I Can't Wait!!

Money started flowing into my bank account today, just out of nowhere. Maybe it's the story I wrote that's selling like gangbusters and the advance I got for my next two books; maybe it's because I won the PCH giveaway; maybe it's because I got a fabulous work-from-home job that allows me to work my own schedule and still be available for the kids and their school functions. I don't know and it doesn't matter; the money is rolling in. So you know what I did?

I went out and bought a brand new SUV with power everything and drop-down televisions for the kids to watch when we're riding around because it also has wi-fi. It's got seating for seven and a fold-down rear seat so travel and toting is made easy. It's in a beautiful metallic teal color with tinted windows and grey interior, and it has a top-of-the-line stereo system with satellite reception. It's totally awesome.

I took the kids shopping to buy them new clothing since they really need it. New pants, shirts, socks, underwear, jackets, coats, and shoes. Everything from top to bottom. I also bought myself some new stuff since almost everything in my closet came from clothing pantries over the past few years, or was handed down to me by friends who were getting rid of their old stuff. All of us need and deserve new things and since I have the money I'm going on a shopping spree.

Tomorrow I'm having an architect friend design the house I want built for us. It's my dream house and I can afford it so I'm having it custom built. It'll be over here near us since the kids like their schools and have lots of friends. I'll just buy the plot of land, have my friend design the house and get it built. It's a beautiful house, too.

It's got five bedrooms on the upper level; one for each of us and one as a guest room. The boys' bedrooms will be connected by a jack-and-jill bathroom, as will Dolly's room and the guest room. I'll have my own master suite, because I want it and I can have it. At the end of the upstairs hall will be the laundry facilities hidden behind decorative closet-like doors. That way we can all do our laundry and not have to trudge up and down stairs carrying loads of laundry to be cleaned or put away.

The main floor will have an office for me to do my work, the work that's bringing in all the money suddenly. There will be a full dining room that will be used for special occasions and when we have company. There will be a living room with a fire place for us to hang out in and watch television or entertain guests. Rather than a den or a library, I'm going to put in a grown-up room, a room for me to entertain my friends. It'll have a television, a stereo system, a bar, a pool table and a dart board - big people games. And, of course, I'll have a guest bathroom on the main level. Nothing will be very ornate, though, because I like simple, clean lines.

The eat-in-kitchen will have plenty of cabinet space that will be filled with lots of new dishes and cookware. There will be a center island for food prep with a pot rack hanging above it for easy reach. It'll also have stainless appliances, including a dishwasher even though it probably won't get used all that often. There will be a double oven and a six-burner stove with a heating compartment below it to keep foods warm if they're finished earlier than the rest.

There will be room to the side or in the back of the cooking area with a table or breakfast nook where the kids and I can eat our meals together or just hang out and play a game every now and then. Beyond the eating area there will be a sliding glass door leading out to a deck that looks over the very spacious backyard, but I'll get to that later. I might even add a little breakfast bar on the other end of the kitchen where the kids or guests can sit to chat with me while I cook. And there will also be a butler's pantry to keep the kids' snacks and drinks so that they and their friends don't have to invade my kitchen constantly.

The basement will be the full size of the house and it'll be finished. Most of it will be for the kids to entertain their friends. Their toys will be down there, maybe a couple of gaming tables, too. They'll have a TV to play their video games and watch movies or videos and the couches will fold out for sleepovers so their bedrooms don't get wrecked. It'll be their space to have fun in and to take care of and that will include the bathroom down there that their friends will be using.

The smaller part of the basement will be a little workout room. It won't have to be very big but I want some equipment in there for exercising and room for me to do my yoga. It's hard to do now because my rooms here don't really have enough room to do much so a designated room would take away my excuses. I'll even put a TV in there so I can follow along with yoga videos, and I'll have a stereo to listen to music for when I'm utilizing the exercise machines.

Off the kitchen there will be a mud room that leads to the two-car garage that has loft storage. The garage will also lead to the backyard. It'll be a huge yard with an in-ground pool off the deck. There will be an area for climbing toys, swings and stuff like that for the kids and their friends. The side of the yard will be big enough for Zach and his friends to play football or baseball or whatever they choose that day and there will be a basketball hoop the other side on a patio area.

I'll furnish the house with all brand new items, nothing old will come with us for the basic reason that all but two pieces of furniture were handed down from friends and family, or purchased really cheap off of craigslist. The two that are my own came from my parents so those will come with us. The kids will decorate their own rooms, or choose what they want and a hired decorator will actually do the work. Each of them will have one wall in their rooms to utilize as either a chalk board, a white board or they can just use it to draw or paint their own special drawings on it. It'll give them an outlet for creativity.

It all sounds awesome right? It does, but it's not really happening anywhere other than my imagination for right now. However, there will come a day when all this will be mine because one day money will be pouring into my bank account regardless of how it gets there. When that day comes you'll all know because I'll refer to this post and just let you know that it's all coming true. Until then, I'll continue to dream all these fabulous dreams and stay on a positive track - because I can.

Until next time, peace to all.