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  C Martin

  11 months ago

  My next extended holiday. I am sooooooo overdue.
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  marn

  11 months ago

  Sorting through 35 years of my husband's parent's estate (they both passed away in the last 2 years). My first son going to Kindergarten in Sept.. (and riding the bus)! My Dad's 70th birthday party, and a family reunion on the long weekend!
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  Cindy

  11 months ago

  Being able to do what I love for a living when I am financially able to do so!
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  marianne

  11 months ago

  Taking my Style Statement [Natural Magic] out to play - getting a new hair-do, going to a concert by my current favorite band, Back Door Slam; branding my fledgling business "mary's nuts!", finding love
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  Leslie

  11 months ago

  OOOh my goodness! This is a real sensitive topic. I hope i don't break out the tissue but i must see it written so i will take the time to express. I am a single parent that does not get any help from the father. He is a great child 4.0...... good looking, great personality ect... It has been really hard for me the last 3year financially. I am anticipating a new job with a new home and the days of saying goodbye to not just finanaical hardship but financial frustration and the feeling of being swallowed by the make do monster.
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  Ellen

  11 months ago

  Relocating to Northern California.
  Becoming an accredited supervisor of fledgling counselors.
  My dog calming down when she becomes an adult.
  A visit from a wonderful friend in August.
  An upsurge in the economy so we can all breathe more easily.
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  Ruth

  11 months ago

  A lot more controlling and undermining at my current job, before I will finally be able to quit.
  Lots of fun and togetherness at an upcoming trip to Canada.
  A positive change in my life is on the horizon. I can feel it.
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  Ning

  11 months ago

  A big chunk of free time so that I could finally work on some scrapbook pages and use up the embellishments that I have purchased more than a year ago.
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  Kristin

  11 months ago

  Signing away my first book. My wedding next summer to my dream guy. Meeting more new friends in my new city. Focusing as I begin new projects. Continuing my path to a better self. Finally receiving Style Statement (takes awhile from ordering to receiving in the UK) later this week and diving in at the weekend.
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  Kristin

  11 months ago

  Embrace that positivity! You're right - if you feel it, it's coming...be ready to grab on with both hands. :)
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  Julia

  11 months ago

  I anticipate all kinds of changes this year! I am approaching my 40th birthday, and although I've always said that the midlife crisis was a trite concept, now I understand! I expect that I will be ready/in a position to meet a wonderful, appropriate guy that will have the potential to be my husband. I expect that my job will become less stressful, more creative and better defined. I expect that I will be healthy! I am reading, "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert and "The Gift of Change" by Marianne Williamson. Great books for understanding transition. Change is not easy for me, but I know my ultimate contentment/happiness comes from accepting change and embracing it. I'd love to hear from some mid-lifers!
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  Julia

  11 months ago

  Your dog will calm down! My canine children are Jack Russells/Beagle mixes and it does get better. I have replaced blinds, sofa material, bras and pillow cases. Don't give up. Crate training is a life saver. Benadryl helps, too, if your dog/s get nervous during thunderstorms. Hang in there!
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  CB

  11 months ago

  You have watched The Secret, right? Every I am or he is statement is a decree. Make only the decrees of the things you want in your life, especially when who some one is being is less than there best self. You will be beyond amazed at how all of this works. My husband has gone from an abusive jerk to thoughtful and attentive. (over a 2 1/2 year period)
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  Joannie

  11 months ago

  I'm anticipating another trip to my roots next year and saving towards it every week. I'm anticipating freedom from the pain of peripheral neuropathy. I'm anticipating love reciprocated. I'm anticipating a red convertible Beetle. I'm anticipating freedom from fear.
  
  Freedom is very important to me.
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  Julia

  11 months ago

  Where do we find out about "style statements"?
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  Joanne

  11 months ago

  I've just sent my first short story to a magazine for consideration. I'm anticipating getting a reply. I'd love for it to be published, but just finishing it and sending it off was a huge step.
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  Brenda

  11 months ago

  Picking up my brand new (really) '07 Cadillac STS that is capable of doing everything but fix my breakfast.
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  Marissa

  11 months ago

  Without adding my own judgment on these things as to time relative to "now," here is what I'm anticipating:
  - My vision is a success, and I am serving my clients as an attorney, a web-tech, and an admin, as their needs require;
  - I get my hair cut similar to Kate Gosselin (Jon & Kate Plus 8), and I love it, and I no longer pull my hair up in a Pebbles Flintstone-esque ponytail to get it out of my eyes everyday
  - I travel to Tibet, and I see some of the sites, and feel some of the experiences, that I studied about for years as a religious studies major
  - I am financially comfortable--not Robin-Leech-is-at-my-door wealthy, but comfortable, and able to assist my family if they need it
  - I dance a little every day, even if it's not in a physical sense
  - I am happy, and I am now.
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  Brenda

  11 months ago

  Forgot to mention that the car ties in very nicely with my 'Comfort-Creative' style statement.
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  Chantal

  11 months ago

  Beginning my new career as a travel agent in the film industry. Having my paintings show in a NY gallery. Producing my hand-painted tshirts in Bali this fall.
  Expanding my mind, anticipating what life has yet to teach me and the continuous opening of my heart.
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  Shug

  11 months ago

  I anticipate returning home late tonight (after a mini working vacation from my regularly schedule life) and delving into my new Style Statement book, which arrived in the mail while I was gone . . . AFTER sharing some hugs and kisses with my sweetheart, of course ( which I am also very much anticipating). :)
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  laurie_matthews

  11 months ago

  Finding my soul mate and reinventing my career.
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  Traci

  11 months ago

  Finding my style statement. (I'm working on it!)
  Gaining all sorts of semi guilt-free weight while my husband attends culinary school. (Practice, practice, practice, honey!)
  Finally being able to stay in a place for more than 2 years once my husband graduates. (Please, please, please.)
  Landing a freelance gig I applied for a bit ago. (Again, please, please, please.)
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  Carrie McCarthy

  11 months ago

  Yes your dog will calm dow. Our golden doodle, Billie, woke up one day when she was about three and volia! She listens, she responds, she is lovely! Hang in there!
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  lezin bogan

  11 months ago

  my husband is taking me to nyc for my birthday next weekend. he has never been there and i am looking forward to experiencing the city with him for the first time.
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  Xai Vicente Charles

  11 months ago

  I am anticipating leaving the corporate world and being on my own. It's a little frightening but I really have no other choice. I know that it would be a great move for me.
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  Andrea Devis

  11 months ago

  The best on your move to NorCal it is a great place!
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  Ellen

  11 months ago

  Bravo!
  Your 40s will be great - I met my Sweetheart when I was 47 and he was 51....we've been happily together for almost 2 years now. Have fun!
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  Krystl

  11 months ago

  Annual trip to Cape Cod with family. My baby sister (she's 17!) coming to visit me in NYC. Re-learning to drive. Finally going back to the bell tower tomorrow after a long absence.
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  Cathy

  11 months ago

  Creating a website business that incorporates my Style Statement ("Tailored Ease.") Actually, making my whole life more in sync with that statement.
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  Marti

  11 months ago

  Moving. I live in apartment that I'm not happy with but I'm not homeless, I've experienced some financial set-backs, but I have FAITH
  that things are going to turn around and I'm going to find a nice aparrtment that I can comfortably afford.
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  Lynda

  11 months ago

  Writing a book and getting it published:-)
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  Lynda

  11 months ago

  Kristin,
  It sounds like you've already accomplished what it is I am trying to do...any advice?
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  CS (Composed Lovely)

  11 months ago

  The passing of my two 13 year old golden retrievers - they are not much longer for this world. I am loving on them every day. Not having children, these ARE mine.
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  Danielle LaPorte

  11 months ago

  your first book?! That's a Very Big Deal! Let us know what your Style Statement is.
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  Danielle LaPorte

  11 months ago

  our website, baby: www.carrieanddanielle.com.
  Everything you need to know and more!
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  Danielle LaPorte

  11 months ago

  Shug...as in The Color Purple Shug? Love your name.
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  Annah

  11 months ago

  I am anticipating Fall and the temperature finally getting cooler - Texas heat is a killer! I anticipate every day with my daughter - she is three-and-a-half and every day she discovers something new, says something hilarious, and opens my eyes a little more. I am also anticipating my new self. I am in the midst of a new era in my life, and I am excited to see what happens next!
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  Susie Hutchinson

  11 months ago

  A holiday. We are heading to Scotland next week--my daughter will meet her Great Grannie.
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  Kristin

  11 months ago

  Do it!!! Don't just say you want to write a book. Write a book. Twist your life around so you can find the time to get it done. Then rewrite it, maybe a few times, and when you feel it's the best you can do, put it out into the universe. Get a thick skin. Separate your writing from your self - it's easier to take rejection that way - and know that a 'no' is just one opinion. And don't stop believing in yourself and your potential. Good luck!
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  Ralu

  11 months ago

  Falling in love again...
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  bene

  11 months ago

  A great holiday, I am leaving friday and I am so happyyyy! hurrayyyy! holidays are great. I am going to live with a friend of mine on a little island as far out in to the atlantic as you can come. I love the sea and i hope for sunny weather and a smooth travel.
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  MelissaM

  11 months ago

  Relationships&Communication: Attending Studio Pinpoint's "Accomplishment of Women" party tomorrow night in Toronto. Making connections that will give me hints (or keys!) to my future.
  
  Home&Stuff: The big move to Ottawa in August. Two more weeks of the life I know well, and then a magical blank canvas. Finally setting up a home with my fiance. Entertaining.
  
  Service&Wealth: Opening doors (and my heart) to a vocation of service and creativity. Saying no sometimes so I can say yes to the right offers.
  
  Nature&R&R: Finding the drumming communities in Ottawa. Discovering paths, trails, hills, rivers and rural areas close to my new home.
  
  Fashion&Sensuality: Wedding planning with my fiance. Combining our unique styles to create a great gathering of friends and family.
  
  Body&Wellness: Getting strong and slim over the next year. Saying no to sugar and yes to stretching. Running a half-marathon in the fall.
  
  Creativity&Celebration: Weddings & babies everywhere! A new nephew or niece on the way. Handmade cards.
  
  Spirit&Learning: Daily gratitude & prayer.
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  Emily Cline

  11 months ago

  Making my first feature film! We're just signing the contract for the rights to a national bestseller and the business plan is starting next week! We're on our way!
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  Julia

  11 months ago

  Thanks for your response! Your words are encouraging!
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  Yadlik

  11 months ago

  Moving to Georgia to live by my daughter and her family.
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  alligator_kate

  11 months ago

  A trip to Mexico with my husband. Finishing my play. More clients for my herbal practice. Getting my website up and running. The community garden saved. A strengthened, more translucent-hearted marriage. Lots of laughter. A garden in upstate NY near a stream and woods. Becoming a better dancer. Deepening my connections with new beautiful friends.
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  Tiffany

  11 months ago

  Becoming a mother with a natural at home child birth.
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  Shug

  11 months ago

  Sort of. Actually, my name is Averie. Shug is the nickname my daughter and I chose for my 9-month old grandson to call me. Not unlike Shug Avery (TCP), though, did grow up singing in church and now am known as a juke joint singer of sorts (minus the preacher daddy drama and hard drinking). The name seems to suit me; my friends are beginning to call me Shug now, too.
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  Shug

  11 months ago

  Hooray for you. I'm headed to Cape Breton Island in two weeks (first visit there) and really looking forward to some time by the sea as well. Have a wonderful time on "your" island holiday!
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  kerrymac

  11 months ago

  Finding a job I love, finding my creative passion and more focus in all areas of my life. Also building a home in the hills of Lavington, a sacred space that fits in with the landscape and is kind to Mother Earth, a place my family can be together in nature.
  www.snickerdoodles.typepad.com
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  Traci

  11 months ago

  Good luck! If it's not the reply you were hoping for, don't be afraid to turn around and send it right back out again! Sending lots of good mojo your way.
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  Traci

  11 months ago

  Oh, oh, oh. My dogs are my children, too. I'm sending a bit of love for you, too.
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  Ruth

  11 months ago

  I am so ready! :-)
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  Suzyn

  11 months ago

  Moving to a friendlier neighborhood.
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  Candace

  11 months ago

  True LOVE in action. so I can feel it on both sides, like the sun.
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  Keiko

  11 months ago

  The evolution of me, the unfolding of my life and harvesting my first ever crop of radishes
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  Joanne

  11 months ago

  Thanks Traci. Actually the reply came back today, and it was a rejection. My first rejection! I'm a real writer! I will take your advice and send it straight back out again.
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  Nia

  11 months ago

  graduate school, the opening night of the Saartjie Project, falling in love again, traveling, yoga certification, my book being published, my books arts classes in the fall, seeing my niece again, starting a family, seeing my dreams (the good ones) materialize.
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  Lorna

  11 months ago

  I'm now 43 and having the time of my life. I'm more comfortable taking risks, trying new things and figuring out who the full me is! If you want to come visit me at my blog, here ya go...http://bodalorna.blogspot.com/
  Enjoy the wisdom that comes from life experience gathered.
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  Carrie McCarthy

  11 months ago

  thinking of you and your furry children.
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  Carrie McCarthy

  11 months ago

  Wow, way to use our Life Style Map! Your list is inspiring!
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  Carrie McCarthy

  11 months ago

  Keep us posted on your journey, blessings!
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  Carrie McCarthy

  11 months ago

  Check out Danielle's blog post on home births, June 25th. Juicy info!
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  Lori

  11 months ago

  A fresh start in the form of a new relationship, the excitement of a great connection, great conversation,the first kiss and the butterflies that go along with it all! It is all right around the corner!
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  Steve

  11 months ago

  Opening new doors, meeting new people, confronting new challenges. MORE TRAVEL! Man Day on the 26th with the boys: Beer, Ribs and War Movies...yes we can be simple creatures. Launching my personal rant blog. Communing with nature in the BC outback. Fishing with my dad in August.
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  Sandgirl

  11 months ago

  ...more financial ease since a long-awaited promotion has come through
  ...finishing my current novel (gee, I suppose I should actually be *working* on it more regularly if I actually want to finish it...)
  ...living into my Style Statement more and more (Refined Creative)
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  Sandgirl

  11 months ago

  Cape Breton is a lovely, lovely place! Enjoy your vacation!
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  Ishita Gupta

  11 months ago

  authentic choices in my career that are in line with my values....moving to the big city in two weeks...finding and understanding my big self...i'm anticipating positive changes in all those departments based on the positive changes i've made within myself....confidence, here we go...you with me?
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  Karryn Ransom

  11 months ago

  The arrival of our new Au Pair, Adriana, from Mexico. She is coming next week to join our family and be a Big Sister to our little girls. We are so excited to finally meet her!
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  andrea

  11 months ago

  I think Anticipating (and the other forms of the word) is my middle name...I am currently anticipating:
  
  going to Vegas with my husband and no children to visit my best friend
  the arrival of our live-in au pair (from Germany)
  the completion of our basement reno
  my oldest daughter starting kindergarten in September
  something "big" changing the course of my career
  lots and lots of veggies from my garden :)
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  Tamara ModernGear TV

  11 months ago

  I am anticipating the day when I can earn a living from my web site. I have written and reported for years for media conglomerates who make a mint on advertising revenue, and the business model and proliferation of new media says I can do it myself.
  
  I started the project with zest and fervor, and then my husband and I lost our son in a late-term stillbirth Talk about taking the wind of out my sales.
  
  I feel life ebbing back into my body, home and soul. I am ready for it now. I need to do a little more work to get it where I want to be, but this is what I anticipate: daily blog posts and weekly video posts that entertain and inform people and help them make decisions as to how to spend their hard-earned money. Loads and loads of readers. A steady income from the efforts. The ability to work on my own schedule, from wherever I am...hubby and puppy alongside.
  
  And being a contributing partner in our dream home, built with love from the ground up.
  
  I can't wait!
  
  Tamara
  (Natural Majestic)
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  Tamara ModernGear TV

  11 months ago

  Of course I meant wind out of my "sails" - gosh I hate discovering spelling mistakes when it's too late!
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  Jennifer Sage

  11 months ago

  The glitch meant anticipation and reflection for me!
  
  My 30th wedding celebration over 3 days in early September. Just to say marriages always change and I have experienced the best parts of my marriage following some of the most difficult parts. The only person you can change is yourself and real change that is significant can be gradual.
  
  My third lot of big OE. New Zealand to Wales for 3 summer months in 2009 with my husbands family who have lived there for ages and doing lots of walking on the Pembrokeshire coast path.
  
  Can I say as a women who has never been able to have children that mothering can take many beautiful forms over a lifetime. and also acknowledge the heartache attendant to biology not always working out the way we wish.
  
  Anticipating learning to live in the eternal now for the rest of my life with Bold Grace
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  colette

  11 months ago

  Definitely good things! Extra money and going to Impact Training this fall.
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  MarieLeona

  11 months ago

  A week vacation by the seashore with my 2 grandkids!! To loose weight and finally be able to maintain. To have the ability to grow old wisely, gracefully and with anticipation. To have my home renovated and finished. To have my 20 y.o. son finally settled and happy in life. My retirement. Tomorrow...tonight...my next moment!!!
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  Ronnie

  11 months ago

  Negative result from my tests each time I visit the doctor. Since being diagnosed with breast cancer last year, each 'negative' is a real 'positive' for me.
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  Connie

  11 months ago

  I'm anticipating doing new volunteer work at a place called Voices in
  Wartime. I'm looking forward to the new people and the new learning and work to be found there.
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  Daniel Gibbons

  11 months ago

  Two weeks driving and walking through England and the Scottish Highlands with my girls.
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  gg

  11 months ago

  a job offer from a good company. i've been so patient and done my best all over this town on interviews.
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  Bridget

  11 months ago

  I am anticipating a visit with a very close friend with whom I have known for 42 years. And I am only 46. She lives in Montreal, a city I have visited only once and just loved. I am always amazed that I have had this friend for so many years. In grade school, she was always miss popular and I wanted her all to myself. When we were adults, still friends, I often felt second fiddle to her family, I finally called her on a few things - breaking dates, being late, never calling and I finally felt powerful. As I have gotten older, I have not needed her as much and so now, I appreciate her so much more, if that makes sense. She is always a joy to be with and I am always filled with anticipation and excitement before a visit.
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  Don

  11 months ago

  EXPANSION in terms of what i am open to and absorb. i am all about more adventure and what that makes available for me and my family. normal is boring.
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  Angela

  11 months ago

  Vacation and the Summer Olympics!
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  Natasha

  11 months ago

  Walking to work. A man to love and admire. A trip to Europe. More money and knowing exactly what to do with it.
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  Carrie McCarthy

  11 months ago

  Me too, I will be glued to my TV!
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  Sylvie

  11 months ago

  I am anticipating a new job, perhaps even a new career. My current career doesn't seem to be in much demand at this place and time and although I love it I'm getting excited about other creative possibilities.
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  Angela

  11 months ago

  I actually timed my vacation to coincide with the Olympics so I can watch them uninterrupted. Sad but true! I will make an effort to get out of the house a couple of time during that time though.
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  Joshua

  11 months ago

  Recognition for ...whatever.
  A new job that will knock my creative socks off.
  Someone to hold hands with and dark eyes to get tost in.
  The best bedside table lamp you could ever imagine.
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  Nicole

  11 months ago

  A a stronger marriage, a trip to Hawaii, my first child, my second child, a bigger house, the career I dream of, my own cosmetics line,my 2nd pair of Christian Louboutin shoes & tithing my first $100,000 cheque to my church.
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  Vanessa Rae

  11 months ago

  a fun and memorable vacation with my husband and our closest friends...two weeks to go!
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