.

187. Elizabeth said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 7:44 pm

     My dream is to finally be comfortable in my own skin, to learn to like myself, and to not be so afraid all the time. An earlier comment (Emily, Apr 15, 8:27 a.m.) talked about being brave, traveling through Europe alone and having the guts to jump from a plane. I totally agree! Why do we keep ourselves so small? I want to live large and not be afraid to make mistakes.

188. Sherri said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 7:54 pm

     I dream of opening a local yarn shop (our town desperately needs one!) that’s big enough to have a section for coffee and pastries, a room for classes and get-togethers, as well as lots and lots of great yarn. There’s an empty lot only two blocks from my house that’s just perfect for it, and my hubby and I have been ‘arguing’ over whether it should house my yarn shop/cafe, or his gut-busting dream burger stand. So I guess there’s a secondary dream that I need first: I dream of winning the Mega Millions drawing!!

189. Jeanne said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 8:02 pm

     …my daughter will be graduating from college in May and she has been working her way through college and also struggling with an eating disorder the whole way. The road hasn’t been easy for her, but I am so proud of her! I worry about her every waking moment, so my dream is for her to find peace of mind and to learn to love herself; for her to be able to accept love in her life and to make a life for herself that allows her to overcome this disease. Then, I don’t need to worry anymore! (But that’s impossible, isn’t it, once you are a parent! Okay…worry not so much!) Knitting has been an important tool for her (and me!) to help her calm down and relax and for that I am so grateful for this “hobby”. It has literally been a lifesaver. Who knows? Maybe she’ll own a knitting store someday!

190. Michelle said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 8:22 pm

     There are a lot of dreams here. I still haven’t perfected mine but I’d like to travel overseas more (first class of course!) and then retire to a little house on the water where I can craft and listen to the waves.

191. nyxs said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 8:38 pm

     There are so many inspiring dreams .. i hope you all attain them. Sheri this is a great question because it makes me think about what i truly want out of life.

     I dream of writing a novel or three, they are all in my brain i just haven’t taken the time to physically make them real. I have a quirky teenager i would love to write about bringing her up .. she has been um challenging shall we say. The stories i could tell about her oh my. I don’t want to be top of the lists or anything like that but comfortably anonymous where i live
     I dream of having my own yarn dyeing business with my eldest daughter ( she loves dyeing as much as i do ) and sharing lots of laughter and wonderful colours.
     I dream of having the courage and confidence to do both of those things without fear.
     Lastly, i dream that when my kids are adults and have their own children they will remember the laughter in the house, the long conversations and that there was always love no matter what.

     Now let’s go make them happen ( well the kids are working on the getting to adulthood bit i can’t speed that one up.. )
     

192. Michelle said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 8:39 pm

     Oh Sheri! I have watched this youtube over and over ~ I get chills and tears everytime! It is a true reminder that there is so much good in the world. What a great “moment”! Thanks for sharing it with your readers…it is spreading like wildfire!
     My dream…. is / was / and will remain…. to have my own little country cottage type knitting shop and putter around in it all the live long day!

193. Katie said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 8:46 pm

     My dream is to finish my college degree and be an engineer. It sounds boring, but I want to build things and prove to all of the people in my life who said “you aren’t smart enough” or “you won’t do it” that I could and did.

194. patricia said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 8:49 pm

     My dream is to go to Spain when I am 50 (3 years to go!)

     My other dream is to have more time to knit and read.

195. Amanda said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 8:52 pm

     My dream is simple…well, relatively simple. I want to adopt/foster children and then see them baptised.

     We’ve started the process, which was scary in and of itself, but we’re off to the races now!

196. Lisa said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 9:06 pm

     I went to Africa 6 years ago. My dream is to go back–and if I could figure out a way to live there, to make that happen.
     My “wish it would have been” dream is to have been an animal researcher in Africa. I wish I could have done something there to make a difference.

197. Jennie said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 9:10 pm

     Sheri, You and I share the same dream! I am absolutely in love with the state of CO and hope that someday I can live in a log cabin in the woods somewhere. My husband and I are close to making it a reality, just a few more years here in PA.

     I must say I got a very good chuckle from Kathleen, the very first post. I too hate driving through the state of CT on my way to visit my uncle in MA. I have sat in more traffic in CT then any other state! Including one time when there seemed to be construction going on the entire length of the state. It was the longest road trip ever!!

198. Charmaine said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 9:19 pm

     AHHHH dreams…my dream is for my sister to get better. She has lots of medical problems. Another dream would have my sister be on the What Not to Wear. She has been though so much, I think it would give her a lift & help her spirit.
     Hope you get to Colorado one day. Our dream is when we retire in the next year or so to Full-time RV. To travel & see this USA & volunteer at different places. Have a great week…I got my Wendy sock book WHOOO HOOO

199. Tabby said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 9:39 pm

     I have lots of fleeting wishes and desires, things I’d like to do, places I’d like to travel. But I dream about a time years from now, when the kids are grown and I have grandkids to love on. I hope that I’ll have the means and ability to be able to be there for them and my kids, whatever they need. Family is ultimately the most important thing to me.

200. Stephannie said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 9:39 pm

     I’d love to move up to Northern California and have some chickens, shetland sheep, alpacas, and Morgan horses…..and work at a marine mammal care center.

201. Linda said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 9:47 pm

     My seven-year-old daughter and I were discussing the concept of needs vs wants the other night, so the timing of this is perfect. Her wants were mostly of the furry and four-legged variety, much like mine were at that age. For me it wasn’t so easy to come up with the wants. Honestly, right now it’s hard for me to let my mind wander and imagine the wants, as the needs are pressing and constant, and as a mom to two little ones others’ needs and wants always seem to come first. So, thank you for posing this question, to give me a little time to dream.

     I dream of a season in my life where I can stop driving downtown to a job 5 or 6 days a week and instead watch my daughter (and eventually my son) get on and off the school bus everyday from my front step. Preferably the front step of a farmhouse on a farm filled with animals and gardens and love. And apple trees.

202. turtle said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 10:16 pm

     Honestly? Well my dream is to be able to quit my job and have a small self suffiecient farm. I want to be able to knit, spin, dye, make soap and cheese, have a small year round greenhouse for veggies etc, some goats, sheep and chickens, and make a living with small goods like on etsy and the farmers market. Now this would not support the family but would be equal or more than my current (what i feel is pitiful) income i now have. It is not far fetched but hubby is a city boy at heart and we would have to sell our current home for something with a little more land. I have worked since age 12 and am 39 next week…. i want to start playing and not be on someone elses schedule for a change! smile

203. rohanknitter said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 10:17 pm

     One of my longest held dreams is to travel to Europe – too many places there I’d like to see to even list!! Another dream would be to raise my 3 children to be healthy, happy adults. A more immediate dream – loose 20 pounds and get in better shape!

204. Hariamrit said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 10:31 pm

     My dream: to live on a farm with goats, horses, chickens, dogs, cats, cows, and any other animals I want. To have a vegetable garden that can feed my family and friends. To wear Carhart winter coveralls when i work outside and do my chores in the winter and to wear denim coveralls in the summer: to smell leather hanging in the barn that smells like horses; to take walks in the woods with my goats; and to be able to sit on my front porch in my pajamas and drink my morning coffee and listen to the life that is living on my farm.

     This was my dream and I am blessed to be living it.

205. Abby said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 10:44 pm

     My dream is to be happy with my life and enjoy my work as well as my friends and family. I want to be able to look forward to going to work. Even if I don’t make a lot of money, as long as I have enough to pay all my bills and eat well (-and support my yarn habit!) I don’t think I’d need much more.

206. Jessica said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 11:10 pm

     My dream is set in some pastoral location surrounded by beautiful countryside, children, my husband (to be played by my boyfriend (if you are reading this, dear, consider it a hint)) our sheepdog, and our flock of sheep… and maybe an alpaca or llama ( I hear llamas are good at chasing away predators….). We would be able to make a living through the farming, and our work (which we can do from home thanks to the magic of the internet) that satisfies our passions….. sounds wonderful, yes?

207. Lael said,

     April 15, 2009 @ 11:19 pm

     Well, my dream is a work in progress. We are building our sheep flock and our fiber business. I am self-employed here on the farm – it would complete the dream to make it successful enough so that my husband could quit his job and become a full-time shepherd, too. Of course, that would depend on affordable health insurance for the self-employed to become a reality.

     The really BIG dream is to win the lottery and have a farm for endangered livestock, with enough money to allow us to hire help – so that we would be able to travel and still maintain the farm.

208. Lynn said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 12:16 am

     My dream is have more time to pursue my hobbies, and to one day have a studio in a community like Taos or at an art center like the Art Centre in Christchurch, NZ where I learned to spin. I’m so inspired when I’m around other artistic people.

209. Terri said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 12:33 am

     My dream is to sell this book and then write and sell another…I dream about being able to provide another paycheck for the family and showing my kids, not just telling them, that they really can do anything they put their mind to.

210. Nancy said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 1:01 am

     I have been working for the last year in creating my dream by starting my own small business and becoming a consultant to help our area nonprofits grow and thrive. Little by little, with a lot of hard work it is all coming together. I hope to grow my business until I’m ready to retire and then sell it so that I can knit to my heart’s content To make it even better, my dream is that my family will all move back within driving distance so we can see each other often.

211. Lois Yamada said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 1:11 am

     Here goes:

     1. I was a history major in college and as a result I have always dreamed of taking a trip to Greece. I want to explore every inch of it and soak up all of the history, art and culture it has to offer. Whoa, I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

     2. My real grandiose dream is to have a wealthy clientele clamoring for all my hand knitted items (I would do customer orders too) so I could make a lucrative living by doing what I love, knitting.

     3. Sheri, you could help me out with the last one: I am dreaming of being one of the winners on Wednesday and snagging a skein of the much sort after Wollmeise

212. Dan Desmarais said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 1:12 am

     My dream is that some day soon my marriage to Chris, my husband and partner of 16 years, will be honored and respected in every state of my beloved country.

213. GinkgoKnits said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 2:31 am

     My dream is not to need to see any doctors or dentists for six months — not likely for me but that’s why it’s a dream. As someone who broke a tooth on Easter Sunday (and not even while eating candy), I could really use some good luck by winning a skein of the big W!

214. Ann Carpenter said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 3:10 am

     Sheri, My dearest dream is to have my husband live nine more years at least for our 50th anniversary. He has had two heart attacks, is a Type II diabetic, and has started to have kidney problems. I am terrified of losing him because I know it would kill me to be alone. I am terrified of being alone, scared of an empty house, have no children, no family, no friends, nothing and that scares me to death. So, please, you and all your readers, pray for us and beg God to keep my darling alive.
     Ann Carpenter aka Furknitter on Ravelry, in Dallas, Texas

215. Sarah said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 5:28 am

     My dream is to raise (almost) all our food on my own land–garden, orchard, maybe some chickens and ducks and geese, maybe even a pygora goat or two for the yarn and the milk!

     I’ll need somehow to acquire the land, the expertise, and the energy to do it all, but once I’ve got those, it should be a piece of cake, right?

216. Rasa Chambers said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 6:20 am

     My dream today is that I score some of that Wollmeise because I keep hearing that it is dreamy…I’ve been dreaming about it…and following it for over a year…never the lucky one to score any…just following it:(

217. Amanda B said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 7:01 am

     My dream is to retire to the coast of Maine, where I can sit on my porch and hear the ocean while I knit.

218. SarahJ said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 7:57 am

     Well, my biggest dream is one that only my husband can help me with: become a mother. It’s been my dream for a long, long time, and fortunately it looks like it’ll become a reality sooner rather than later.

     Aside from that, I also want to write a novel one day. Oh, and maybe get my hands on some Wollmeise.

219. Larissa Kennedy said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 8:10 am

     I’d like to live in China again – partly because when I was there was one of the best times of my life, but also because I felt like I left too soon. I can work on my Chinese here, and try to do that, but it is hard. This dream is not out of reach, but it would mean giving things up – something that at this point I’m not ready to do.

     Other than that: someone to clean my house, unlimited funds to remodel it, unlimited time for knitting!

220. Cindy in Happy Valley said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 8:17 am

     I want to find a home big enough for a craft room and my lovely Betsey Ross Spinet which resides with my mother. (It desperately needs to be refurbished.)

     Then I want to learn to play stride piano.

221. Danielle from SW MO said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 8:19 am

     As others have stated I have several dreams as well.
     My number 1 dream is that after almost 2 years (May) I will finally start receiving my SSDI and will be able to repay all the debt that has occured in the last 3 yrs since my Spinal cord injury left me unable to work. My husband had to quit doing the work he loved (Funeral Director) to work for a major corporation and we had to move in with my parents this past yr just to survive. With this income (after the debts are paid) we will finally be able to save as well as build our dream home on 20 acres of my families land and start living the way we have dreamed of since before we were married.
     That is my biggest dream. I would also love to be able to design knitwear, sell the designs as well as the actual items and teach others how to knit.

222. Kjirsten said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 8:35 am

     My dream would be to travel around the world with my husband. We have so many places that we want to go. We are fortunate to be able to go on wonderful vacations, but with our jobs and the mortgage…you know…all those pesky demands on our time…I dream about having the time and the financial means to be able to travel all over the world.

     And to Ann Carpenter in Texas: I’ll send all my positive thougts your way…and you’re not alone. I bet you have a lot of Loopy Groupies that will pray for you and think of you.

223. JulieM said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 8:54 am

     I turned 50 this year and my dreams have changed over time. I’ve had a wonderful time raising four terrific children. I have a great husband and my dreams now are focused on transitioning to the post-children phase of our lives. I want to go on three cruises — one to the Scandinavian fjords, one throughout the Mediterranean and one to Alaska. Sounds so GOOOOD! Ready to go now.

224. Grace Yaskovic said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:06 am

     my dream is to have a published leaflet, book something like that of my own shawl designs. I have been lucky enough to have a few published individually but I want to have a book and be able to say I did that

     I have a second dream—my hub and I met 39 years ago when we were teens in Germany, someday it would be nice if we could go back

225. Suzie said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:14 am

     My dream is to finally be at my goal weight and be able to stay there. That means changing my habits and to stopping emotional eating. A side dream would be to live within walking distance of my job so that I could walk to work and relatively painlessly get exercise.

226. Stephanie from PA said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:14 am

     My dream is to go back to Kenya. I went there two years ago for research on water quality/scarcity, and fell in love with the people, culture and country. Unfortunately, I just graduated college and have large student loans to pay back, but my dream is within the next 5 years, to find a way to make it back there- either working with the Peace Corp, a long-term missionary project, or even with a company.
     The people we encountered there touched my heart, and more than anything I want to go back to those rural towns and schools and help to better their standard of life, and help those children experience more of the world than their village.

227. Claudia R said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:25 am

     I have so many dreams: I want to finish my ph.d. and teach at the university level. I want to be a writer and have something published. I want to move to provence for six months and learn how to really speak french, and I want to cook and bake so well that one day I can open a bakery/ cafe. Whew never told anybody that last one.

228. Amy said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:26 am

     I recently became a Silpada Jewelry rep and my dream is to take it to the next level. Lead other women in their dreams. If I succeed I can go on a trip with my husband paid for by Silpada. A trip that we would not give to ourselves.

229. another Michelle said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:29 am

     I looked at the YouTube video and Susan has a wonderful voice!

     It sounds like in addition to dreaming, it helps to adopt the Nike slogan and “Just do it!”

230. Theresa said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:36 am

     I am mostly living my dream. I am married to my soul mate. We have a smiling, happy, healthy 9-month old baby boy. I want to get really old with my husband. I want to see my baby boy grow up and be happy. I’d like to have one more baby (a girl, please. And while I’m dreaming, the next pregnancy can be free of morning sickness and uncontrollable itchies, please).

     And if someday we could live in a cottage someplace quiet near a beach within walking distance of a LYS, tea/coffee shop and library, that would be perfect.

231. Shannon said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:08 am

     My dream would be to have the willpower to finally start running and lose the 50lbs that I’ve gained the past three years trying to have a baby. There was a lot of ups and downs and a lot of really hard times. Now that we have sweet baby Sadie I feel like I’m not in the best shape to be the momma she deserves. I know I just need to get up and do it. It’s just a long road. Thanks for the contest!

232. Meredith said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:19 am

     My dream is to graduate, get a real job (I’m a grad student currently) so I can afford a small house with my husband, with enough of a yard we can start an “urban farm” with gardens, chickens, and maybe even two goats, and enjoy a simple life at home, even while still working.

233. Alexis said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:39 am

     My dream is to be happy, to love, and to be loved. Sometimes it seems like a lot to ask for…

234. Natalie said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:43 am

     My dream is to become a good spinner. And to write a novel. And to buy a little condo. And to be able to knit a lot faster!!

235. Janice said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:55 am

     My dream is to live in Colorado and own/run a retreat/bed&breakfast for families of pastors and those in ministry in need of time away.

236. Gladys said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:07 am

     My dream is to watch my two sons grow up into men I will continue to love and admire. They’re 3 and 5 now, and I can’t believe it because they were wee newborns just yesterday, I swear!

237. BadMommy said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:26 am

     I’ve always wanted to be a rock star. Since I don’t have the necessary talent to be a singing rock star, I’ve settled for being a rock star at whatever it is I happen to be doing – whether it’s parenting, the job that pays the mortgage, knitting, etc.

238. Wendy said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:35 am

     My dream is to be an international superstar

239. Debbie T. said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:42 am

     My dream once was to move to Colorado when I retire, have a small cabin outside of a rural area and have a place to enjoy my hobbies and the wildlife surrounding me. My dream has changed. I still love Colorado but since my daughter moved away for her job, my dream now is to move just close enough to her to enjoy time with her (and hopefully grandchildren one day) but not to close! I also used to want to lose weight but thankfully that dream has come true through a complete lifestyle change and a change of my eating habits. I went from a size 26/28 to a size 10/12 and feel terrific. For my height this is a great weight for me. I do wish I could run a half marathon one day with my daughter, but due to bad knees this won’t happen.

240. Linda J said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 12:38 pm

     My dream is to become a much better knitter and a great cook. Don’t have a great comfort level with either right now – but working on it!

241. Stephanie K from MI said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 12:38 pm

     My dream is to help women all over come out of bondage, fear, and addiction by learning the life-giving truths in the Word of God.

     I have been greatly blessed and am looking forward to giving it back!

242. Jamie said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 12:44 pm

     My dream is to one day finally go to vet school.

243. Heather H. said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 1:00 pm

     My dream is to make a career out of my creativity. Have to wait utnil my kids grow up a little first.

244. valerie said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 1:10 pm

     maybe i’m simple, but i just want to be happy. no worries–money, health, job–just…..happy.

     love, companionship, happiness. that’s all i want from life.

     valerie

245. Susan-a-Buffalo-Gal said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 1:23 pm

     I want 5-10 acres of land in Western New York where I can raise ALpacas, knit and read, read and knit, and have a huge vegetable garden. Throw in a little time for wet-on-wet watercolorsa and walking the land with the dogs. As long as my family is with me, I would be just fine.

246. Brianna said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 1:27 pm

     What wonderful timing Sheri! My mom had just sent me this link… it is so sweet!

     I’m very interested in community and economic development, planning, and small business. I think these all combine into my big dream of being able to think creatively and innovatively and help communities develop a high quality of life with good jobs, homes and community programs. However I can do that, that’s my dream

     P.S. My last order came in today- everything is beautiful!! Thank you!!

247. Cherie said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 1:49 pm

     My dream is one we have started, but are stuck on moving forward with. DH and I want to raise grass-fed beef and lamb, and we have the farmland in Kansas, but can’t get there for a couple of years, if ever, due to a personal obstacle. Instead, we live in a city, and dream of the days we can spend down at the farm. If we can just get there before we are too old to handle the work! In the meantime, we have a good life now, and to remind ourselves of how blessed we are is the daily dream.

248. Melody Bryan said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 2:09 pm

     So many worthy dreams here – it’s been interesting reading them.

     I bought a home last year – I’m faced with possibly losing my income this year – My dream is that the company I work for can continue to survive – we’ve already been given a mandatory pay cut in effort to keep going.

     My dream life would be for myself or my mom to win the lotto so that we didn’t have to worry about money any more – we don’t need millions – just enough to pay off our debts and houses and live comfortably and travel some.

     Continued health and happiness are such a blessing to us.
     Wishing you the same! Melody

249. ikkinlala said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 2:22 pm

     My dream is to figure out what my dream is.

     Yes, I know that’s kind of circular.

250. Melissa said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 2:25 pm

     Right now, my biggest dreams are totally attainable – with the right support (wouldn’t it always be nice to have more of that?). I want to dye yarn. Period. I have so many ideas in my head, and they just keep growing. They’re multiplying like bunnies. If i could just get the ideas out of my head and onto the yarn, I know I could sell it. Right now i’m in the “just starting out experimenting” stage. I’m loving it.
     My other dream (more of a goal/plan, really) is to go back to Alaska. Cruise, simple vacation, I’m not that picky. I just want to go back. It’s like in the travel commercial – “I heard Alaska calling….” =)

251. Annie S said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 2:33 pm

     Where to start? My dream is to live in New Mexico. I’ve traveled there many times and have tried to move there, but alas, it is not to be. Every time I’m there, my soul sings and my heart is happy.

     Another dream is to someday have enough money to make a large donation to the adoption agencies we used to adopt our lovely daughters. I’m thinking tens of thousands of dollars. So that less fortunate families can get financial assistance to adopt, birthmothers can get excellent care and foster families get the recognition they so richly deserve (our foster moms totally rocked and were the best). We’re lucky, we scrimped and saved to afford to adopt. Many families, especially in today’s economic times are not so fortunate.

     And one more dream is to visit my brother in Thailand with my husband and daughters. The cost of the plane tickets alone cause me to nearly pass out or consider bank robbery. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity that I fear will pass before my daughters are old enough to really make that kind of trip.

252. Liz said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 3:09 pm

     I have often dreamt about getting up on stage and singng a song that really moved the audience-however, I can’t carry a tune. I do admire those people, and get so excited when I watch the contestants on American Idol fulfilling their dreams. I think more time in the day would be useful too!

253. Susie said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 3:39 pm

     When I was kid, I absolutely loved reading, so my dream, believe it or not, was always to be a librarian! Now that I am an adult and I have renewed my love of needlework and knitting, of course my dream would be to own a yarn/needlework store.

254. hillis said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 4:03 pm

     My dream is to have a home in Pittsburgh,Pa and in Durham NC so I can be with my grandbabies, also opening a knitting store on the Outer Banks would be super duper. I love to knit and touch all the yarn in the knitting stores.

255. jeanne said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 4:38 pm

     I was surprised to see any of my dreams mentioned above. I have a few I’ll share:

     Personal – I’d like to see my 2 children develop into happy, successful individuals

     Business – I’d like to see the economy turn around so my business and my employees aren’t in danger of losing everything (this is personal too, but my husband and I are more resilient than the folks who work for us)

     World – I’d like to see the United States regain it’s popularity – it used to be that we could travel almost anywhere and be welcomed – us and our money – now not so much. Lots has happened to hurt Americans and our way of life – we need to rebuild ourselves and regain the respect of people around the world.

     Peace!

256. Elisa said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 5:05 pm

     I would like more time. Time to knit, time to travel, time to see the world and be in it with the people I love.

     The best part of this dream is that it is something I can make happen, I am sure there are more hours in the day that I am not making good use of as I could.

257. Erika said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 5:20 pm

     hee! My dream is too win at least one skein of Wollmeise of course.(thats my yarn wish) but my other wish is for any of my family members to be safe and live long and so can I. Another dream/ wish of mine is to help anyone I see in trouble. One of my relatives went to hike last September and found a dirty but adorable shih tzu. She followed my relatives around and it was hard for them to leave. Then they went back tomorrow to bring her back to their house and she wasn’t there. They found her waiting for them at the area where they last met. she ate wire and anything because she was so hungry. THey later found out that the last owner had died so she was abandoned. I want to fulfill a dream that can help anyone or anything in need, no matter how dirty they are.

258. allison said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 5:24 pm

     That woman from GB is amazing. I want to watch the video again and again, for inspiration and pure joy. Also, I love reading everyone’s dreams. May we all take one step in the direction of achieving our dreams!

     My dream is to open a Coffe Cafe. My DH and I are due to move to Canada in about a year or so, and that is what I would love to do when we are there. He is a Barist-O (haha) and I love cooking and baking, so I could provide the food and DH could be in charge of the coffee. Our Cafe would be a place for people to come and get away; to read, knit, study, and just be together. My DH and I are going to Canada to plant a church geared towards college/University students, or 18-29 year olds, and this Cafe would be the perfect venue for them. That’s my dream.

     Anyone live in Montreal that can help?

259. allison said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 5:25 pm

     May I just add that WENDY is hilarious!!!!????

260. Linda said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 5:35 pm

     My dream is simple. I want to survive this cancer long enough to see my small children grow up and be available as their mother.

261. Cathy said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 5:50 pm

     My dream is to someday go to a knitting camp or vacation getaway where I can spend a few days taking classes and learning techniques with other knitters!

262. Lou said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 5:58 pm

     My biggest dream is to be a mom, to have a child, perferably with my DNA. I’m 42 (didn’t marry until I was 37) and now, I want a baby. I have Lupus (SLE) and a pregnancy at my age (if I even get pregant) comes with high risks. We haven’t had much luck in conceiving, and it’s looking like we can’t afford enough rounds of IVF to get me pregnant and not to miscarry. Adoption is a viable option, but I really want to go the BIO route first. Meanwhile my biological clock is ticking…

     My second biggest dream is for a cure to be discovered for Lupus. I have been in remission for a few years now ,and I am grateful and remain optimistic. But I live with the knowledge that the possibility exists that I can have a flare up again.

     On a small scale, in the more do-able dream realm, I’d like to have my own internet business one day so I can be self-employed, working from home. I have ideas, but I don’t have any knowledge of how to build websites or a database for it with a search function. And there’s still the money thing. I’m not sure we have teh money to get this off the ground and not sure I’d be able to qualify for a loan. Does Web Guy work for handknit socks or other handknits????

263. Kristie Hankins said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 7:52 pm

     To lose weight and be a healthy example for my children.

264. Barb said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 7:58 pm

     My dream is to be healthy enough to get a job and stay there for a while. This has been a terrible winter with lung infection after lung infection. But things are looking up:-)

265. Michelle said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 8:09 pm

     My dreams… it was difficult to narrow it down to one…
     for my kids to grow to be good, honest, loving people…
     for my husband and I to travel when he retires (many years from now)…
     for my parents to live closer to us…

     to be owner of a cool knitting store…

266. Mary Anne said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 8:49 pm

     This is so wonderful—makes me realize how many of my dreams have come true (being 59 years old helps—I’ve had lots of time!). I dream of having more time—time to see my (teenaged) daughters grow and change and be women fulfilling their own dreams. My dream is to make it to 100—healthy and alert!

267. Melanie said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 8:56 pm

     My dream is simple. First I have a wonderful man in my life that doens’t want to be the reason that I don’t finish school. I am 12 credit hours away from achieving a double masters degree in business administration and organizational change. My dream is to have my degree, a ring on my left hand, and little one or two to knit for. I know to some that will be a lame dream. I already dream about when I am out of grad school I can finally tackle my yarn stash. I want to knit up all of the yarn that I have bought in hopes of a certain finished project.

268. Veronica said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 8:59 pm

     My dream is that my children live long, happy, and healthy lives (and hopefully I’ll be there for a lot of that).

269. Susan Ashmore said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:05 pm

     I’m the mother of two teen aged girls and a professional editor. The (volunteer) work I’ve enjoyed the most over the past few years has been helping my niece and nephew, my daughter and her friends with their college applications – to help them say what they mean to say in their own voices. It’s been a great experience helping these kids use the college hunt to define who they are and where they want to go. Now, I’m lucky enough to live in a fairly affluent place with lots of well-educated people around – and my dream is to find a way to take my talents to help kids whose parents or communities aren’t so college savvy to negotiate the process. I’ve looked into finding a grant or an organization to help, but I don’t really know how to go about reaching out to them.

270. Emma said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:10 pm

     My dream is to graduate from college and to become a youth pastor.I want to inspire high school students to live their lives with God, and to live to the best of their abilities.

271. Joyce said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:22 pm

     I dream of opening my own breakfast/lunch place. I’d serve great breakfasts (banana nut bread french toast, huevos rancheros, buckwheat pancakes, etc.) and wonderful lunches (ALWAYS homemade soups) and the best homemade pie in the world. I’d love to do that…..have thought about it for years…..but at the age of 59 I don’t know that I’d have the stamina. Hmmmm……..now I’m hungry!

272. Ro W. said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:23 pm

     My dream is to be able to stay home & be a full-time Mom and wife. It’s been so long since I’ve been able to do that. My kids deserve that & my husband deserves that. But it’s not to be, since my husband is not able to work. I’m really not old-fashioned, but I believe that women are better suited for home life then men. I’m not saying my husband doesn’t do a good job but I believe that we as women look at things differently than men and of course we are more compassionate towards our kids – men are more black & white. If you have kids, you know that there’s not much that is black & white. That would be my dream.

273. Megan said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:26 pm

     I have so many dreams…some are achievable, some are not. I would like to own a house, and not in the town I live in now. I dream that someday I’ll have a job I enjoy and it will be doing something creative with my hands. I also dream I will someday be comfortable with my body and how it looks. And, since dreams are dreams, I want to be famous.

274. Maegan said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:26 pm

     A few years ago, my grandparents had to sell the family farm due to financial issues. The farm had been in my family for over 120 years and I have many wonderful memories of growing up on the farm and playing in the woods on the 300+ acres. Selling the farm was quite devastating to the entire family, but it was especially difficult when the businessman from the city who bought the entire thing proceeded to bulldoze all the buildings (including my great-grandparents beatiful stone house that my grandfather was raised in and had been my husband and my first “home”) and log off two entire forests. He has since proceeded to do nothing with the property. I know that even after a few years it still feels strange that the land my family has been tied to and has provided us with a living for so many years is no longer in the family. My dream is to someday save enough money to buy the property back and attempt to restore it to something like it’s original condition.

275. Alexis Tabor said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:33 pm

     One of my dreams is to own my own tea parlor/gift shop (or)/knit shop. I love all things tea (dare I say more than knitting?) and when I used to work at one, it was my absolute favorite job. I’ve already got it figured out so that there would be a mini-library in the space where a person could curl up and relax with a pot of tea and fresh baked scone.

     However, the economy being what it is it’ll have to wait (and I have no behind the scenes business skills, I’d want to work IN the shop. )

276. Melanie Morin said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:34 pm

     I’m 27 and I’m in the middle of opening a business in my home town. Of course, it’s a yarn shop. There are none to speak of here and my dream is one day to be that great LYS owener that knows the entire community of knitters in her area, can help them with projects, knows all about everything and LOVES HER JOB! I aspire to be a great shop owner, learn all that I do not know but most of all, inspire the whole town to knit.

277. SUZANNE said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:35 pm

     My dream…mmmm I have always wanted my own house, but it’s pretty well impossible in Vancouver, ridiculous expensive for ordinary people, anyway , that’s material stuff… But I wish I could have more time to learn everything i need to learn for my crafts, knitting, spinning, weaving. Slowly getting there. Wollmeise, that would make my day, my second grandchild is due in July, that yarn would be for her/him.

278. Mel said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:38 pm

     Wow – I wish all of you the best with all your dreams. We all have it in us to make them come true. Watching that lovely woman yesterday made me sob… and also made me confront something. For years I was an actor/singer/dancer/theatre producer and just generally an all-out theatre person… and then in the last year of my undergrad while I was working full time, and trying to finish my Honours thesis, as well as running a community theatre compant, I got bitter about the theatre world. Five years later I think it’s time to put that bitterness aside – the only person I’m hurting with it is myself. I miss the stage – being on it, behind it and near it. I miss theatre and miss the feeling that happens when a curtain goes up. My dream is to be back on the stage in a new city (part two of an unrelated dream is to move out of the city I’ve been in for 9 years and start my MSc). Thank you for giving me the inspiration to put this in writing.

     Don’t dream it – be it!!! Who knew Rocky Horror could be so profound

279. Katy said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:38 pm

     My dream is to be a mama. It might be a long shot (my partner had radiation and chemo that has most likely left him unable to father kids and I had a liver transplant which makes pregnancy a bit riskier) but I remain hopeful that somehow someway someday I will be a mother.

     On the less long-range plan side, my dream is to have some time off to knit and relax and sleep in a little bit.

280. Nannette said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:41 pm

     Thanks for this post! I have to say that I’m pursuing my dream RIGHT NOW! I went back to school (at 37yo) to study Environmental Science. I started at my local “junior college” and am currently slogging thru my last semester. Some days its all I can do to get up and get myself there. I’m SO ready to graduate! I’m ready to be DONE! Its nice to get these reminders that this IS my dream. I can and will DO IT!

     But I’m not done yet. I need to go on to the “big university.” I applied and was accepted into my dream program at the University of Washington. Not only that, but I’ve been invited to join the Global Honors program at the school. I’m THRILLED!

     Had someone told me 2 years ago I’d be at this point, finishing up a successful time getting all my science and math credits done AND maintaining a 3.96 overall GPA all while raising a family (3 girls and a husband). I’d have told you that you were crazy. But now, I’m making my dream possible! It’s MINE!

281. Athena Nazario said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:43 pm

     I dream that one day my first novel will actually be published. I dream I will finish my second novel soon and that will also be published. I dream I will get tenure in the academic library where I currently work.

282. Joan said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:44 pm

     My dream is to write a book.

     Probably a short one.

     With a lot of sentence fragments.

283. Janet said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:45 pm

     Well….let’s see. If I had to really think about what my dream would be it would be that I wouldn’t have to work and could be a stay- at- home mom with my 7 yr. old daughter. I have 2 grown daughters and spent their childhood working, although from home. Really worked out well but still….it would be nice to have those days with my daughter without the distractions of 12 preschoolers every morning ( I run a preschool in my home). I would homeschool her and we would go on all sorts of field trips and I would have the time to teach her to knit and cook and garden. Wow! That would be so great!

284. Melissa said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:45 pm

     Gosh. I’ve already done a lot of things I dreamed about – going to art school, buying my first home, finding a Wii right after Christmas (hah!) but there are still some things I dream about – traveling to Australia, meeting the guy I’m going to marry, publishing novels, winning an award for something on a televised awards show…

     

285. MaryJo Legg said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:46 pm

     My dream would be to become independently wealthy so I could knit as much time as I wanted with wonderful luxury yarns without having work get in the way

286. Hannah B said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:51 pm

     I love that video! It’s so wonderful.

     My dream is to get a fantastic professor job in Seattle, WA when I finish my dissertation next year. My dream job would involve teaching really cool writing courses that I can create myself, preferably writing courses involving video, working in writing program administration, mentoring students. I’d also like to make a lot of money. I dream of paying off my student loans and traveling often with my soon to be husband.

287. Delia said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:51 pm

     My dream is that all my pain goes away, so I don’t have to take so much medication. My brain just doesn’t work as well as it used to work, and it’s 95% due to these drugs. Anyway, I want the medication to go away so I can go back to school for my master’s degree in nursing, to be a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA).

     I just know that I’m not done yet. I don’t know what I’m supposed to end up doing, but it’s not this. I’m from an entrepreneurial family of people who can not only sell ice to Alaskans, they can sell them two different freezers in which to put it. I could start my own business, like my father and grandfather did, but our credit is so lousy from my four-digit monthly prescription bill that I’d never get the money for startup costs.

     So I guess my real dream is to find out what my purpose is. I can’t describe the feeling. I just know somehow. I know I haven’t gone through this 15-year illness odyssey for nothing.

288. Mel said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:56 pm

     My dream is to become independently wealthy so I don’t have to work and can stay home with my son (and his sibling(s) that aren’t born yet).

     Barring that, I want a good teaching job in my field that allows me a good balance between my family and my work.

289. Candice Harris said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:58 pm

     My dream is for peace and comfort.

290. Kathleen said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 9:59 pm

     My dream is to be strong and brave enough to finally lose the extra 60 pounds I’m carring around so I can feel healty – then have the ability to quit my job and move to Hawaii so I can knit and quilt to my hearts desire! I know, I have lots of dreams!

291. nestra said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:00 pm

     My dream is to work out the story that has been rolling around in my head for a decade. It is more the working through of the characters that I want than anything else.

     I also dream for wrist transplants (damn tendonitis) so I can knit more!

292. Rebecca Walkup said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:10 pm

     My dream is to have it all. Two well adjusted and happy daughters. A small acreage on a fishing lake (a real one – not a glorified pond). Something just large enough for a small flock of miniature breknock hill cheviots and a couple goats. I’d love to spin, knit, make goat cheese and yogurt.

     In this dream we would either be in Michigan or at least some of my family would move down here to Illinois so we could be together more often.

     My husband would be in good health and happy working on machinery, as he loves to do (in a pole barn that I can’t see from our house).

     We would be able to support ourselves comfortably by expanding our current freelance endeavor and the proceeds from our collective hobbies.

     Ohhh to dream…

293. Kathy Davis said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:13 pm

     I dream of retiring from my stressful career someday and finishing out my days living rurally on a little farm with a white house that has a wide porch where I would set up my quilting frame and sit in a big rocker and knit while I watch the sun go down. My garden would hold all of my heirloom tomato plants and peppers. I would take up canning and have a few fruit trees. All of my jars of fruits and veggies would make a rainbow on the cellar shelves. I would be able to walk to a small church where good honest plain people meet to worship and often stay after for a casserole supper. Community. I would have just enough space to tend to two alpaca, two sheep, and two goats. A German lop eared bunny named Petunia. All of my bushes would be blue hydrangeas and on the fourth of July, I would have iced lemonade and bar cookies on the porch watching fireworks over town. Next to me would be sitting my as yet non-existent grandson and my wonderful basset hound, Lily.

294. Sara said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:14 pm

     To write my novel(s)! And to knit faster/have more time for knitting. Stupid work/school/life… lol.

295. Brynna said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:14 pm

     My dream, well, dreams, sort of intersect. I want to finish losing the weight I started to lose (I’m down 75lbs, I want to lose another 75), and I want to be able to support myself with a freelance photography business, so I can move to Toronto and not have to worry about the part where I don’t have a job waiting for me so that Canada lets me in more easily, and so I can have time to write and knit and still make a living with something else that I absolutely love. I’m tired of being unemployed, and depressed, and wishing things were different, I want to *make* them different.

296. yohopaulie said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:14 pm

     what is my dream? i have soo many. .. ive seen a few in your dreams .but what i’d really like….

     i would love to walk into my craft room one day -a real craft room with ;lots of windows and a CAPTAIN KANGAROO window seat – you know what im talking about if you’re old enough to remember the show.. Oh and lots of shelves and bins and drawers.. wall to wall…and see it full of yarns and rovings and dyes and a spinnning wheel..or two..maybe one i could take with me when i travel to all the cool yarn festivals and stuff..

297. Stephanie (brianbabymama on rav) said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:23 pm

     My dream is to finally get the braces and surgery necessary to fix my teeth. Last I checked it was at least $5,000 and that was back when I had ins. Who knows how much it would cost me now I’m not sure I’ll ever see that dream come true

298. Lynn said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:23 pm

     Isn’t it funny how dreams change throughout our lives? The things we dream of as children are often so fanciful that we abandon them in our rush to grow up, lest we be viewed as children a moment longer than we find it comfortable. Too often, most of us (myself included), slog about, bogged down in our daily trials, and find it hard to even remember what dreams captivated us so very long ago. But the lucky among us hold tight to those dreams, even if only to smile at the memory of them.

     For a long time, in my grown-up life, I had the grown-up dream of having a daughter. When life brought me two sons I was confronted with having to give up that dream. (If you have the time and inclination, you can read about it at pinkmamatini.wordpress.com.) I started a blog to capture the sometimes tender and often riotously funny moments of my kids’ lives, and to explore writing — which is, I admit, another dream I have long held. I could never have known that the loss of one dream was necessary to bring me these two boys — these two brothers — who bring me more pure joy than I could have ever imagined. When I wrote about the loss of that dream, the words found me. I haven’t had the time to write in quite awhile, what with a hectic life getting in the way. But perhaps the real problem is that when I think about writing about these two little gifts that life gave me, I’m afraid I won’t find the words, and they won’t find me.

     So beyond the dreams for stuff and things, for futures and possibilites, I dream of words. Words that are right. Words that tell the story in my heart. Words so important that someday when my little boys are men, they will read them and know what a gift it is to be their mother.

     And Hawaii wouldn’t be bad either

299. Ruth in NJ said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:25 pm

     Please don’t laugh! Truly, my current dream of dreams is to knit ALL the yarn in my stash before it’s too late. My fear is that after I’m gone all those gorgeous yarns might not fall into appreciative hands. They might just wind up being used for decorative ties on gift packages. Gotta knit faster!!

300. Judy in WA said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:36 pm

     My dream is to own a yarn shop. A yarn shop that would have much yarn to offer, as well as a welcoming cozy place to come knit and hang out. It would offer great coffee, tea and good things to eat.

301. jenny heard said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:41 pm

     Before I saw the video, I thought it would be easy to tell you my dream, or the latest of my dreams, but now I’m not sure. The video is fantastic. I’m glad it is flying all over the internet. It should. But here’s my dream, and it has nothing to do with talent. but at least it part of my life’s pattern and vision. I would like to connect with a village in rural Mexico, in the state of Oaxaca or Michoacan, with women who need to supplement their income and help them develop a local craft — weaving, spinning, whatever they do — and connect them with a market in the U.S. Some additional income and a cooperative in the town could make a difference, and I’d like to help it happen,with some funds, lots of enthusiasm, and U.S. contacts. Maybe someone reading this will have some thoughts. I have a son, who lives in Mexico city, and he may be able to help me. Maybe a trip there next winter? A ravelry group? A website?

302. Mary Jane said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:43 pm

     Too many dreams for one life! Jenny Holzer said “To believe in reincarnation is to admit defeat.” Well, I admit defeat and need another couple of go-rounds to get through everything. The main dream would be to quit the day job (useless, futile, waste of time that it is) and make and grow beautiful things all day and into the night.

303. Sarah said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:46 pm

     I think dreams are the best way to live your life, especially when you seek to fulfill your dreams. I’ve had several dreams in my life. The first was to run a marathon and complete a marathon, which I did on one of the warmest November days in DC. Then I dreamed of living on the road full time. My husband, I, and our 4 boys did this for 4 years and had a wonderful time touring the USA. Then I dreamed of owning a homestead where we could become self sufficient and ultimately own our own fiber animals. Well, we’ve purchased our homestead and started on this journey of self sufficiency. I don’t know how long it will take us to get there, but we are working to make our dream come true.

     So yes, everyone should have dreams. They are what makes life worth living. Go for your dreams and make them come true.

304. Anita said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:51 pm

     My dream is for my boys, I live a great life, and I hope that theirs is just as wonderful as adults – one wants to sing on Broadway and the other wants to be a sportscaster. I hope that they reach their goals, I did. And while I dream for them, I will continue to knit for them, so they are wrapped in comfort and love.

305. Pamela Nees said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:52 pm

     I have a dream to open up a home for people who are hurting. My husband and I built our home 7 years ago, with the intention of having our parents live with us when they got to the point they could not care for themselves. We housed and cared for both of my in-laws here with us until they died. My own father (87) may soon be joining us. Currently we have a wonderful woman living with us who needed a place to stay, and for health reasons (cancer and financial issues), she is unable to rent a place herself. I know of several other women who could really benefit it they lived here with us, also. For our own financial reasons, we are unable to offer this to them. I’d love to just fill up our other 2 bedrooms with those in need, provide their food, and offer them some security for as long as they would need it. I would call it Hope House.

306. Chelsea said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:55 pm

     My dream is extremely selfish and silly. I was so close to it last night and I mucked it up. I have really wanted to meet the lead singer of my favorite band for long time now. I managed to get some meet and greet tickets to a concert of theirs for last night. My husband and I drove 6.5 hours to get there and when I finally got to the table I could hardly say anything. I was such a bumbling idiot and have been kicking myself since. Even hubby said I really messed that up! So I would wish for a chance to start yesterday over or get any kind of second chance to really do it right.

307. nan said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 10:59 pm

     I don’t think any of you are asking too much so my dream is that all of your dreams come true!
     Me, I am happy, healthy & employed so I don’t have a thing to complain about but would like to live more in the moment & appreciate the here & now instead of take it for granted.

308. Laura said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:07 pm

     My dream is to be able to make a living through something art-related. I studied art as my undergrad, but needed to put food on the table and ended up doing something else for a living. My job is still rewarding, and I do contribute good to society (at least I endeavor to) but it would be wonderful to wake up in the morning and be creative for a living in a new way. I would love to be a graphic atist and illustrator. Although I’m taking courses to keep up with my current license in my job, when I’m finished, I’m planning on getting into a certificate program in graphic design and making my dream a reality.

309. Elaine said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:12 pm

     When I was in my thirties, my dream was to go back to school and get my Bachelor’s degree. I achieved this dream over a 7 year period, working and going to school part-time. Achieving this dream enabled me to get a great job, buy a house and to put my kids through college. My current dream is to live in the Outer Banks, NC, preferably Corolla. We have been going there on vacation for the past three years and I feel like I belong there. I would love to have a house close to the ocean and large enough to have my kids and their families (eventually) come to visit whenever they want.

310. Tina said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:14 pm

     I am 37 and my dream is to persue becoming a writer now that my son is starting school this fall. I have wanted to do this my whole life, but something always has gotten in the way or had to come first. Now I am slowly trudging along with almost 2 chapters but too scared of being let down.

311. janet said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:25 pm

     My dream is to find my passion and make a living doing it. it will be some combination of yoga, alternative health for women, maybe midwifery and healing foods. I want to help people find balance in their lives. i also dream of living in a community of family and friends in a place where we can take care of some of our own needs (food, power , etc)
     My short term goal is to have a complete stash or even one ball of wolle meise and to choose all of the socks that rock colors i want
     may we all live our dreams!!

312. Therese said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:38 pm

     Susan Boyle is such a gutsy and real woman! I don’t have a dream of personal accomplishment in the public eye like hers, and my dreams now aren’t those I had ten or twenty years ago.

     My main dream is that my children are good, honest, kind, just and truly happy. For myself, I dream that I am organized and caught up with my “to do” list!

313. Olivia said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:45 pm

     My dream is pretty silly but none the less it would be my own personal heaven. I would love to have a cat ranch. Think crazy catlady with enough room for everyone to be happy, healthy, safe and have room to roam. Kinda like this place http://www.cathouseonthekings.com/

314. Becky said,

     April 16, 2009 @ 11:50 pm

     As I grow older, my dreams change and become simpler. Right now, I have the dream of owning my own home and having another dog and a place to put my loom and all my fibers. I dream of spending my days with my parents and making them more comfortable and less fearful as they age. Oh, and the never-changing dream of dropping off a few pounds to take the pressure off my joints. Simple dreams — because life is good.

315. roberta shafer said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 12:24 am

     I am lucky enough to be living my dream. I live in LilyDale, NY the oldest spiritualist community in the united states. We have a lake, a forest, a beach, and a beautiful community. The snow is all gone now, and the squirrels are eating my crocus bulbs, even that is wonderful. We have an exciting 10 week tourist season each summer with a Victorian weekend, the making of a sand mandela by the Tibetan Monks of Loseling Temple, visitors from all over,classes, shops, food. It is a magical place to live. I live with 2 wonderful housemates who challenge and encourage me, and three horrible dogs who run the house. I have had the honor of babysitting the beautiful Isabella Pearl for the 2 years since her birth and she calls me Auntie Star. I have wonderful knitting friends and a lys just 7 miles from home. Want to share my dream, come visit LilyDale.

316. Kate Tanaka said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 12:35 am

     My dream is lots of things, to travel to New Zealand with the kids and see some of the scenery from Lord of the Rings, to travel to Canada and go on the Rocky Mountain Railway, but most of all to be better as a family at creating and nuturing, being better global citizens, respecting the environment and each other, and that the world as a whole will become a better place to live (some places are lovely already, if you are lucky enough to be born in a “nice” country) so that our kids and their kids can enjoy it!!

317. Megan G. said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 12:36 am

     To be the director of a women’s studies related museum. It will be a museum that makes a difference in the lives of people like several museums have made me rethink the world. That’s my dream.

318. Ingrid said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 1:09 am

     I’m studying computer programming. My dream is to have a job in that field that I love, and that pays well enough that I can afford to buy or build an ecologically responsible home.

319. dlotter said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 1:12 am

     My dream is for my husband to be able to retire and for us to move back to the north coast of California to live among the redwoods. I would love for us to live near my son and for my husband & I to live a peaceful, quiet life. I hope that we will continue to have good health and to never want for more than we can provide.
     - Denise

320. RubyTandMe said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 1:29 am

     My dream is to have a small hobby farm, and spend my days knitting, tending the animals and gardening. I’d love to have the time to bake bread and cook great meals from scratch. I’d also like that dream to fund itself without my having to go out to work! Haven’t worked out how that bit will happen yet!

321. Crystal said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 1:41 am

     I was a 19 year old single mother when I had my first baby. It was difficult to get the childbirth education and labor support that I could have used. My dream is to become a doula to help other women (especially young &/or single) to have a great birth experience and to bond with their babies and successfully breastfeed. I have wanted to become a doula for years, but have never been able to pay for the certification course. Hopefully, this will be the year!!

322. Nadja said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 2:31 am

     My dream is to one day live in a house. I’ve had this dream my entirely life. I’ve grown up in a small apartment and only ever lived in apartments. Houses are expensive to buy here (you need at least 200000€ to buy and move into a small house, that’s outside of the city) and I am saving up money but I am afraid that we won’t make it. I always wanted to raise my own family in a house with a nice small garden the way I had wanted to grow up. I’ll be 30 this summer and we’re planning to start our family this year, it will be difficult to save money in the coming years, I think.

323. Trine said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:05 am

     I am 20 years old, and I usually get a lot of eyerolling, snorts and lectures on feminism when I dare to say out loud what one of my biggest dreams is.

     I want to get married and have lots of children. I want to live in a big house with a big yard and to be a stay-at-home-mum. I don’t want ALL my life to be about house and babies, though, so I’d also like to have a small business on the side.. Like keeping an herbal garden and making teas to sell. Or working in a social office, helping young girls who’ve lost their way and have given up hope. I just can’t think of anything else that would make me ridiculously happy.

     A more realistic dream (at least right now) is also pretty big – I want to overcome my anxiety and be able to live life to the fullest. I want it to stop controlling me, so I can relax and be happy. I’m starting therapy in August, but it just seems so far away. I do what I can each day to remind myself that it doesn’t control me.

     Oh, and I LOVE Susan Boyle! What a woman! We all knew that when she walked out and said she wanted to sing, everyone in the audience (and at home) were thinking “Pssh, yeah right!”. But she went out and did it! So inspiring.

324. nanacindynz said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:06 am

     My dream is to have my husband’s health back to normal sometime soon so we can start our family. kinda lame i guess but that’s totally my deepest desire!

325. Shelia Joyce Carrasco said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:12 am

     Two years ago, my husband and I bought 18 acres of pristine land high in the Andes Mountains some 550 miles south of Santiago, Chile. It was our dream to return to my husband’s homeland and own a “parcelita”. Now, with the land duly inscribed in our name , the dream is build a small house on our seismically active land that has views of two volcanoes! Our challenges include no electricity, a rather inaccessible road in the winter and plenty of snow, rain and wind. These obstacles have not dampened our spirits as we continue to sketch our dream house, plan our garden and of course, raise the sheep for my wool addiction! Our land has a name “Rincon del Cielo” -”Heaven’s Corner”. Now, our dream is to build a house on this small piece of God’s creation.

326. Mette said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:19 am

     My current dream is to exel in my exams this spring. It might not seem like a big dream, but it is to me

327. Ellen said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:21 am

     My dream is to have a family home in New Zealand. The New Zealand bit is sorted (DH is from there, we’re emigrating probably this year, but definitely by the end of 2010). The family is yet to come, so part of the dream is to have a couple of healthy, happy, noisy, fun, loving kids. The home- well, I’d like to have a house with a big garden for growing vegetables, and a workshop for me where I can spin, and dye stuff (not possible in a tiny flat!), and of course, knit and crochet and store my stash! I also dream of my husband having a good job, so I don’t have to work full time, but can stay home and take care of the children.
     It’s not a huge dream, but it’s mine.

328. Genny said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:42 am

     So many dreams! The hardest thing for me has always been deciding which ones I wish for most so I know where to go.

     I dream of being able to afford the MLS I’m due to start in September, since without it I can’t go anywhere in my beloved career of academic librarianship.

     I dream that my husband will find a job he loves and finds fulfilling, and that it’ll last until he’s ready to leave it.

     I dream of paying off all our debts.

     I dream of owning a home and having healthy, happy children.

     I dream of someday having a self-sufficient smallholding in the Cotswolds (once we get out of London!), where he can keep bees and brew mead and I can grow organic herbs and plants for dyeing and cooking and healing.

     I dream of someday being able to write the PhD I’ve had ticking over in my brain for the last 6 years and becoming Dr Grim. (No, really!)

     I dream, and this is pure fantasy, of a world where moths don’t eat yarn and I could admire them for being pretty without fearing for my stash.

329. Ilje said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 4:05 am

     My dream has for a long time now been to quit my “destined” profession and take another education which is completely unrelated in every possible way. And a couple of days ago the application deadline expired. My application is in the system somewhere now, and I can’t wait to get started! Connected to this dream is my wish of getting married and having kids before it is too late, but this I don’t want to stress. When it happens, it happens. In the meantime I’ll snuggle up to my man and keep dreaming. Sometimes that’s part of the charm.

330. julianne bredestege said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 4:20 am

     My biggest dream someday is to have one of my paintings end up in a famous museum… just one would be enough for me! Anything, I need to get back to painting. I took up knitting/spinning b/c it was a lot more portable than oil painting… I have a little room that is full of junk in my house- it is waiting for me to clean it out and begin to paint again! Soon, I promise… sometimes I use my paintings as my ravatars just so they can be seen somewhere:)

331. Kim Sibert said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 5:33 am

     I live with a very debilitating illness and it has taken almost everything away from me. It did give me one gift though, I learned to knit as a result of not being able to do anything that I used to. I truly believe that knitting saved my life, I was very depressed and had given up on life. So my dream is to use the wonderful passion that I have gained to raise money to help find a cure or at least a treatment for this disease. I also dream that once that treatment is found that I will be able to do some of the things that I used to love once again. Although if they cured me tomorrow I would never give up knitting. It has become my comfort, my friend, what keeps me going, able to keep more of a positive attitude, and my true passion. I will always be grateful for the one thing that came into my life when everything seemed so hopeless. Even if I can’t get out of bed, I can usually knit. I am also hoping to learn to crochet. I apologize if this doesn’t seem like a happy dream, but to me it is the most joy I have had in years. Good luck to all of you on your dreams.

332. Kim Sibert said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 5:36 am

     I forgot to mention that I live in Colorado, and living here is definitely like a dream come true. I have never been anywhere as beautiful and that has such wonderful people. I hope you make it here, you will love it!
     Kimmypooh on ravelry

333. Siffe said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 5:39 am

     I’m from Denmark.
     I live alone after my husbond did suicide 7 years ago caused a disease – My dream is to meet a nice man once more in my life and to fall in love again …..

334. andrea whiteside said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 5:51 am

     I live in an economically depressed area of New York. My dream is to start a women’s fiber arts collective. I have found an organization which will sponsor this and I have a promise of some initial funding. I am currently trying to gather an initial group of women to begin to work on the fleece we have been promised and to spin and dye and knit it. Eventually I want the collective to be able to sell our products through all the yarn shops others are dreaming of having.

335. Anne said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 5:52 am

     I want to live somewhere with a little balcony crammed with flowers — and have more time to knit.

336. Gina said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:00 am

     My dream is to finish my education. I started college at 18, got married at 20 and had my first child at 23. I’ll be 39 in two weeks so this is a dream I’ve had for a long time. I’ll have an associates degree in two years but my ultimate dream is a BS. From there I want to be successful in my career. I want to have all the certifications behind my name and for people to say “hey she came into this field later in life but wow look at her.”

337. Michelle said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:04 am

     My dream… I’m getting there. After spending my entire life dependent on either my parents or my husband, I’m now nearly done with a divorce. I have lived on my own and supported myself (with no alimony from my ex but the help of some very good friends) for over a year, the longest I have ever done so. There are a lot of challenges still ahead, but I’m stronger and more self-confident and growing every day.

338. Jackie said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:24 am

     My dream is simple….to have the time to investigate my creative interests (knitting, photography, quilting, sewing, rug hooking, stitching, and papercrafts) and to be able to volunteer in schools offering free tutoring (particularly in math, reading, and career interests). I’m a professional for a nationwide bank. That’s not what I wanted to be when I grew up. I fell into it, was good at it, and it pays the bills. While I love it, it doesn’t fill me up, if you know what I mean. So the number/math geek part of me has been satisfied. BUT in the last year I’ve learned that I was totally wrong when I said I don’t have a creative bone in my body. That is something I’d love to develop to it’s fullest! And while I’ve started on that path, I’d love to have the means to devote myself to figuring it all out on a full time basis!

339. Jolene said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:26 am

     Fun to read about everyones dreams!

     My dream is still in the taking-shape phase at this point… I am lucky to have a good job, but it really feels like work the majority of the time. I am a pharmacist in a 300 bed acute care facility so there is a ton of responsibility and pressure. My coping strategy to relieve that stress is to knit/quilt/spin like a crazy woman!

     Someday, if I can swing it… my dream is: to turn my passion for creating all things fibery and crafty into some sort of a career that I actually enjoy. Maybe owning a yarn and fabric store, or teaching classes (which I love to do!) or designing things that others will be excited to make. someday!

340. Helen said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:38 am

     My dream is to get hold of some of this sock yarn. You’d think in Australia we would be able to get wool but most of us shop on-line to obtain ‘the good stuff’ – especially here in the West. I love my crafts but sometimes it’s difficult. Things get lost in the post or take months to arrive and the impetus is lost. I’m sure that there are many more worthy dreams than mine however. Thanks for the opportunity!

341. Joyce said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:44 am

     My dream is also very simple. I want to grow old together with my wonderful husband of 40 years….and to have a sock drawer full of hand knitted socks.

342. Robin said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:45 am

     My dream is to have a house. Even with the market as it is, I would still need the perfect house to be pretty cheap. Right now I live in a noisy 4-plex and I need my space and my noise and no one living above me but the weather! Come on little house, come to me!

343. Lisa said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 7:02 am

     Oh this one is easy — I have dreamed of opening a fiber store for 20 years. While I am a knitter, it could included all types of fiberness. I have not had the resources for this venture, but have had the dream in the back of my mind always. Maybe someday –

344. Kathy said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 7:03 am

     Make a positive difference in my son’s life and that we might enjoy life together once again.

345. Marla said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 7:12 am

     One of my dreams is to work in or own a yarn store–to be surrounded by beauty and enthusiastic knitters would be divine.

     Another is to play bass in Dave Brubeck’s quartet. I did fulfill my dream of learning how to play the bass ten years ago, but wish I could play a lot better. Dave is one of my musical heroes!

     My biggest dream is to return to the career that I left–delivering babies–when multiple sclerosis caught up with me. I dream of a cure, of running down the street after the ice cream truck, of running up a flight of stairs, of dancing all night….I’m still well enough to walk my dog and take care of my kids, but I’m just not who I want to be without my career.

     Thanks for letting me vent.

346. Syd T. said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 7:25 am

     My dream is to find a way to help my God-Parents fix up the property they use to help people. They are older and it is 10 acres and things are falling apart. They do workshops and gatherings and assist people in need. Now they are the ones in need. My dream would be to raise money and helping hands to do the much needed repairs on the buildings and property so they would have one less thing to worry about.

347. Leah said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 7:29 am

     My dream is to move to Kentucky and learn how to ride a horse. There are no jobs there for me right now, but I am expanding my skills for when the economy improves.

348. Jen said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 7:33 am

     My dream is to one day open a HUGE knitting store/coffee/tea shop. With a vast classroom area and tons of comfy lounge area to encourage people to sit and knit and sip on yummy beverages. The lounge and coffee/tea bar would be up front so that non-knitting customers would be comfortable hanging there too. The classroom and knitting stuff would be toward the back. I would specialize in teaching new knitters and have knit nights several nights a week. Basically, I dream of the knitting store that I would like to go to on a regular basis to escape and connect with other knitters. I have no business knowledge whatsoever, but maybe when my kids are grown I will see what I can do!

349. Jen T. said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 7:34 am

     My dream… It’s hard to put into words, honestly. I wish I could find a better way to balance my need/desire to work, and my need/desire to be home with my daughter.

350. Arlene said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 7:44 am

     For the past few years, I’ve been plagued with migraines for no medically “fixable” reason. My dream/wish/hope is to wake up one morning, and they’re just gone, done, over. I was so glad for this contest theme though because it got me thinking about my life, and I realized I’m pretty much living my dream – I don’t think I’d change a thing. So thanks, Sherri!

351. Anne said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:01 am

     Can I have two dreams? OK, good. Professional first. I am a homecare Physical Therapist and work with so many people after the fact–after the fall and fracture, after they have had a progressive disease like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s for ages and start to fall. You get the picture. My dream would be to have my own little business where I would help people make their homes safe before they fall and get hurt. Where I could instruct people in simple home programs to keep them strong, flexible and balanced before they fall or can’t follow instructions, or their bodies are so rigid they can’t come back. Preventative Physical Therapy is one of my dreams.

     My dream for my personal life would be to take a year, maybe two, off and travel the world with my husband and son. Not only to experience the art, the cultures, the architecture and world wonders, but also to teach our son how priveleged he is to live in this country. Even during economic downturn, we still have the opportunity to live in comfort beyond the wildest hopes of so many people in this world. But so many who live so simply are happy and I think it is valuable to learn to live with less and be happier for it. Of course, sock yarn doesn’t count!

352. Adelle said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:06 am

     My dream is to someday have a child. All I ever wanted was to be a mom… and I thought I would be married by now with about 4 kids. Instead I am single and a doggy mommy (and my dog is the best thing is the world!!) Still, I would love to have a mini-me someday. I just wondering if I am getting too old at this point…

353. Benita said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:14 am

     I have a dream… sorry, that’s already been used.
     But, I do have a dream. And it starts after I finish my bachelor’s in nursing.
     I want to start a fiber processing business and restart my Shetland sheep farm.I had to sell off most of my Shetlands because of the fool ( NOT the term I used ) neighbor told the sheriff that if they got out and ate his grass ( OH PLEASE!!! ) then he would shot them.So, I sold off all but 8 that I absolutely couldn’t part with and it was very hard to do.
     What I want to do if to start a fiber processing business ( there’s not one very close to me ) and make all kinds of beautiful rovings and yarns for others to knit with. I will start to look for a new farm after I graduate next fall and start to buy more Shetlands and hopefully, in a year or 2, be able to purchase the mill equipment I need for the fiber business.
     I don’t think there would be a better way to start the day than to go to the barn and lets the lambs and ewes out and then walk over to the ” office ” and start processing wool. Even if I only get to process my own wool, I will be a happy camper, but I would be even happier to take some raw wool and turn it into some soft beautiful roving or yarn for someone to make into a special item fr their loved one..

354. Melissa said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:14 am

     I grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City, but when I was 22 I move to the Washington DC area, and I personally think it is miserable out here; it is noisy, chaotic, violent, and polluted. My dream is to go back to Kansas, or western Missouri and live a little outside the city, but close enough that it is still a reasonable to drive the nearest Target  I want a very large garden so I can feed myself and my family (but I’m not married nor do I have kids yet so I guess that is part of the dream as well) and friends. I want to have a few chickens, a lot of dogs, maybe a sheep or two, and just live a quiet and simple life.

     I would love to have solar panels, or a wind turbine, and live as green as possible. I want to raise amazing children, who are polite, friendly, intelligent, caring, talented, and independent. I want to work from home, using my creativity, rather than working in a cube barely using my brain, a big barn with a ton of natural light for a photography studio, where I can teach different crafts, and art. I want to have my parents live nearby so my children can have the kind of grandparents that my grandparents never were. I want to be a great mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend. I want everyone I know to be happy and healthy.

355. Marylu said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:17 am

     I have a couple of dreams that I would like to share.
     First, and most importantly,is that my family be healthy and happy, and get to achieve all of their personal goals. Without them, I would have nothing.

     Secondly, on a more personal note, I have a dream of owning and operating my own yarn store someday. Ever since I discovered the joys of knitting and what it has added to my life, I have wanted to share it with others. Seems like a pretty simple dream, but it means a lot to me.

     Thanks for running this contest Sheri! It’s made me take some time and think about what really means something to me. It’s so easy to get caught up in the everyday hustle and bustle and forget to just sit and think about what is truly important in life : D

356. Alice said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:30 am

     Wow…What an awesome contest to start! Sheri, You can move to Colorado one day, but you must take the TLE with you. There would be alot of yarn deprived knitters/crocheters walking around aimlessly with no direction without TLE…hehehe!

     Dreams? hmmmm… I would love to be financially free! Wow! That would be so awesome! I would like to dabble in dyeing, but really don’t have any kind of setup to even think about this right now. Never tried it, but it has definitely peaked my interest. Since we can dream big here…my biggest dream would be to have my 10 yr old daughter back. She passed away 3 years ago. I know I will see her again one day, but it will be me going to her instead of her coming back to me.

     Thanks so much Sheri for starting this contest. I almost didn’t post, but then decided to anyway.

357. Lee said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:35 am

     My dream is that the war (s) would end , so my husband would not ever have to go there again. Nor our children.

358. Jody O said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:47 am

     To knit while watching the Blackhawks win the 2009 Stanley Cup. To knit while watching the Cubs win the 2009 World Series. To retire so that I can teach more knitting classes and learn to spin. To score some Wollmeise so I can see what all of the excitement is about. Hmm…being a winner here could make that one come true!

359. tammy said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:51 am

     I could never afford to go on this trip, so it is truly a dream. I’ve dreamed for years to visit and linger in Ireland for a while , before I grow too old, and before I die. Some of my ancestors are from there and I feel them tugging inside my soul, like visiting a home I left behind in the past. To see the green landscape and the cottages, the peoples and listen to their voices w/ their lovely accents. I feel like I would be returning home. My grandmother use to tell me when I was a child, that I had big dreams.

360. Suellen said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:53 am

     My dream is to have time to knit more, to learn to spin, to plant and tend to a garden. To live a peaceful, self-sustaining existence.

361. Steph said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:58 am

     As I thought about what to write here, I began to realize how my dreams have changed over the years, especially over these last few as I have two wonderful additions to my family, my daughter and son. While I have many dreams, the most important is for me to see my children succeed in life.

362. Sue said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:59 am

     When I was 42 years old and long after I thought the opportunity had passed me by I found out I was pregnant. My husband and I had been married 17 years and had given up on thought it just wasn’t to be for us and accepted our fate without sadness or grief. We had a loving marriage that many of our friends envied and didn’t feel our life was empty. My OB told me I had little chance of carrying him to term because of my health problems and that I had over a 33% chance he would be born with a genetic defect because of my age.
     My son was born without complications, he is now a healthy, handsome and happy 12 year old. I thought something I had not allowed to be a dream had come true.
     When I was 52 I had a heart attack, no family history, nothing to indicate this was in the cards for me.
     Now I dream that I can live to see my son grow to be a healthy and happy adult. I dream that I can see him experience the joy that he has given me. I hope that whatever powers that be in this world don’t think this is too much to hope for and let me live my dream.

363. Melinda said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:00 am

     My dream is to be more healthy and fit. It’s a constant battle for me but I’m trying every day. Exercise and eating right, more yoga and meditation and managing stress better.

364. Kim said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:00 am

     My dream is to have an organic hobby farm. I love to garden and I’d like to raise my own chickens for eggs and goats and cows for milk. Of course there’d be a few sheep and alpacas for yarn too. I’m moving towards this dream by planting my own highly ambitious vegetable gardens this summer but I don’t think I’m ready (or my urban neighbourhood for that matter) for livestock just yet. The squirrels and birds will have to do for now.

365. Julianna said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:01 am

     My dream…is to be able to quit work and to write full-time, to tend a garden, to knit, to lead a quieter life, to be able to take an afternoon off to sit with a cat in my lap. Since I’m dreaming here, I would be able to make a living doing this.

366. Patty said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:10 am

     I saw this video and I was completely choked up – kudos to Susan. She is one incredible woman, wouldn’t you just love to share a cup of tea with her?

     I became unemployed back in December but fortunately I am receiving severance.
     This time ‘off’ is helping to fulfill an important yet unexpected dream and that is the opportunity to spend the time I wouldn’t otherwise be able to if I were working, with my husband who was diagnosed with terminal cancer last fall. (See my blog about it: http://cancerhat.wordpress.com). That said, I’m living a good portion of my dream at this time but the real dream will be that my husband lives longer than anyone expects.

     I am taking advantage of this turn in life to earn a diploma at a community college as a medical office assistant. I would never have thought I’d change careers at age 46 from finance to the medical field, but as they say, when one door closes, another opens. My second dream, then, is to find a rewarding and fulfilling job after graduation.

     I truly believe that the diagnosis of my husband’s cancer and the loss of my job after 25 years has happened for a reason, and we both are cognizant of the fact that we need to take advantage of this time together, enjoy it as much as possible and not sweat the small stuff.

     Thanks for being my favorite yarn store ever!

367. Joanne Myers said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:11 am

     My dream is to be able to retire one day. My husband and I run a small business, and thus, we don’t have a retirement benefit plan, and at this point, it’s hard to imagine being able to retire. I dream of being able to pay off our mortgage & debt, and be able to finally stay at home and have more time to indulge in my passions (visiting my kids who live across the country, knitting, quilting, gardening). I am turning 50 this year, and I have a 10 year plan to try to make this dream happen!

368. Brenda said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:23 am

     My dream is to live in the country and have a really big garden, goats and maybe a cow for milk and cheese, sheep for wool and to knit, sew, paint and play the violin, read and write. So I also wish I didn’t need sleep.

     It was really fun to see other people dreaming of living in the country and gardening seriously!

369. Andrea said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:24 am

     I have a dream…one that I have cherished for the last three years. My dream is to give life. My dream is to be a mother.

     It started out so innocently. I began midwifery studies in the fall of 2005. Once there, I fell deeply in love with birth, bellies, and babies. I soaked in everything I was taught, and dreamed of the day I’d be a midwife, nurturing and loving these women and their families as they brought forth miracles.

     As time passed, I was surprised – pleasantly so – to find a budding wish for a child of my own. Maybe it was a classmate’s announcement that she was due in early October 2006. Or perhaps it was the first births I attended, on a night shift where three sweet little souls made their way into the world. Whatever it was, I knew in my heart that I wanted this. But I was only 19 at the time, and while my partner and I were in a committed 3-year relationship, I knew we weren’t ready yet.

     More time passed. Many changes have happened since that first realization. My partner and I were married this past August. Not long before that, I left the program I so dearly loved, and set my sights on nursing instead (long story short – better hours, and less of me going crazy). We have both grown and changed so much. But despite that, my wish for a child of our own has not dissipated. In fact, it gets stronger every day. We both agree that we want children – someday – but right now we have to contend with a small apartment, crazy part-time work hours, and my impending return to college this fall. Once all our ducks are in a line, so to speak, we’ve agreed to move forward.

     Until the day my dream is realized, I’ve been doing a lot less obsessing and a lot more acting on it. I’m doing my very best to make my body healthy, I’m studying hard, and I’m knitting like a fiend. So far I’ve made a couple of wee hats, some socks and even a little sweater. I keep them all in a basket I bought for the purpose of keeping these baby items, until the day I finally get to use them.

370. Blandyna said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:25 am

     I dream of building an earth-friendly yert with room for spinning, weaving, quilting and watercolor supplies, 2 spare rooms for the grown children and families to visit with us, better health for my husband, the will to exercise at least 30 mins every day (I would love it to be automatic, like being unable to go to bed without cleaning and flossing my teeth), having the courage to go solo in foreign countries whose languages I don’t speak to walk the St. James of Compostela pilgrim trail in France & Spain.

371. Claire said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:29 am

     My dream is to believe in myself enough to start conversations with complete strangers. Right now the self-confidence is lacking, I’m sad to say, but I’m working on it.

372. Denise said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:38 am

     My dream is simple – to not hurt anymore.
     When we are young, we think we’re strong. We think our bodies will always feel like they do now. Unfortunately, that just is not true.
     After years of being a stressed out work-a-holic, not eating the rights foods and drinking a bit too much on the weekends – my body has begun to show the signs of the excesses.
     Arthritis? Check, lumbar spine and both knees.
     Degenerative disc disease? Check.
     Osteoporosis? Check.
     Broken bones? Check – four and counting (see osteoporosis)
     Torn rotator cuff? Check – see broken bones.
     Overweight? Check.
     High Blood Pressure? Check
     What saves my sanity? My family and my knitting.
     I am very, very grateful for every pain free moment I have. I am thankful for the wonderful yarns that glide through my fingers as I knit. And I an thankful that both my daughter and daughter-in-law are taking up the art of knitting.
     Wishing you all good health! Take care of your bodies so they take care of you…

373. Kerry said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:43 am

     I would love to be able to take vacation with my family. Anywhere really. Right here in my own state even. There never seems to be enough time, schedules never align, or there’s not enough money. It’s been years since we’ve been able to pack up and go away for more than a night or two. It would be so nice to leave the phones behind and truly get away for a bit to enjoy each other without all the chaos of everyday life at home.

374. Abigail said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:49 am

     I’ve always been a perfectionist, afraid to start anything I’m not sure I’ll be able to succeed at. And the one thing I’ve wanted to be ever since I was a little girl is a writer. I used to have so much fine letting my imagination wander and would write with no self-consciousness stilling my pencil (or crayon – seriously, I used to write with anything I could get my hands on) or causing me to doubt the importance of what I had to say. The urge to write rises up inside me everyday, making me eye the stack of notebooks and piles of pens I’ve purchased over the years just for that purpose. But I don’t, I can’t. The fear of failing at my dream is worse than the pain of not doing it. So, my dream is to have the confidence to know that I won’t fail and to tap into that confidence and WRITE.

375. Lily Lemon said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:50 am

     My dream is to continue to work hard with my horse until we reach th pint of complete trust and comfort!

376. Sue Smith said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:58 am

     I’ve been working on my dream and some of it is happening already. I’ve always wanted to reach a stage in my life where I had balance among my personal and professional life: doing work that I love and having the time to be creative. Since Fall, 2008, I’ve achieved some of that. I switched careers at the tender age of 55. After 30-plus years of fund raising, I am teaching in a community college and love it. I’ve discovered that I am made for the classroom. I’ve now been offered the chance to help others do the same thing – I will coordinate the recruitment and training of adjunct faculty for the entire college. I’ve also been working on the personal side of things. I purchased a used floor loom and have taught myself to weave (with the help of a friend). I also purchased a used spinning wheel and am learning how to spin. I’ve been knitting since childhood, but I now make time to knit with a group and on my own. I spend a portion of each evening knitting and it’s bliss! I am also teaching one of my community college students to knit (she is learning disabled and the skill does not come easily to her). So, my dream isn’t out of reach – it’s a dream-in-progress…

     SUE

377. Max said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:58 am

     I am Ph.D candidate and course instructor in Italian. I am a mother of a 3 year old girl and I live in Toronto. I am going to be 39 years old this year. My dream used to be to get a doctorate in Italian literature and to teach at university; however, in order to realize this dream I would most likely have to move to another city or even country as professor positions in Italian are not plentiful. As I watch my daughter grow, my dreams have changed and now I wonder whether I wouldn’t prefer to have another child before I am too old to conceive, finish my degree, get whatever job I can in my own city, and enjoy my beautiful house and Ontario native plants garden that I have been working on for the last 7 years.

378. Liz said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 10:05 am

     I want to be a mother.

     I want to write a book and have it published.

     I want not to be lonely.

     And I want BFF Sarah to finish her Ph.D. Although of course I am proud of her even if she never finishes.

379. Jennifer said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 10:08 am

     I have a lot of dreams…for the Angels to win the World Series again, to win the lottery, to find and marry a man that I love with all my heart. Since I can’t really do anything about those, I will say that my dream, something that could theoretically do, is that I could jump in feet first and move somewhere new. For me, it is the fact that I’ve never been away from my family (I never even went away for college). My parents and I are really close and I just don’t know if I could handle completely leaving my comfort zone, of family and friends, and head out into the world…as my dream location is Australia…pretty far away from California (my home).

380. 5elementknitr said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 10:17 am

     I started my blog 2 years ago. I write about my life. I started writing about my current life but I’ve alwasy wanted to write down my whole life. I’ve had a strange and crazy life! I was nervous about writing about it as I wasn’t sure people would want to read it and also, my mom reads it from time to time and our relationship has had some really hard points. Anyway, I’ve been doing that (writing my life) and have had a decent response (I have about 200 regular weekly readers).

     I would love to publish my story. I’d call it “Life as I Remember It” because, of course, it’s all from my point of view and how things affected me and the course my life took.

     Also, I’d love to have a small 5 acres with some livestock and a pool. So if I get published, I hope to make enough dough to have this small ranch for my family and me! hah!

381. Lisa said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 10:19 am

     I saw Susan Boyle for the first time last night, and she had me in tears. What a beautiful woman!

     My dream is to finally treat my body with the love and respect it deserves. I have been struggling with excessive weight and want to take care of myself.

382. Kelli said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 10:29 am

     My short term dream is to lose another 10 pounds. My long term dream is to one day win Best In Show at the national rabbit show. I’d settle for publishing a book though.

383. Sharon T said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 10:32 am

     My dream is to go with my husband to Spain for a vacation. I went several years ago with a friend because he said he had no interest in going to Spain. Recently, he admitted he should have gone with me. Someday we’ll go on that trip.

384. Erica W said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 10:48 am

     Someday i’d love to have a large patch of land to have my own small garden and orchard, and to have a small farm with some goats and some sheep. I’d start up my own business that would sell canned, pickled fruits and veggies, and jams and jellies (gourmet food type stuff). I’d use the fleeces from the sheep and the goats and spin it into yarn or make roving, dye it and also sell it too. If the sheep and goats produced milk I’d make small batches of artisan cheeses! So it would be like a small business with tasty treats, and fiber!

     I’d try to raise the goats and the sheep to live as happy of a live as possible, and would keep the business really really small. I’d try to grow my fruits and veggies the best way possible to get the tastiest product possible! It would be probably a very small farm so I wouldn’t make very much product, but that wouldn’t be the purpose anyway.

385. connie k said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 10:54 am

     Wollmeise, Wollmeise, I’ ve yet to hold one. My dream is to be able to show a pair of socks knitted in Wollmeise yarn; along with authoring my own sock pattern book.

386. Beth in Seattle said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:03 am

     So many dreams . . . the two I think about most often these days are to live in Montana near my family. I miss them dearly and would like to be closer to my brothers, cousins, nieces and nephews and that my daughter will realize her dream of becoming a doctor.

387. Laura said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:09 am

     WOW!!!! That woman’s voice is beautiful and what a tear jerker that video is…..great choice.

     I have several dreams but one stands out above the rest for me and that is to try each day, every day to become a better person, more patient (yes, I could use serious help in that area), more understanding, more tolerant of annoyances, differences, etc., and especially more loving and kind.

     Some days I remember that I’m trying to do this and other days, I just go on living like always with nary a thought to improvement and that’s when I know that the old sayings are so true: “my reach exceeds my grasp” and it’s so frustrating. I won’t give up though and hope that someday I can say I’ve made real and serious progress because it is after all, a journey that I’m speaking of, and that takes time.

     It’s been very inspiring to read everyone’s dreams here and thanks for the opportunity to actually put mine in writing.

388. Kate H said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:14 am

     My dream…I have so many that it is hard to pick just one.

     But I’d have to say my ultimate dream would be to instill the idea of change in my daughter. I want her to see from my examples and in her lifetime that with a little effort and a positive attitude that you can change the world. That she can change the world. Perhaps not that “whole world”, but her world. However large or small that is. Even if it is just donating food to a local food bank or spending a weekend with Habitat for Humanity or knitting newborn hats for the local hospital. Anything to show her that in all of the “bad” in this world, that there are good people doing for others without expecting anything in return. That is a huge life lesson that my parents instilled with me at a very young age. With my daughter’s emerging generation I want her to see that my generation wasn’t a generation of plugged in, desensitized, over-sexed and heartless people. My goal is to help guide my daughter down a path of positive influence. Hopefully this dream will be realized. And perhaps….she will also be a knitter/fiber enthusiast! lol

389. Heather said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:22 am

     I have lots of dreams, but I suppose right now my dream would be to land a great job where I could make enough money to pay my student loans and also save for a house. I’m a lawyer, and since graduating from law school 5 years ago I have never had a “permanent” job, just a string of long-term temporary jobs where I have no possibility of advancement. I really just want a little bit of security and something where I can build up my resume. It doesn’t even have to be practicing law, and I really want to find something with a good work/life balance.

390. Kate said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:24 am

     I have many dreams…I know that most of them will not come true, but that’s why they are dreams! I have always dreamed of living in Alaska (since I read a story in 2nd grade about how big the veggies grow! I have visited and my dream is even more intense!), knitting for a living, writing a novel and finally just being the best person that I can be every day…I’m a teacher and my patience runs thin some days, but I have to stop and keep my anger and frustration in check when my students use up my last nerve of the day!

391. Lisa said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:37 am

     Like so many, I have a lot of dreams. Some are more within my control than others, though. I dream of a simplified life — decluttering my space and time, allowing more for the people and things and activities that are really important to me. I dream of being healthier (have already lost almost 30 pounds…another 60 to go!) and being able to enjoy my middle and “old” age unencumbered by the health difficulties I see so many having. I dream of graduating our two kids from our homeschool and seeing them launch successfully into the world. I dream of my oldest son getting his life on the right path so that he can finally enjoy some success and true happiness. I dream of growing a self-sufficient vegetable garden, which require me to somehow develop a green thumb, LOL. I dream of traveling, of living at the beach, of living in the mountains, and of just enjoying my life to its fullest and taking advantage of every opportunity!

392. Martha in Dc said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:39 am

     Hi Sheri,
     My Dream…. is to be able to retire in 4-5 years and move to Florida. I’d love a 2-bedroom, 2 bath home all on one level without steps. To have friends and family come visit. I’d love to have a small garden and be able to grow some fresh vegetables. I’d love to have a Myers lemon tree and maybe a keylime tree.
     ASlso to find some new friends who like to knit and have a weekly get-to-gether.

     A palm tree in the yard would not be bad either.

     I hope everyone’s dreams come true.

393. Elizabeth said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:41 am

     I graduated from college last year. My parents didn’t pay my way, I had to get loans and part time jobs to get through, but they did help a lot with expenses. In the past year, now that I and my friends are completely on our own, we’ve all been struggling a lot to stay afloat. However, it’s not tragic and we’ve all been able to find *some* kind of work, and I think a lot of see the light at the end of the tunnel.

     The thing is, all of this struggling has made me really grateful for everything I’ve got. It feels really good to know I’m completely on my own and it’s helped me see what is really important.

     My dream is to never lose this perspective on life, and never again get caught up in wearing the right designer, having the right phone, or being seen at the right bar. My dream is to always be content in who I am and what I’m doing.

394. Milly said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:52 am

     My dream is to move out of the city and live on a farm filled with fiber animals! I’ve lived in the city my whole life and it’s completely worn me down. I feel the need to live where I can see the stars at night and smell the grass. I want nothing more than to be surrounded by nature and raise my own vegetables and chickens for eggs and naturally sheep and alpaca for my knitting/spinning addictions! Just a little corner of heaven on earth )

395. Kristi ~ Ohio said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:58 am

     I’ve loved reading everyone’s dreams. So inspiring. Seeing Susan Boyle’s video made me laugh, cry, etc. It was awesome. My own dreams would include retiring in 4 years and that my husband is relatively healthy yet (he’s had 2 heart attacks and has type 1 diabetes) so we can do things together. Move to Chicago. Write a book. Get a college degree. Make every sock in Wendy’s new sock book.

396. Chrissy said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 12:14 pm

     My dream is to pay off our mortgage and have the financial security of living in a home that we own. We’re working on it little by little, and we’ll get there someday!

397. Jessica said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 12:23 pm

     My dream is change the lives of young people by embedding in them a hunger for knowledge, a love of culture and an awareness of the world. I’m currently studying French at Texas A&M and I want to one day be a French teacher and accomplish the said goals. My mom really encouraged my love of the world and other cultures and languages from very young, even though see was uneducated she pushed me to be so, so that I could one day live all my dreams and I want to do that for other young people who don’t have that at home.

398. Ingrid said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 12:28 pm

     I dream of finding love. To love myself, to approach life with my heart wide open and to find a love to share that life with.

399. Michele V. said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 12:44 pm

     My dream is to own my own beautiful, comfortable home.

400. Jenny said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 12:45 pm

     I dream of having one of my short stories published. Nothing more, nothing less. A lot of the time I feel as though I have accomplsihed not much more than giving birth, and keeping house. The written word is, to me devine. I collect books like I collect yarn. The smell of paper and ink makes me giddy. Even if it were just one story, I would be so happy.

401. Karen said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 1:05 pm

     I was hit by a van while crossing the street on my way to work last month, and I’m on disability for seven weeks, at least. My dream is to heal — to be able to sit, walk, stand, and lie down without discomfort. In the meantime, I’ve ordered yarn (thank you, Loopy) to help pass the time. Wendy’s “From the Toes Up” should arrive today or tomorrow, and I envision many more socks added to my wardrobe as a result.

402. Heather said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 1:09 pm

     I have recently been working on one of my dreams. Since elementary school/high school, I have wanted to be part of a rowing team. My friend’s sister rowed crew for UCSD and I wanted to do it too. The problem? I went to college in Arizona. Not a lot of opportunities for rowing here. This changed a few years ago with the invention of a town lake. Now ASU as well as my high school have rowing teams. I decided last month that I wanted to still row, so I signed up for a class. Now every Monday and Wednesday, I head to the lake and row for two hours. I hope to continue to hone my skills and row on a competitive adult team. Almost 20 years later, I am living my dream

403. Batty said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 1:50 pm

     I have many dreams. Some, I can work towards, like going back to school and getting my PhD (I’m all but dissertation in history, but want a degree in linguistics).
     But there’s one I’m not sure I can attain in this part of the country. When I first moved to the US 12 years ago, I saw wooden houses with wraparound porches and rocking chairs. Now, this is fairly common in the South, and probably attainable elsewhere. But in the Boston metro area? Not so much. We’re not even close to being able to afford a free-standing house of any kind, not to mention the kind I dream of.
     Still, the dream remains. Perhaps someday, we’ll own a house with a wraparound porch, a rocking chair or two, and a garden. I’d love to sit in the chair, knit socks, and watch the birds stop by my as-yet-imaginary bird feeder.

404. Stephanie Borthwick said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 1:51 pm

     My dream is to re-find my dream. I feel like it’s time to set some new goals, but I don’t know what I want to do. I just feel very dissatisfied right now and I’m not sure why.

405. Pamela said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 2:12 pm

     So many dreams- of the possible because I control them, such as winning this year’s county fair, having a wonderful vacation or losign 40 pounds (that might be on the impossible side). And then the ones like finding a terrific man to marry or running a museum on the beach which involve luck.

     But I’ll vote for marrying George Clooney.

406. kspeak said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:11 pm

     i dream of a day when i can sit home all day and knit at will, instead of having to work…

407. Heather Shelton said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:16 pm

     My dream is to be an integrative practitioner- using alternative medicine for prevention and wellness while having the ability and means to do lab work and prescribed medications as well. I have begun this process and will be an RN in three weeks. I am going to work myself out of debt for a while and then pursue my nurse practitioner and begin my own business. It has been alot of work thus far but worth every minute of it!

408. Linda said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:17 pm

     My dream is to beat cancer and live to be an old woman still in love with her wonderful husband watching my two daughters grow -up and become adults and make their own lives.

409. Laura said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:21 pm

     If I had just one dream it would be to have more time. I have been called mom since I was 19 and now at 46 have 4 children that I have raised on my own. I have never had a job with vacation or sick time and with that being said, I have never really had time to spend with the kids without being tired. My dream is to have more hours in a day, just more time.

410. jaylyn said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 3:54 pm

     My dream is to actually write down the novel that has been in my head for the past 20 years. Oh, and gettiong it published would be the icing on the cake….and maybe get it on the bestseller list, no need to be number 1.

     Oh, yes, and I’d like to see cancer erradicated in my lifetime. And world peace

411. Sharon said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 4:09 pm

     Oh reading about these dreams is wonderful!! Several people have mentioned their dream to become a nurse. I’ve been an RN since I’m 19 and now I am close to retirement..40 years of being a nurse..now it’s time to turn over my stethescope to the next generation! I dream of raising a puppy for Canine Companions for Independence and make jelly from the raspberry bushes I have in my yard!! There’s never enough time to do it when I’m working!

412. Sarah said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 4:11 pm

     My dream is to lose the 120 pounds that I need to lose so that I can live a long and full life. I want to be able to be around for my future grandchildren. This has been an important dream for me since losing my dad to a heartache a few months ago. He was only 56 and never over wieght.

413. Sheri at The Loopy Ewe » Top Ten Reasons Why I Almost Forgot to Blog Today said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 4:28 pm

     [...] I was having too much fun reading about all of your wonderful dreams from this month’s blog contest. (Not true. Although it WILL be fun, and your dreams ARE wonderful, I haven’t been reading [...]

414. Melody said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 4:29 pm

     My dream is really quite simple. I would like to design knitted jewelry and sell it. Each piece would be a one of a kind creation that would draw attention to the art of knitting and beading and how well the two can be combined, while not costing an arm and a leg. I believe that knitting and beading are art forms which can and should be combined if for no other reason than to have fun and go out on the limb of self-expression. I’m working on my first piece now…I have all the beads lined up and ready to string onto the yarn, and hopefully, later this evening, I can share pictures of my creation, or at least it’s progress on my blog.

415. Tori said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 4:45 pm

     My dream is to retire next to a lake and knit socks all morning and write poems all afternoon, then swim at dusk and do it again the next day.

416. Sylvia said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 4:55 pm

     My dream is to be able to retire with my husband in an RV and travel to see our beautiful country. We are honest hard working people and have never had a break. I pray to be debt free, climb in an RV and take off to see Colorado, and the Pacific Northwest and then move to other sections that we have not seen.

417. MaryjoO said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 5:08 pm

     … the dreams above are all so touching and lovely, and I have to admit I loved the … “marrying George Clooney.”

     Life is complicated, and so are dreams. I’ve had a complicated life, and now really wish for a positive “carpe diem” each day now!

     And of course …. I also dream about winning some Wollmeise!

418. Jenn said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 5:10 pm

     I have more than one. Traveling Europe can wait a few years.
     Moving back to Dallas, TX into our own home is at the top, along with being able to set up a yarn store once we move back(I miss my adopted home state more than Pa where I grew up, shameful I know). Just the thought of being surrounded by yarn and being able to have my girls with me at work at least some of the time sounds like heaven (I want a family friendly yarn store with an area just for the little ones since I know how much my girls love playing with yarn and visiting my lys with me when I can save up to buy a skein of comfort or encore or a laurel hill crochet hook).
     My more mundane and practical (ie. more affordable) dream is to be able to get my hands on some beautiful sock yarn to make a couple of shawls(love ‘all that jazz’ that the harlot just finished) and a singlet for my 1 year old daughter for the summer, but sock yarn…or any yarn just isn’t in our little budget at the moment. I’ve been trying to keep myself busy and happy with my dozen (ok I’m down to 9 now) skeins of cotton and turning them into wash/dish cloths and using my daughter’s skein of yarn to make her hats and the doll cloths & blankets she requests (she used her christmas money to buy a one pound skein of red yarn).
     My girls keep me busy so my knitting time is limited, but very precious and very neccessary to wind down after a long stressful day at work.

419. Catrina said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 5:36 pm

     Sort of a “back to basics” dream for me: after 20 years of education and 6 years of post-graduate training, 10 years of marriage, and 2 darling boys, I find myself longing for a sense of contentment and satisfaction in my life, and I want to feel settled and secure, as a parent, as a wife, as a professional, as an American.

420. Carolyn Ell said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 5:36 pm

     It’s my dream to find a nice house with my boyfriend in our price frame sometime very soon!

     Also, to own a skein of Wollmeise! )

421. Shirley Ryan said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 5:50 pm

     Besides finishing all the projects I have started and want to start….I think I have fulfilled my dream. When I was growing up, and even after I had children, I wanted to be a nurse. I did finally manage to earn a nursing degree at the age of 45 and was able to work 15+ years doing what I loved doing. Now, in retirement, I am able to volunteer at a hospital, so I can still keep in touch!

422. Mary R said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:05 pm

     My dream is to go to Africa and go on a photo safari. I don’t know that this will ever happen, but for now I read about safaris and dream about them. I absolutely abhor large bugs, and I understand that there might be lots of them on safari, but I still dream of going. And. Just. Coping.
     In the meantime, I read about safaris. I watch the travel channel when they have something on about an African safari. And I knit while I watch. And I try to convince my DH that this is something he would like to do. (He’s nowhere near convinced.)
     I need to find some sock yarn in an African Serengeti colorway to knit while I am waiting.

423. Elpida said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:07 pm

     First, I just want to say to Emily who posted on April 15 that you can totally be brave enough to go to Europe and travel it yourself! I backpacked Europe alone 10 years ago when I was 25 and it is still, to this day, the singularly best experience of my life. I didn’t think I could do it either and I flew over there terrified, crying on the plane. But once I got there and started making my way I loved it. I traveled through 7 countries and saw some of the wonders of the world, including the Greek islands and the Sistine Chapel. Once I did that, when I came home I realized how many other things I could do. It was very empowering. So I hope you decide to seize the day!

     As for me, one of my current dreams is to convert a space in my basement to use to start dyeing yarn. I just love yarn. And I’ve always been a painter. My favorite kind of painting is abstract, all about color and I feel like dyeing yarn is the best of two worlds – it’s fluffy, scrunchy, hug-able color. I’m waiting to hear from my local art institute about a wait list for a dyeing class this summer. A wait list for a dye class – can you believe that?

     Emily, if you go to Europe, I’ll send you the first yarn I dye. Deal?

424. Terry said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:15 pm

     One of my favorite things to do is to sit on the beach at Cape Point on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with the Cape Hatteras lighthouse in sight. I take my casting rod and sail my bait out as close to the bar as I can get. I’m small so I usually don’t get that far, but it doesn’t matter. It’s really not about catching fish. I then sit on the beach with my IPOD in one ear and the waves crashing in the other. I pull out a favorite pair of socks and knit. In the meantime, my husband and Chesapeake Bay Retriever keep me company next to me on the warm sand. Finally, add a glass of chardonnay and a bowl of peanuts. Can’t you just smell the salt air!?! I have 4 1/2 years to go until retirement. I’ve been working part time since I was 12 and full time since I was 16. I’m ready. When I go, this is where I want to be….with my favorite people/dog doing all of my favorite things at the same time. Gotta go! Surf’s up!

425. LaLa said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:16 pm

     My dream is to someday have a pattern published in a book, magazine, or other large venue.

426. Erica said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 6:40 pm

     My dreams are to continue losing weight (25 down, 70 to go), improve my health and fitness so I can hike in the Cascade and Olympic mountains, (now able to walk a mile, two years ago was using electric cart to shop for groceries) and to see my very intelligent son get a ‘B’ or higher in English (he’s gone from an ‘F’ to a ‘D’ so far with lots of ‘encouragement’). I’m on my way, with miles still to go. Thank you for your wonderful question, Sheri. This has been lots of fun and very inspirational.

427. Marilyn Webb said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 7:26 pm

     Hi all, I guess I am living part of my dreams! Seems my whole life I have been on the way home to Hannibal! Live a few blocks from the Mississippi river and can even see it from home! I keep a journal of ideas to knit/weave/dye because I can’t do them all at the time the idea comes along. My dream is to hAVE THE support to be able to make some of the ideas in my journal come to life. Time and space to create is what I would love to have. In a book tghat Jean Ray-Laurie wrote for quilter’s she stated that “once your family gives a space for a project, NEVER,never give it back.” At one time it was the kitchen table – - -now I have a room. And I love knitting for charity, frendns and loved ones! Have a baby sweater dubed “the sweater from hell” on the needles for a greatgrand daughter. WOW! This one snecked up on us! (Grandchildren ages from 20 to 17 months)

     Love the yarn/coffee shop dreams!!!! Anty of them close?
     Marilyn in Hannibal

428. Susan Brugger said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 7:53 pm

     I dream of doing what makes me happy, rather than what makes those I care about happy. It sounds silly, but I work very hard at making others happy, only sacrifice my own happiness and and sanity. I’d rather be creating yarns and designs and making everyone happy, including myself.

429. Julie said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:03 pm

     My dream is one-day on move closer to my brother and his family in California. But for now this will have to wait, but soon.

     My dream for the world is that we would all live in PEACE.

430. Kathleen said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:12 pm

     My dream is to some day run the New York City Marathon.

431. Elisabeth Waingrow said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:48 pm

     My dream is to move out of my comfort zone and join the Peace Corps. I am 57 and my last child will go to college in the Fall and although I have worked my whole life helping people through psychotherapy, I have always felt a great need to work with the half of the world who suffer malnutrition, poor health care, no education, little opportunity to climb out of their misery. Although I love to knit and read and would hope to continue those loves, my real passion is to make a difference in the lives of others and do my part in alleviating some of the suffering in the world.

432. Sarah said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 8:56 pm

     My dream is… to finish my bachelor’s degree before I’m 35, pay off all my debts with DH before then, as well, and have health, wealth, and happiness! I don’t want a lot of money, just enough to be comfortably well off enough to to what I want more than anything else – buy a ranch for DH and open my own yarn shop! He’s wanted a ranch ever since we got married almost 11 years ago, but we’ll never do it on what we bring in together, that’s for sure! I’ve been thinking lately that I’d like to open a shop of my own – someplace for knitters and crocheters can come together and sit, talk, and create in a comfortable atmosphere. I’d like to have a coffe and tea are with scones, muffins, breads, and cookies available. I’d also have a bookstore for the crafters to browse. I think that the coffee/book areas would also bring in other customers as well and maybe get those people interested in the fiber arts, too! Just my little dream, but I think about it all the time!

433. Micki said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:22 pm

     my dream is to knit something really amazing. something that makes people go… “wow”

434. Gini said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:40 pm

     My dream is for peace and happiness within myself and for my family. I also dream that I will live a long, healthy life and never have to live at a nursing home. I would love to travel and write a book, also if my dachsunds (Sparky and Daisy) could live long healthy lives too

435. Liz Green said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:43 pm

     My dream is to one day make money from my art. Enough so that I can be a full time freelance artist, and not have to sit at a desk any more.

     Don’t get me wrong; I don’t think I’m a terrible artist. I think I’m even good enough to make money off it. Or even a career. But… as my sister told me recently, and she’s so right… I’m so scared of failing I can’t even bring myself to begin; I don’t want to show my art to other professionals. Not yet. I keep telling myself, maybe next year, when I’m a bit better than this. Maybe after I’ve figured out how to do this, or that, or whatever. And I’ve realised recently this is neverending. I’m never going to be perfect; nobody ever is.

     I know this is a huge flaw in me, and it’s something I’m trying to overcome, but I’m so afraid I’ll embarrass myself or just hate everything I do, or even worse, everyone else will hate everything I do and it’ll be terrible. I feel like such a failure, and I haven’t even given myself the opportunity to fail yet.

     Isn’t that pathetic? I am trying to work on that, really I am. One day I’ll have the guts to show my art to someone who might actually employ me. Maybe. (I hope so.)

     My only other dream, really, is for a quiet life. My husband and I have had a huge number of obstacles to overcome in the last two years, a lot of things we couldn’t have seen coming, and it’s been tough. I dream of having a short time – six months at least – in which nothing terrifying, extraordinary or stressful happens at all and we can both relax, and maybe enjoy life for a bit. That’d be really nice.

436. Beverly said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:48 pm

     My dream has quite a few hurdles. First I am trying to get approval for weight loss surgery. Once I have and lose a considerable amount of weight, I need both hips replaced, so that I can walk without a walker or cane, hopefully. When all that is accomplished I want to open a LYS in my home town. Someday……

437. Julia B said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:49 pm

     My dream is for my kids to live a happy and fulfilled life. I also dream for the day I can retire and devote more time to my hobbies.

438. Castiron said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 9:52 pm

     Dream as big but possible goal: My dream is to gradually get my home decluttered and organized, with a work/retreat space that’s solely my own, and to make a regular and reliable couple hours a week to work on fun stuff that requires concentration.

     Dream as wish for something that’s to a great extent out of my control: My dream is that my baby will grow up to be a competent, kind, and independent adult capable of and willing to care for his mentally disabled brother after I’m dead, and that he won’t turn out to have the same disability.

439. Barbie O. in Montreal said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 10:05 pm

     LOVED the YouTube video–tears of joy trickling down my face by the end of it–how joyous was that moment!! As for the contest, I have to thank you for helping me realize I AM LIVING MY DREAM!!!! I have a wonderful husband/partner/lover, an extraordinarily wonder-full teenage(!) daughter and two amazing stepsons, a lovely home and we have just purchased my grandmother’s cottage where I spent so many cherished summers in my childhood. I am working in a field I love and contributing to my community. I do not know if I am unambitious or just incredibly lucky but I cannnot think of anything I want to improve upon or change in my life. I am living my dream and my only request is DO NOT WAKE ME!

     Cheers, Barbie O.

440. Yvonne said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:26 pm

     My Dream is someday have my front/backyard look good like when my father use
     to do it everyday for hours. People would ask me and him who is your gardener?
     I still have problems doing the edging straight . The other dream is to get my hands
     on some Woolmeise(maybe 2 skeins

     Sweet Dreams

441. Jan said,

     April 17, 2009 @ 11:58 pm

     My dream is to stop buying pre-made socks and sweaters and start knitting my own.

442. Renee said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 5:07 am

     Small dreams: Learn to spin and dye laceweight yarn (in progress). Plus, learn to knit fair isle (delayed for about a year). Complain less.

     Big dreams: Get a degree; live well on a budget, own a nice house with an acre of land, vacation in Paris and/or London, and fall in love and get married. Not necessarily in that order. lol

443. Diane said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 5:23 am

     I have too many times been a survivor, and have received a few of my heart’s desires, but have not to date realized a dream. I have survived cancer, divorce, being laid off from work, the death of an infant son – although a mother never quite “survives” that and with his death a part of my heart and dream died with him. Twenty two years later I still miss him – guess that’s how mothers are. The hearts desires I have received are my other two children (now 24 and 21) and having some of my photography exhibited in a local college exhibit (it was a juried show so that was a compliment) and finding another job (not the best but it pays the bills). BUT my dreams – and I have to say at my age (54) I have almost forgotten how to dream these dreams…but I would love to earn at least part of a living at writing. I would love to take college classes in photography and journalism or art (I have to work full time and too sleepy when I get home to take a night class), and after 13 years of being alone (my ex left me after cancer treatment – had cheated on me during) – I would, dare I even mention it out loud, like to find a true love. I have numbed myself to that dream so much so that I forget what it feels like to be held and cherished – just for me. Don’t even remember what it feels like to have anyone even hold my hand. I guess my biggest dream is – to know how to dream again as I think I have forgotten how to dream my dreams. I think when you don’t have a living dream – that’s the biggest loss of all.

444. Brenda said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 7:41 am

     I have so many dreams, but one dream dances around frequently in my head quite frequently. That dream is to sell everything and move to a Spanish speaking country. Possibly somewhere in Central America. Unfortunately, dreams meet fears and fears overcome dreams. It sounds like roshambo (rock-paper-scissors), but you never know, maybe one day desire will overcome those fears.

445. Julianne said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 7:48 am

     I wish that I had my own private jet! It’s a 10 hour drive to see my family and I miss them. And they are all missing my daughter growing up, she’s already 8 months old and they’ve only seen her 3 times! If I had a jet I could fly out there whenever I wanted, use up as many seats as I wanted, and take my pups with me!! Of course this jet comes with unlimited fuel, a flight crew, and all the biscoff cookies I want!!

446. Alicia said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 8:41 am

     My dream is to have a vacation home on the beach and where someday when my kids are grown, they’ll come with their families and everyone can relax.

447. Jenn said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 9:31 am

     My dream – what a loaded question! For my husband to find a job that made him happy, instead of just having one that he works at to pay the bills. Or for me to find a job that would pay me well enough that we wouldn’t have to have both of us working to pay our bills at all. I wouldn’t give up working. But I wouldn’t mind if I could knit more, I have so many projects and so little time. Oh, and we would live closer to our friends. Someone wrote that Connecticut was in the way – our problem is Virginia. If would could just move it so there was less travel time between PA and NC that would be lovely.

     Dreams are funny things, they start off one way, and transform themselves in front of your very eyes as you sleep through them!

448. Faith Howarth said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 11:39 am

     My dream is that the doctors are wrong and my dh of 26 years won’t die of stage 4 colon cancer that has spread to both lungs and liver. My dream is to still be with him when we are 70. That was the dream we had from the day we married and I’m NOT changing it, I’m believing it will happen!

449. Samantha said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 4:05 pm

     My dream would be to help get this wonderful country of ours back on track – to bring back the vision that our Founding Fathers had for us. Now there is a gutsy group! They had big dreams and brought those dreams to reality through hard work and tremendous sacrifice. I look around today and it saddens me see what we have done to their dreams. So I guess my dream is to be bold enough to step out and make a difference!

450. Jan Hamby said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 5:45 pm

     My dream is to become a knitwear and accessory designer one day — after completing my career in the US Navy. I am nearly ready to take more time for myself, but still have a few years left in which I’m willing to serve the nation.

451. Jan said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 7:03 pm

     My dream is for simplicity, and community, and love. I’ve lived in several countries and found glimpses of all of that, but a truly wonderful time would come in a world where all three dwelt together.

452. Randi said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 7:50 pm

     Dreams… Humm. Well I would like to buy a house on the Westport River (that is Westport Mass) I have always wanted a house on the river to have coffee in the morning and cocktail in the evening with my husband. Maybe some day but I don’t know. The peacefulness of the river the idea of rowing down the river, the peacefulness of the surroundings and the ability to sit on a back porch and knit or spin just seems like HEAVEN. but this is my dream

453. Shannon H. said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 8:15 pm

     Hmm… My dream (or at least one of them) at the moment would be to fence off a good portion of my yard and get a small spinner’s flock, but we’re not sure we’re going to be able to keep our house.

     I also dream of my husband finding a department where he gets paid decently and there isn’t a threat of layoffs (short story: municipality has budget issues, so they plan on laying off a few hundred employees- mostly First Responders like police, fire, ems…)

454. Linda B said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 10:57 pm

     My dream is to be able to learn more self discipline in my life so that I can accomplish more things that I want to. I struggle with my weight, its a constant battle and I hate it.

455. Kata said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 11:27 pm

     My dream is to someday have my own yarn cafe. A big yarn shop and dye studio, with a little cafe area to host afternoon tea parties. I know this sounds a bit silly but its all I’ve been wanting for the last year or so. I’m obsessed with the idea, and have everything planned out, just need the $ to do so!

     Also, someday I want my own mini farm, with a big organic veggie garden, free range chickens, maybe a few goats and sheep, with a glass design studio for my fiance (his stuff is amazing), and my own art/yarn dyeing studio.

456. Teresa said,

     April 18, 2009 @ 11:56 pm

     As a vegetarian my dream would be that everyone would stop killing and eating the animals, birds and fish residing on earth with us.

457. Kathy said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 12:49 am

     I’m living my dream. I grew up in northern Michigan. My family took long driving vacations every summer and we often vacationed Out West. When I was around 11 years old, my family and I were in Colorado. I declared to my parents that one day I would live in Colorado, I would live out in the country and I would have dogs (I was only allowed one dog as I kid and always wanted more).

     That’s what I’ve been doing for the past 10 years. In many ways my life has not gone where I expected, but this is one dream that has come true and I enjoy it every single day.

     My current dream is to find a good job (I was laid off, again, last September) that allows me to make enough money to travel. There are so many places I want to go!

     My ‘pie in the sky’ dream is to win an obnoxious amount of money in the lottery (I don’t play the lottery so this is a huge dream). Then I would buy a lot of land, build a big house and open a shelter for older and handicapped dogs.

458. Rosemary Falk said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 6:46 am

     To dream the impossible dream. Yeah. Since I attended art school (back in the early 70s) I’ve had, somewhere deep in my soul, the dream of earning my living through the sale of my paintings. I have a great job as a graphic designer (I love my job, I love my job, I love my job — that’s my daily mantra) and have no plans to leave there. But it’s just not the same as creating something personal out of pigments and blank canvas, and after almost 40 years working corporate-type jobs, retirement beckons.

     Now, I’m told my paintings are really good, but the galleries are generally disinterested. There seems to be limited market for realism these days.

     I’ve recently taken up knitting again, and am working to get some of my original design patterns out there, and this fulfills a lot of creative longing.

     But painting — experiencing the color, the texture of the paint and the way the brush glides across the canvas (on a good day) — ahhh! this is a dream indeed.

459. Christine said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 9:35 am

     My dream would be to finish my Masters (which I only didn’t complete my thesis) or get another one, and then teach! I’m enjoying teaching Chemistry so much to the middle schoolers, and I love it. I should have gone into teaching.

460. Pia Klockljung said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 10:09 am

     I`m living my dream already. Two years ago I moved from Stockholm (capital of Sweden) to a small village (350people) in the nothern part of Sweden. It is me , my husband, our daughter and my mother. My work is to take care of my mother. She has Alzheimer and will be 88 in August. I also jump in as stand-in paid by the hour at the villages day nursery. We have at the nursery 22 children from 1 year to 5.
     I knit a lot and other handicrafts. We have a small shop were we sell our handicraft with a café and a small room as a gallery. Mostly open in summer.
     My husband is a freelancing as a journalist. We did not have much money but it worked OK.
     Two weeks ago we won a lot of money and now our future is much moore secure.

461. Julie said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 10:24 am

     Like many before me have shared, I am living part of my dream already. I am currently living in Quito, Ecuador, teaching at an International School. For those of you who want to move to another country, I highly recommend it. It has been a marvelous learning experience, and I have made many new friends.

     The second part of my dream is to create a television show that promotes cultural competency . . .the ability to successfully interact with cultures other than one’s own. As the world’s economy and communication is more and more interconnected, the ability for all of us to “get along” becomes increasingly crucial. I see a show that introduces U.S. (and world) children to a wide variety of cultures in an educational and entertaining way. I am working towards that dream by presenting workshops at various national and international educational conferences – but it’s a big jump from the classroom to Hollywood!

462. Lisa Smith said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 1:37 pm

     My dream is to someday live in a log home on a river here in south GA. I’d love to give knitting and spinning lessons, have a place for my spinning group to meet, and to have a place for kids to come and do crafty stuff. My husband and I are planning for this dream, but with 2 daughters in college and one son in high school, it’s going to be a few years before the dream comes true. My other dream is to riverdance – I loved to tap dance in high school, and would love to try river dance.

     Lisathemom

463. Elaine said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 2:21 pm

     I wish I could find a way to make money at home by doing something I really love. After retiring and have the stock market tank, money is not as plentiful as it once was. I’d love to travel with my husband . If I can’t find some way to make some money, winning the lottery would be great alternative!!!

464. jan said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 3:31 pm

     My dream is learn all the new knitting tricks and tips I can since life is short and I want to do it now. I just started knitting a month and a half ago and have done a vest and now am trying to complete socks.

465. Jess P said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 3:37 pm

     My dream is to help my 2 daughters grow up to be strong beautiful women.

466. Cathy said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 5:02 pm

     My dream is to be able to adopt the beautiful, funny, smart and challenging foster daughters that are with our family right now. I also dream of being able to adopt their baby sister(due in June). I wondered if I should dream for them to be reunited with their mom and that she would magically know how to care for them and love them. My heart won’t let me dream that. It only wants to dream of the day they become forever members of our family. Oh how I hope this dream comes true.

467. Sharmista said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 5:29 pm

     I’ve had a lot of dreams over the years. And they have changed some over time. I have always dreamed of writing a book. At first I wanted to write a novel, but now I think it would probably be non-fiction. Or maybe a cookbook! I’ve always wanted to own a bookstore/coffee shop… if I did that now, it would have to be a bookstore/coffee shop/yarn store with comfy seating for knitters! LOL

     My other dream is to own a big old farmhouse with a bunch of acreage for my kids to grow up on. We have a little old farmhouse on a teensy half acre and we are outgrowing it fast! I’d love to have room for the kids to roam, for me to garden, have a few animals…

468. Nancy said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 8:40 pm

     My dream is to open a coffee shop in conjunction with my favorite LOCAL yarn shop. (as opposed to my favorite ONLINE yarn shop! ) I’ve spoken to the LYS owner, and it could happen some day. It’s good to dream!

469. Beverly Shaw said,

     April 19, 2009 @ 11:07 pm

     I have 7 grandchildren living in 3 different states. My dream is to have all of my family together in one place at some point in my lifetime. 3 are in California, 2 in Arizona and 2 in Texas. I haven’t seen Amy in Texas since she was 2 days old and have never seen her brother, Cole. Their Dad was in the Air Force stationed in Japan and divorced before he came home. The kids live with their Mom in Texas

470. Lisa aka Mochaknits said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 12:06 am

     My dreams is to one day afford to see my family more. My original home is SC which is 3000+ miles away from where I currently live, Seattle. My grandmother who raised me is getting older and would love to spend more time with her great grandchildren, my boys. I just wish there was a way to see her and the rest of my family more.

     My other dream that we are trying are darnest to make a reality is the get a bigger home. I know it will be tough to sell a home in this housing market. However with the birth of my little one last year, we sooooooooooo need the extra room. My boys’ chess trophy need a place of their own.

     Those are just a few of my dreams. Thanks for the great topic Sheri.

471. Johanna said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 5:47 am

     I have a dream of learning how to fly a helicopter, or AT LEAST go for a ride in a helicopter once. Strange dream, perhaps, but I’ve had it for many years

472. Becky said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 7:44 am

     My dream is to be self-employed. I’m tired of working with and for difficult people, taking the bus to work, and sitting all day in front of a computer in a basement unable to see the sun. I dearly want to be more active and creative and using my hands for something more than typing. I want to work with color and fiber and have something tangible to show for my work at the end of the day. I want to make things that make other people happy.

473. Frances said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 9:59 am

     My dream is to travel more of the world. I know I have been fortuntate enough to travel to many places, but there are still many things to see, to learn, to explore. Oh and it would be great to have a SO to share those experiences with.

474. Deborah said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 10:37 am

     I have a few dreams,and the older I get I realize that I am the only one that can make them happen. First, I want to live healthier by losing weight, thinking before I put unhealthy foods, drinks in my body. I want to learn how to swim, and I am a little bit afraid because people keep telling me your to old to learn that now, you should have learned that when you were much younger. Are we ever really to old to learn something new? I think not, maybe they need to learn that!

475. Vicki said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 11:09 am

     The dream I have had for a long time is to open a coffee shop/quilt shop/yarn shop. I love to decorate and I keep dreaming about setting up a warm cozy place for people to come and drink coffee, eat some goodies and let loose their creativity. I need to hit the lottery big time and then I will be able to do it!!!!

476. Nina said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 11:46 am

     My dream is to open up a combination yarn store/brew shop with my husband someday. I would love to have the yarn store upstairs and he could sell brewing supplies downstairs. I think it would be great to have combination events like a homemade wine tasting/knit night etc. We even have a building near our house that we think would be perfect for it. Unfortunately, we just bought a house and have a baby on the way so we must wait until things settle down a bit financially. But everytime I drive by that building I think about it.

477. Erin said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 12:04 pm

     I’ve never been very good at dreams….because I seem to change them very quickly. I think they all become more wouldn’t-it-be-fun-ifs rather than actual dreams. Wouldn’t it be fun to own a yarn and tea shop! Wouldn’t it be fun to live in Ireland for a year! Wouldn’t it be fun to become a chef! Or an author! I’m a little too changable I think

     I had to really think about what my dream is. And I think my dream is to have the freedom (given the time and money) to try out as many hobbies/activities and go to as many places as I can. I would like to learn about and experience (almost) everything.

     So really, I suppose my dream is to live a fulfilling life. And I’d like to do so surrounded by the people I love =)

478. Jan said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 12:23 pm

     No time yet to read all the responses, although I’d like to!

     My most important dream is to be able to help those affected by cancer who fall through the system. For example, my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer, had a mastectomy, then chemo, and was unable to return to work as her blood levels never returned to a good state. So there was a short period of unemployment money, and then Social Security kicked in. For a woman who had worked as a nurse for 20 years, her Social Security per month was $600. That is not enough to keep a person in an apartment, feed them, etc., as well as all the drugs and health care costs. My sister was able to get along due to a large number of friends and family each kicking in a small amount each month. However, most people do not have such a large support group to pull from. To get any additional assistance would have required my sister to be homeless and entirely destitute. I would like to help people who have this sort of problem.

     Of course I have the other dreams of being wealthy, traveling, buying all the yarns I want, etc., but this is the most important dream now.

479. Angela said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 2:41 pm

     My dream is to go back to college and earn a degree as a medical lab technologist so I can better provide for my family!

480. michi said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 3:01 pm

     My dream is for my mother’s move from her house to an apartment to go smoothly and effortlessly.

481. Gerry Hartsoe said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 3:23 pm

     I am 70 years old and my dream is to be able to retire now, and buy a nice house near my daughter in Texas. I also want to have a place in Ohio so I can come visit my friends here. I would like to keep knitting with nothing but great yarn and sell my knitting to make a small living.

482. Eloise said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 3:35 pm

     My dream is twofold. I want to find the woman of my dreams, and marry her in my home state of Oregon. I am gay, and gay marriage is currently illegal here, but someday I want to be able to say my vows and have them be legally accepted by the state I love.

483. morgan said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 3:53 pm

     My life is pretty dreamy already….

     I dream of having a ranch with some fiber animals (sheep, goats, alpaca), chickens and some working dogs. In my dreams it would also be a dog training facility with a private dog park and possibly boarding for my favorites. In my dreams we might also run a tiny residential facility for people who need a break — my lovely wife is a therapist. I dream of certifying my Search and Rescue dog — later this year and getting to field on missions and find people that need finding. ! I dream of cashmere that I can feel good about buying. I dream of learning to do natural dyeing. I dream of lovely yarn like the kind TLE sells.

484. Kristy said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 4:37 pm

     My dream is to participate in an archeology dig in some remote area of the world. I study anthropology, with an archeology emphasis, and would love to be able to drop everything real life demands and go off to Peru or Easter Island or the Galapagos and dig in the dirt. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to find some pottery, tools, or even bones from some ancient people that would then become part of our anthropologic history! Of course, I would take my knitting along to keep me company in the evenings.

485. Sarah said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 5:42 pm

     Thanks for this topic, Sheri – I think we all need to stop and think about dreams once in awhile.
     My dream is to turn knitting-for-fun into knitting-for-fun-and-profit. I have made a number of scarves; sold a handful (to friends), given some as gifts, and donated a couple to charity silent auctions but so far haven’t really focused on turning my hobby into an actual business. I use all the expected excuses: not enough time since I already have a job, don’t know how, nobody (other than friends) would actually want to buy my creations, etc. I need to stop making these excuses and actually do something to make it happen. So, here’s my goal: By the time the next school year starts I will have found at least one place to try and sell my wares – maybe a craft show, maybe just begging a friend to host a “scarf party” and I will do research to see what’s available to help me put me and my stuff “out there” for others to see.
     Keep your fingers crossed for me! )
     Sarah

486. Sandra P said,

     April 20, 2009 @ 10:09 pm

     My dream is to be able to bring everyone I meet to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior and to be able to share the truth of his love throughout the world. Maybe I can even share it with my knitting somehow. I would love to be able to use my creative abilities to share the good news of the gospel.
     I have also dreamed of playing the cello so that I can share this music in my church.
     Maybe I can have a music/knitting ministry. My church is already hosting a knitting group.
     Sandy

487. Mary Ellen said,

     April 21, 2009 @ 11:15 am

     My dream is to finally lose the triple digit weight that I need to. It’s been way too many years and I thought I had a handle on it a few years ago and well, let’s just say, I was on a good run for 9 months or so and -60 or so lbs. Most of them are back and I need to get them off for my health. I’m tired of avoiding pictures because I don’t like being the fat person in them……..

     I need to make this my year!

488. Lucia said,

     April 21, 2009 @ 1:48 pm

     So many dreams to choose from… I’ll just pick a little one. I dream of having my book of sock designs published. That would involve writing the book, wouldn’t it?

     (If that’s a little one, what’s a big one? you may ask. World peace, a cure for cancer, social justice, abundant clean, green energy.)

489. Michelle Parker said,

     April 21, 2009 @ 2:46 pm

     My dream is to farm full-time. Right now I am stuck in a full-time job in an office looking out a window when all I want to be is outside growing my own food, being self-sustainable, providing locally grown organic vegetables, meats, honey, syrup, and eggs for my community. Back to the land and buying locally!!! And of course, knitting with wonderful Wollmeise yarn which I just discovered (when I have time)!

490. Sarah F. said,

     April 21, 2009 @ 3:09 pm

     My dream is to run a marathon. I’m only 37, so it’s not totally out of reach, but getting more unreachable as time goes on.
     I’ll be starting small by running a 5K next month … just hope it leads to bigger and better things!

491. Sharon said,

     April 21, 2009 @ 3:28 pm

     My dream is to write a book. I adopted my girls from China, so became a first time mom in my late 30′s, then again in my early 40′s! I now have two lovely girls, one 12 and one 7. My mom has moved in with us so we have 3 generations of women under one roof. Interesting to say the least. That is why I knit and spin. Truly my stress reliever. But I wouldn’t miss this for the world. And when I go to a school function for them, I blink back the tears, because I almost missed this. I’m blessed.

492. risiko said,

     April 21, 2009 @ 8:01 pm

     boobs !!!!»

     no, really.

     actually, i have 3 dreams, they have been the same 3 dreams since i was 12 years old. and that was more than 30 years ago, but i´ve never given up on them.
     dream #1….just a normal, modest set of boobs. nothing pamela anderson,nothing that needs to be trussed up before i go for a run or indulge in dream #2 (see below). just some that would be in proportion to my height and bone structure. so i can wear tops that have darts, and pretty bras. and a nice dress, instead of a top and a skirt. i´m tired of always being chosen president of the IBTC. breast cancer runs in my family, so i´ve always had the fear that the booblets i have were going to kill me, and i would just like to have experienced enjoying them before i have to face the fact that i would probably have to give them up.
     dream #2
     a horse of my own. i´ve always had a special connection with horses and they have always been a major part of my creativity (see dream #3, below) . i have always had to ride a leased horse or a borrowed horse, and so have never been able to create a bond of trust and the true partnership that comes with caring for a horse every single day, especially the zen that comes with the little details of grooming, feeding, and mucking on a regular basis. i get some of that peace from knitting, the process of creating a garment or blanket, stitch by stitch, and then gifting it to someone i love. having had a serious horseback riding accident on a horse that i met only 5 minutes before trusting him with my life, there is a part of me that has always longed to be able to ride a horse again without fear, with the kind of unspoken, mutual respect and partnership that comes with sharing lives on a daily basis over time. i am fortunate to care for my neighbors´ horses when they go out of town, and i do get to hear that special call they give the moment they hear my footsteps heading for the barn for a feeding (or a scritching), but they know me as their babysitter, (i don´t get to ride them) and i dream of something more. i´d love to be able to give free riding lessons to horse crazy girls, on a horse that i know will protect them, so that i can pass my love for these amazing creatures on to kids who would not otherwise get to experience being near them, the way it was passed to me when i was a horse crazy little girl.
     which brings me to dream #3
     my love for horses has manifested itself in my art. i started sculpting and painting horses as a child and i have always wanted a space, an art studio, that wasn´t also a kitchen, or a bedroom, or garage. a palace of creativity where i would have the room to create art,( and to spin and dye my own fiber and yarn), that i could then sell, so i could be financially secure enough to have my horse….
     and my boobs.

493. Melissa said,

     April 22, 2009 @ 9:58 am

     My dream is to return home. Right about the time that Sheri started carrying my yarn I was handed an amazing job. This job could not have come at a better time for our family financially. The cost though, has been great. Our son spends the days while I am at work with my anti-social MiL. He no longer attends play groups, sing alongs, play dates, the park, or story time at the library. Also, my return to work has made dyeing yarn and fiber almost impossible. Thankfully, our busy season at the office is coming to an end.

     In my dream we have a large home (instead of a 2 bedroom condo) with a dye studio (and not just a kitchen sink). I spend the days playing with our son, bringing him on social outtings (around his pre-school schedule) and then spend the nights/evenings skeining and dyeing. It’s a simple dream, but one I think about so very many times a day.

494. Jen said,

     April 22, 2009 @ 11:52 am

     My dream would be to move to Hawaii to be closer to my family and have enough money to go back to school so I could fulfill my dream of being a nurse or jewelry designer

495. Sheri at The Loopy Ewe » New Loopy Central Photos said,

     April 22, 2009 @ 2:45 pm

     [...] you to those of you who left your Dreams on the April Blog Contest. I was thinking we’d probably only get a couple hundred of you participating in this contest, [...]

496. Katie said,

     April 23, 2009 @ 12:21 am

     I have now sat in front of my computer for a half-hour now, trying to tell you what my dream is, only to come to the painful conclusion that I don’t know if I actually have one anymore.

     How does one find a dream?

497. Theresa Brom said,

     April 24, 2009 @ 9:50 am

     My dream is to become a yoga instructor and open a studio where classes are affordable for all. I also want to visit Ireland and knit an authentic Aran sweater.

498. traceyincincy said,

     April 26, 2009 @ 9:53 am

     My biggest dream is to have a thriving and creative ceramic business, that allows me to work out of my home studio. Lucky for me I am taking baby steps towards living that dream ,and while I am grateful to have a job,I dont always relish leaving the studio to go wait tables !
     …..and in the verry attainable dream catagory ….this summer I have a dream of learning to knit socks from the toe up !!……just like Miss Wendy !!

499. Kit said,

     May 8, 2009 @ 11:15 am

     My dream is to be in love and loved in return. Failing that, my RN would be really nice. At least that one is a dream I can work on. I can’t make a man fall in love with me and I can’t make myself just fall in love with anyone. Heh.

500. lisa said,

     May 11, 2009 @ 10:07 am

     My dream is quit work in a few years and open a childrens boutique.

501. martha michael said,

     August 4, 2009 @ 10:48 am

     Happy Anniversary!!! You are the greatest. enjoy reading your blog

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