<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29070417</id><updated>2023-06-20T23:58:30.320-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dream Vacations</title><subtitle type='html'>Everybody has a dream - maybe even a secret dream - one that you haven&#39;t told anybody about . . . . Email me with your Dream Vacation, and I&#39;ll happily post it for all to see . . . It could simply be an overnight stay in a local hotel, an afternoon visit to your neighborhood Zoo, a weekend drive to lofty snow-capped Mountains, an extended tour of a foreign country, a lavish ocean cruise, or a passenger on a private yacht.  Whatever your fancy may be, we&#39;ll share it here.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dream-vacations.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29070417/posts/default?alt=atom'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dream-vacations.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Barbara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06387630570171375871</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29070417.post-114911302089330790</id><published>2006-05-31T16:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-31T19:28:13.890-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5070/3088/1600/Our%20ship.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;see the ship&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5070/3088/320/Our%20ship.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everybody has a dream - maybe even a &lt;em&gt;secret &lt;/em&gt;dream - one that you haven&#39;t told anybody about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . and likewise, most people have a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dream vacation &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;that they would love to bring into their reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How about you? Do you have a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dream vacation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; that you have been planning in your mind? Have you ever told anyone about this wonderful &lt;em&gt;dream vacation&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me ask you a question.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you do have a &lt;em&gt;dream vacation&lt;/em&gt; that you have been planning and conjuring up in your mind, and you haven&#39;t told anyone about it - why not? Why haven&#39;t you told anyone?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good question, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Could it be that you think people might laugh at you? because you don&#39;t have the money to take even a small vacation - much less a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dream vacation!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we were very young, we would boldly profess our wildest thoughts and our biggest dreams to anyone who would listen:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;When I grow up, I&#39;m going to be an astronaught!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I want a pony for my birthday!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I could eat all the ice-cream in the whole wide world all by myself!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;As we grew up, our dreams changed. However we still dreamed and imagined great things.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then as time wore on, we began to dream less and to expect less.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why? Why did we lose our dreams and our desires and our inspirations?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would love to hear from all of you out there. &lt;/p&gt;Do you dare to dream?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have a &lt;em&gt;dream vacation&lt;/em&gt; that you have been planning in your mind?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know I do. I have a whopper of a &lt;em&gt;dream vacation&lt;/em&gt; that I have just recently shared with my four young-adult children and my three grandchildren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;know&lt;/strong&gt; that my BIG dream vacation will come to &lt;strong&gt;be&lt;/strong&gt; in the very near future. How do I know this? Well, because I just got back from my MINI-dream vacation, that&#39;s why! Yes, I went on a fabulous cruise to the Caribbean. And just last year I would have laughed at you if you told me that I would be taking an eight-day cruise to the Caribbean with some of my business partners!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How did I do this? Where did the money come from for the cruise?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my next post, I&#39;ll tell you all about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, I&#39;ll soon tell you all about my &lt;em&gt;dream vacation, &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; I know that I will be going on this &lt;em&gt;dream vacation&lt;/em&gt; in the very near future!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until next time,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dream-vacations.blogspot.com/feeds/114911302089330790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29070417&amp;postID=114911302089330790' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29070417/posts/default/114911302089330790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29070417/posts/default/114911302089330790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dream-vacations.blogspot.com/2006/05/everybody-has-dream-maybe-even-secret.html' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06387630570171375871</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>