Life Goals

This week I have been inspired by Janssen's post on life goals. That and the recent turn of events in my life (i.e. a newborn) has made me think about and reevaluate and ponder on just what I see in my long distance future. What are the things I feel I will do, see, become in not just the next year or five years or ten years... but, you know, if life?

Here's what I've come up with:

• have a whole gaggle of little ones and create the kind of home where their gifts and talents are brought to flower and fruitage
• become a much more accomplished seamstress
• be healthy and active (this goal, of courses, includes learning to can, baking homemade bread regularly, and taking lots of long walks)
  
• get a masters of English
• own a children's bookstore (I might have to someday settle for working in someone else's beautifully arranged and organized children's bookstore. I think this would be a perfect part time job in my grandmother years, actually. Hmmm. This goal has been around for so long, though, it's hard to give up.)
• serve a second mission
• write a ________ (something: I don't know that a novel us in my cards... but perhaps a collection of vignettes... at the very least I want to write my personal history)
• live in Virginia

In the meantime (since some of these are so very long term), I, of course, have a handful of short term (as in, this year) goals I am working on as well:

• rebuild my stomach muscles
• go on at least a 30 minute walk at least three times a week
  
• have daily scripture study / prayer
• handmake all my gifts this year (or at least most)
  
• read at least three books a month
• write at least 2 blog posts a week
• plan menus each week and live within my food budget
• not complain
• give raymond at least 100 kisses a day

What are your life goals?