January 17, 2008
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When I was younger I always thought I would have a wine rack full of wine in my house when I "grew up". I had taken classes in wine tasting and serving, and enjoyed them a great deal. There are ten beautiful vineyards in this area, all of them putting out interesting wines.
I have never been a big drinker and now I don't drink at all. I was usually the designated driver, which was fine by me. It was always fun watching other people have fun. Except for when they did stupid things like get totally drunk, have to get out of the car to throw up and then try to run away...
Sorry got a little side tracked there.
Anyway... there isn't a wine rack in our house... no great selection of vino, and I can't say I am sorry. I just find it strange the things we expect in our younger years that don't materialize for one reason or another.
How have your expectations changed from when you were younger?
Comments (37)
Expectations: I am sure they have.
I used to be the designated driver too.
My parents once filled up their wine rack but it will take them a while to do it again
I thought I was going to be a teacher when I grew up. Now I want to be a photographer.
that is a very good photo- you are getting so many good ones and it's still January.
I wanted to be a Forest Ranger!
) for it!
Love the pix Ang,you have such an eyeball (And I don't mean your curser
Or is it 'cursor' ?
I dated a gill once who's MO included jumping from moving cars... and then playing hide and seek in ditchs for hours.
What wonderful memories you conjured up for me..
btw - The older I get, the less I can drink... its so fcuking sad!!!!!
Actually, the older I get, the less I desire to drink..... which is even worse... I'm going to kill myself.
I love the pics!
Excellent photos girl! I always wanted to live in a humongous castle,high on a mountain top! LOL! It took many years to realize a man's home is his castle! My FIL use to make his own wine and grew his own grapes. He cheated just a little... he would add 100 proof vodka to the wine! Talk about a kick! Yahoo! :=-)
hey, we're on 5-6 pm EST today . . . and this morning, when i went to the dollar store and asked if they had an umbrella hat, a woman suggested i just carry an umbrella instead of wearing it as a hat.
My expectations changed a bit. Mainly because, when I was dating Matthew, I let us do whatever HE wanted and spent my money on what HE wanted to buy.
I love your pictures...again. I love to drive up Old Mission peninsula in the summer when all the grapes are ripe. I've always wanted a vinyard and a winery, but I don't drink and my family is very, very against drinking; I'm sure they'd have a problem with me having one.
thanks hon!!!!!
have a great day sweetie!!!
It's strange how drinking lost its allure when I had to get up and be the mommy the next morning with a screaming hangover. It's just not worth the trouble. I'm not much of a wine drinker, preferring rum (or any hard liquor, actually). I was dragged by my ex to a wine tasting gathering once. The hoity toity guests were swishing and sniffing, talking about the undertones, bouquet, etc. The host asked me what I tasted. I told him that quite honestly all I tasted was grapes. Needless to say, ex was horrified.
My expectations? Of course they've changed. I was going to be a movie star (not actress) when I was younger. I was going to be footloose and fancy free -- no kids or DH to hold me down. I was also going to be a jet setter and sleep in a new and exotic location every few weeks. Now I think I might play with community theater when the kids are grown, and while I do like to travel, I no longer want to do it all the time.
Which expectations HAVEN'T changed?
I thought i was going to be one of those hip FBI chicks or perhaps someone who investigates mysteries and such. Nancy Drew eat your heart out. Oddly enough I ended up a housewife with some wonderful kids and a fairly decent (if I do say so myself) bloggie. Still, I can't complain.
I expected to have a house by the time I was 35.
I thought I was going to be a supercharged career woman by 26. Um...I'm not supercharged...and I'm still working on getting us a wine rack...
I expected I would grow up one day. It's finally happening.
I expected to be a Veterinarian for the National Geographic, then I found out I wasn't very good in advanced math.......I also didn't expect to have children and I had four!
I'm sure every one of my expectations has been altered...must give this some more attention when I have more time...as far as wine...I'll take a glass of something semi-dry & white anytime...TTYL, Rain
Yeah, thanks for bringing that story up. BEYOTCH!
I love you just the same.
I don't remember having a lot of expectations along the way. But, the few I had have been shot to hell in a hand cart... (so to speak)
I love the picture of the barn!
dna
Men!!
Totally different from what I wanted when I was younger.
I love vineyards! We actually have some good ones here in Illinois. Both in the north (aka Freeland) and southern Illinois (aka Nazitucky).
Short answer yes.I had a child with severe physical challenges , I stepped off any notable career path ,I found out I was stronger then ,and not as clever as I assumed I was.Good question ,excellent photos.
My expectations aren't as high anymore, but maybe that is a contradiction in terms, because I believe in manifesting my dreams!
My expectations have changed a great deal.... I don't have as many!!! LOL
Great photo of the barn!!
Along the way I wanted to be various things. But deep down inside I knew I would be content being a wife and mother. And I was.
It all changed. I wonder why I planned anything!!!
Well I can assure you i never expected to be the village idiot of a den of fools...
HELLLLLLOOOOOOO! GUESS WHO! Yip, only me! I have missed you like crazy - glad to see there are such awesome pics still appearing on here. And I am not answering your question right now, I am not in the right frame of mind for those type of questions right now!
Have an awesome weekend, sweetie pie!
speaking of wines, my boss is here for a visit and constantly treats us out. she orders wine and asks if we want also. to her surprise, we all ordered fruit juices. when we had lunch today, the operations manager was with us and she told him that guess what these kids would order... lol!
Love the photos. When I was younger, I hoped I'd find and marry a man like my grandfather who happily assumed his role as head of the family, who nurtured the young minds within that family and was well respected by both family and friends. Now I understand that he was a rare breed and that most men are still the little, obnoxious, selfish boys I knew in school, only with bigger penises.
I had great plans on what I was going to be when I grew up. My problem was that I listened to my parents too much and tried hard to ignore what my heart was telling me. Now I have the tendency to blame my parents and my heart hurts because it was ignored. I am working to revive that part of me that I've tried to supress for so long, but that part of me is timid and a afraid to come out again for fear of being shoved into the back corner again. Hopefully time will coax it out again. The reality of it is my actions in the past have greatly shaped how my life will go right now and any relief is off in the distance.
Love the winter photography. Turn them into your glass art.