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Blog-tember Challenge: Day 2

September 2, 2015 by Michelle Filed Under: Life 4 Comments

Today’s post has the potential to be a doozy.

The topic: Describe your ideal day.  Where would you go and what would you do?

First of all, I challenge anyone who reads this post to ponder that and if you can, post a comment!

I’m personally a little overwhelmed thinking over this one.

There are SO many things to consider:

Do I go somewhere? {kind of a given, right?} Who goes with me?  My husband? {uh, yes.}  My kids? {maaaayyybeeee?}  Friends? {depends?}  Family {er, um…not sure yet?}

Do I have the same amount of money that is currently in the bank account?  I mean, let’s just be realistic about this.  I could either go to the park down the street…OOORRRR, I could go to Europe or somewhere equally grand!

Am I dealing with the same number of hours in the day, or is this like a genie in the bottle kind of wish where there would be 24 hours of daylight and I don’t get tired?  Because that could be part of the IDEAL in this day.

Is it Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter?

Would I jam pack all of my favorite things into one day or take just one and make it just over the top glorious?

See the conundrum?

Some people might see this question and answer it with one word, like:

Disney

Bahamas

New York City

Mountains

Beach

It’s just not that simple for me.  And it’s actually been a REALLY long time since I was at Disney and while every person I know {almost literally} has been in the last 2 years, I do not think that would be part of my ideal day.  Although one roller coaster ride might.

SO.  My ideal day….here goes nothin’!

Ideal DayA beautiful home in the mountains, with the view of a sparkling lake.  It’s a lovely Spring morning when I wake up, not to the sound of an alarm…but to the sounds of our kids singing and talking.  The sun it showing itself just over the ridge.

We get up and there’s lots of laughing and silliness.  There’s plenty of time for cooking breakfast and no one is getting hangry {this is a real thing in our home}.  The home we’re in has a screened in porch that overlooks this gorgeous lake.  Food is brought out to the table on the porch and we all gather around to say the blessing and eat…french toast and fruit and eggs and there is sausage and bacon and smoked salmon {for the hubs}.

Wait, friends have entered this ideal day-dream that I’m having….

Suddenly it’s louder and there is much more laughter and fun and silliness.

After breakfast and dancing…yes, there is dancing.  We’ve somehow all end up in swim suits and we’re on a boat.

There’s skiing and tubing and there is lots of water play.

For the afternoon, all kids take naps…at the same time….and wake up happy!!

We also somehow managed to get from this magical mountain home over to Europe in about 15 minutes and now we’re walking the streets of Paris and Rome and small villages that have the character of story books.

We see animals of all kinds as we tour the European countryside and the faces of our kids are just filled with total and complete joy.

Supper is enjoyed at small restaurant tucked along a curvy road, overlooking the ocean where waves are slapping against a cliff.

It’s just Andrew and me now {I have no idea where everyone else went…}…enjoying the finest cuisine you could imagine.  Shrimp, scallops, steak and all the best things.

The night sky is clear and you can see millions upon millions of brilliant stars twinkling like diamonds.

After dinner we put our kids to bed…somehow we’re back at our home…we read stories, we tickle and laugh and of course, sing songs.

The night ends with me blogging us watching a movie, talking about our amazing day and falling asleep on the couch.

I don’t know about you, but I think that sounds like a pretty fantastic day!!

What about you, what would you do in your ideal day?

 

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  1. HannaH wood says

    September 2, 2015 at 7:22 pm

    That sounds like a fantastic day!!! Since my ideal day would take too long to comment, you’d have to read my post on it! Haha

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      September 3, 2015 at 8:32 pm

      Hannah, you’re so funny! I’m hoping over to see what you had to say yesterday! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Christine says

    September 2, 2015 at 8:22 pm

    I don’t think I could answer this one. My ideal day changes all the time depending on what’s going on!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      September 3, 2015 at 8:35 pm

      Christine, I can relate…It took me a while to do this one…It was pretty unrealistic, I mean, how can you go from being at a lush mountain home to Europe in less than 15 minutes?! haha. Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply

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