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October 28, 2009

i always wanted to_______

but never have because_______

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  1. David permalink
    October 28, 2009 10:09 pm

    I always wanted to skydive
    but never have because Diane would kill me

    Ironic, huh…

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    • tam permalink*
      October 28, 2009 10:19 pm

      irony makes me smile.

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    • Jenni permalink
      October 29, 2009 12:57 pm

      dude… it’s SO fun. seriously. you are missing out… and now i’ll remind you how much you’re missing out on every time i talk to you.

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      • David permalink
        October 31, 2009 9:52 pm

        gee, thanks… I KNOW it’s fun. Blind Freddy can see that….

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  2. sheryl permalink
    October 28, 2009 10:13 pm

    i always wanted to write a book

    but never have because i don’t know where to start

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    • tam permalink*
      October 28, 2009 10:19 pm

      ooo, speaking my language!

      what would you write about?

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      • sheryl permalink
        October 29, 2009 8:49 am

        see…therein lies a problem. how do you even begin to decide what to write about? what would YOU write about?

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        • tam permalink*
          October 29, 2009 8:53 am

          something about your life. maybe a fiction story for kids. have you had an unusual experience that you can embellish on? maybe a personal testimony. perhaps even just a collection of thoughts through the years, pieces of wisdom, lessons, advice, humor that have gotten you to where you are today.

          the possibilities are endless. which, in part, adds to the difficulty, eh? 😉

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          • sheryl permalink
            October 29, 2009 8:30 pm

            um…yea…thanks a lot for helping me narrow that down! ha

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            • tam permalink*
              October 29, 2009 8:52 pm

              😀 yah…i didnt do so well there.

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    • davidseven permalink
      October 29, 2009 2:56 am

      If you’ve always wanted to write a book, try this with me this year.

      http://www.nanowrimo.org

      The fun, no pressure way to write a novel.

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      • bahava permalink
        October 29, 2009 7:29 am

        I’m planning on doing nanowrimo this year! I’m pumped, but nervous all at once 🙂

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  3. Christy Polek permalink
    October 28, 2009 10:39 pm

    whaaa? Awesome! Mine is similar!

    I always wanted to write a book

    but never have because I worry I’m not a good enough writer for anyone to want to read it.

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    • tam permalink*
      October 28, 2009 10:53 pm

      really?

      ok. i always say the same thing and everyone always tells me….thats what an editor is for. but then….that shakes me up even more. i mean, unless you live in nashville and know all the right people….how does one get a publisher.

      i know. that was a bit of an exaggeration. but im wonky right now with brent snoring at levels that would rival roseanne barrs annoying, stab me in the ear with a plastic fork, laugh.

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      • Christy Polek permalink
        October 29, 2009 7:56 am

        First of all, you are so funny! I hope you got some sleep last night!

        And I’m too much of a perfectionist with these kinds of things that I think I’m too worried to even send something to an editor! I feel like I have thoughts and things to write in my book, but don’t know how I can make it glow or put it all in order.
        But hey, I’m still young… There’s still time to build my confidence in that. I guess I just need to start somewhere. Which I guess leaves me at “I don’t know where to start.”

        hmmmmm

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  4. Jenni permalink
    October 28, 2009 11:13 pm

    … build a rocketship
    … i don’t know how

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  5. Jenni permalink
    October 28, 2009 11:14 pm

    … do a triathalon
    … i don’t like to run… or swim

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    • Rindy Walton permalink
      October 29, 2009 5:17 am

      lol always wanted to too…but can’t run at all!!

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      • tam permalink*
        October 29, 2009 9:07 am

        me either. you know those dreams where youre running but it feels like youre going no where and your legs are 582 lbs each? thats me, running, in real life.

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  6. Jenni permalink
    October 28, 2009 11:14 pm

    … buy a poor family a minivan
    … i’m poor too

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  7. Jenni permalink
    October 28, 2009 11:15 pm

    … be white
    … i’m Asian

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  8. gothiquefae permalink
    October 28, 2009 11:30 pm

    …travel around the world and the US
    …I’m a student, hence I’m poor 🙂
    G

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:11 am

      i read your comment and remembered one of my teachers responses to me after telling her my travel around the world dreams… “just go to a library dear. everything you wish to see is right there.”

      😕
      seriously.

      i dont think so. i want the hands on version. the smells, the sounds, the tastes, the touch.

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      • gothiquefae permalink
        October 29, 2009 11:19 am

        LOL!! 😀 Oh my gosh I read this and I was like I probably would’ve looked at the teacher like she was insane lol! Yeah books can only take you so far, like you I want the sounds, smells, tastes, touches and actual human interaction from someone with a completely and utterly different world from mine. Teachers…….lol
        G

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        • ric booth permalink
          October 30, 2009 2:29 am

          That librarian story reminds me… When we travel to Britain a few years back, we took the tour of Buckingham Palace. Patti and I were every so slowly, walking down the long hallway (where like 10 of my houses would have fit) pausing to look at each painting of each Royal Family for like the last 2000 years. So some of those paintings were a little old. Our 14 year old son has seen ENOUGH. He’s leaning up again the wall at the end wait not so patiently for us to slumber down the hallway. After what must have seem to him like EONS, he runs back to me and says:

          OMG DAD! YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THIS ON THE INTERNET!!

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  9. bryan permalink
    October 29, 2009 1:17 am

    ..be patient.
    ..I don’t have the time.

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  10. Jay permalink
    October 29, 2009 4:44 am

    …play the guitar.

    …because I suck at it.

    That’s why I play the drums.

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:12 am

      i marvel at guitar players. especially the ones who can just pick it up and learn on their own. remarkable!

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  11. Joseph permalink
    October 29, 2009 5:03 am

    ….be a professional football player
    ….because I was not good enough

    (I was a kicker and that extra few yards was a doozie 🙂 )

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:12 am

      kickers are so important. i think there is probably more stress on them than anyone.

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  12. Rindy Walton permalink
    October 29, 2009 5:20 am

    …have skinny knees
    …genetics 😉

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  13. Mary @ Giving Up on Perfect permalink
    October 29, 2009 6:00 am

    …lose weight.
    …I lack willpower.

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:13 am

      no you dont.

      yah. i said it. 😀

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  14. lori permalink
    October 29, 2009 6:07 am

    …have my own children

    …abortion made it impossible.

    (having your own children is different from being a mom…cuz I AM a mom…)

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:14 am

      mary is such a blessed one to have you as mommy.

      grace defined!

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  15. kristiapplesauce permalink
    October 29, 2009 6:44 am

    ….Sing, sing, sing!!!

    ….I have the worst voice on the planet! (so this one time at church, my friends asked me to sing lower because I was distracting them from worship. Sad).

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:15 am

      ive heard you sing. i love your voice – i hear your heart!

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    • gothiquefae permalink
      October 29, 2009 3:47 pm

      You can look at it this way, God gave you both your voice and your joy for singing so He must think it’s beautiful, right? 🙂
      G

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  16. bahava permalink
    October 29, 2009 7:43 am

    …own a big fluffy white dog
    …I haven’t had a chance or the space yet!

    and

    …run a marathon on the Great Wall of China
    …cost of a plane ticket and wanting someone to do it with me

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:15 am

      i can dye my yorkies hair and send him to you. hes only 9 lbs and goes potty on a potty pad. yes???

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  17. Ken C permalink
    October 29, 2009 7:51 am

    play Ice Hockey

    I cannot skate

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:16 am

      its never too late to learn, right? of course…hips arent free these days 😉

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  18. cathi stegall permalink
    October 29, 2009 8:07 am

    move to oregon

    oh…wait…

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  19. Brooke permalink
    October 29, 2009 8:35 am

    ….learn to play the violin
    ….i can’t afford to buy one…hopefully one day!

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:17 am

      love, love, love the violin! and the cello. beautiful instruments!

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    • Jenni permalink
      October 29, 2009 12:58 pm

      you know you can rent them, right?

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    • Kristi O permalink
      October 30, 2009 2:12 pm

      I totally have a violin I will lend you

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  20. mandythompson permalink
    October 29, 2009 9:01 am

    I’ve always wanted to be best friends with Sandra Bullock, but never have because we’ve never met, she’s a bit older than me, she lives in another state, we don’t have much in common, and… well… she has a life.

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:18 am

      honestly…i could see you two being friends. it would be dangerous i think.

      and what difference does it make that shes older than you????

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      • Christy Polek permalink
        October 29, 2009 9:32 am

        I’ve run into her multiple times! She lives by me and goes to the same Starbucks as me… But I’ve always been to scared to say hi. We just smile at each other. Baby steps? They call her “Sandy” when her drink is ready.

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      • mandythompson permalink
        October 29, 2009 11:54 am

        Tam: haha gotcha

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  21. Heidi permalink
    October 29, 2009 9:03 am

    … I want to speak with ease in front of a large audience.

    …. I allow my stuttering to freeze me.

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 9:19 am

      i love you. even if you never do speak for a large audience (although, i believe you will some day) you still have a very large voice! your words are still heard by the hearts of many, sis.

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      • Heidi permalink
        October 29, 2009 1:36 pm

        You are just saying this cuz my blog post today is about you 😉

        Thank you maaam… I love you!!

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  22. Serena Woods permalink
    October 29, 2009 11:59 am

    I alway wanted to be a surfer girl.
    But never have because I live in the middle of the country.

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 1:21 pm

      its over rated. and hurts. especially when youre trying to look cool, riding in a wave and you bite it right at the shore and your face meets the sand with much vigor and all your sunkissed skin gets scraped clear off.

      not that id know.

      😕

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      • Serena Woods permalink
        October 29, 2009 8:46 pm

        or your arm gets eaten off and it ruins your surfboard.

        I’m still going to try it though….

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        • tam permalink*
          October 29, 2009 8:54 pm

          do it. do it. and make sure you video it too!

          you know, so, youre, um…grandkids can one day enjoy it.

          😀

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  23. gitz permalink
    October 29, 2009 12:56 pm

    oh, there are so many i wouldn’t know where to begin… 🙂

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    • tam permalink*
      October 29, 2009 1:26 pm

      have you ever wanted to write a book?

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      • Heidi permalink
        October 29, 2009 1:37 pm

        She should (several)

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        • gitz permalink
          October 29, 2009 5:44 pm

          I love that you think that. Thanks, girlie.

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      • gitz permalink
        October 29, 2009 5:43 pm

        I don’t know. I think I’ve always felt more in the “supporter” role rather than the one in the spotlight with the book… I encourage people to write their stories and follow their hearts… I truly believe in the potential of people. I guess my “story” is just my regular life so it’s hard for me to imagine there is that much to say. I could sum up my whole book by saying, “I believe. I trust. I choose joy. The end.” Well, maybe with a few ridiculous stories thrown in for good measure 🙂

        I did write a children’s book once, though.

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        • sheryl permalink
          October 29, 2009 8:34 pm

          ‘scuse me??? did you just say that you wrote a children’s book? did i know this? what is it, where can i get it?

          and sara…your book about you, your life, your joy…it would be a BEST SELLER!!

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  24. alece permalink
    October 30, 2009 11:54 am

    i always wanted to write a book.

    but i never have because i don’t know what i’d write and i’m afraid of rejection.

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    • tam permalink*
      October 30, 2009 12:11 pm

      hmmm… take what youve written these last two weeks and go from there. trust me…theres a phenomenal book in you.

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  25. pa3cia permalink
    October 30, 2009 2:07 pm

    i always wanted to: run a marathon
    but never have because: im too lazy to train for it

    i always wanted to: adopt kids coz my son wants a sibling =]
    but never have because: it’s expensive & a single mama can’t afford it now

    i always wanted to: write my books (yes plural)
    but never have because: i feel like no one’s even gonna want to read it

    i always wanted to: start preaching/teaching to women (or whoever)
    but never have because: im not really given the chance to/don’t know where to start

    i always wanted to: adopt a dog for my son
    but never have because: i know i will end up cleaning the dog’s poo & pee.

    i always wanted to: go back to school & finish college/masters
    but never have because: i don’t have time/$

    hoping after 2009 all that will change & i’ll get to do it all & more.

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    • Kristi O permalink
      October 30, 2009 2:15 pm

      my dogs are all potty trained, you should try one out for size, having a dog will change your life.

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  26. Kristi O permalink
    October 30, 2009 2:14 pm

    I have always wanted to adopt
    but my husband mental illness is still in the forefront…
    and well we are old

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  27. Lynse Leanne permalink
    October 30, 2009 7:45 pm

    I always wanted to go to college…but i didnt because of money. I hope that someday this will change…cause what i wanna do needs a degree…or 2.

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