Two Wonderful Years:)

Hey everyone!

This past weekend, John and I visited St. Mary's Georgia for our 2 year wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe it's been 2 years already! I love him more and more each day:)

I was very surprised to fall in love again...with St. Mary's, that is...It is a quaint, peaceful, little town---that is close to the ocean, but not close enough to have sand in your hair and the dirty feeling that I always feel when I'm on the beach for an extended period of time. I would seriously love to move there:)

While we were there, we visited a few shops and restaurants. I recommend The Mill,http://www.themillseafoodbarandgrill.com/ The food was amazing, especially their mash potatoes! Keep your eyes peeled, I may do a review on this restaurant in my new reviews and inspiration blog;)We enjoyed this wonderful meal with my dear friend, Minnellis. It was so great to talk and catch up:)

We also visited Cumberland Island. This place is a must-see! It is so peaceful. You get to see the ruins of The Dungeoness, along with the Cumberland Island Museum---featuring all the great island history, as well as wild life---we saw a live crab, tiny sea crabs, wild horses, starfish, etc.

We ended the weekend---yesterday with John's b-day and our anniversary. We had dinner at Cracker Barrel upon John's request and I got a new harvest cook book. I'm very excited about using it and making some yummy fall treats:) We also stopped by Walmart and found that they were having an awesome movie sell so we got a few movies, including a future gift for my dad:) As you can see it was a wonderfully relaxing weekend:)

Dream On

Once upon a time there was a little girl. She had a head full of brown curls, big hazel eyes, and even bigger dreams. She looked at the world with rose colored glasses and she knew without a doubt...that she was a princess. She would wear dresses everyday when allowed and hated to get her dress dirty even though the mud could be appealing. Some days she even thought that she was adopted and her father, the king of some distant place would come and take her to her palace. Some may think this is silly, but she always thought BIG. She knew that one day she would be Miss America, she would travel to Egypt and help with an archaeological dig, she would marry a prince and live happily ever after.

If you haven't caught on yet...the little girl was me. The scary part of this is some of these things I still believe will happen and even more with my looooong bucket list. The funny thing is some people have already shut me off at this point. "Nope, will never happen. You're married you are suppose to be settling in and making babies."

Well there's a couple of problems with this. I didn't get married to settle in. I got married because I love my husband very much. I couldn't imagine going on my dream adventures without him. John and I have both agreed that we want children some day. I'm 23, I've even said I would like to have children at 25. Here's some selfishness on my part: I won't do it though. If I haven't accomplished at least one of my dreams by then, I'll put it off til on down the road...even if the road is not guaranteed. I guess one main reason is that many of my dreams involve travel and I couldn't imagine traveling with a child to an unknown place. I guess the unselfish part of this is that I would want security and stability for my children.

There's just so many things that I haven't experienced. So many things that I dream of...my heart and mind often wander to these faraway places. This is how I know that I'll never be able to shut this part of me off. It's far too big and too much a part of me. *How appropriate?! Journey's Don't Stop Believin' is playing on my Pandora Radio* So what to do?

There's another side to this coin. As well as being a BIG dreamer. I'm also a BIG people pleaser. I'm always trying to make others happy and make people like me. So considering the fact that my dreams are kinda out of the norm, it looks like there will be a steel cage match between the people pleaser and the dreamer. You all have about as much an idea of who will win as I do. Both of these are so strong in me that I have no idea:/ I'm sure the fight will make for an entertaining evening.

So have any of you struggled with this? Do you think big dreams are achievable? Have you ever given up something big to please another? How did it make you feel?