Time Travelled — almost 9 years

an idea to execute... in the future

Jun 25, 2011 Jun 25, 2020

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, So I'm standing in the kitchen eating some "fast food" style french fries & an idea pops into my head. You know your brain, always taking things to far until you get obsessed and must execute. But this I can't execute, not now. Hopefully you can or you can in the future. So anyway, the fries were in one of those red plastic baskets with the red & white checkered paper liner. I picture it being filled w/ fish & chips. Remember those? Well I don't know how it came to me but I would like my children to someday put on a "restaurant" for family & friends. The whole sha-bang. Here's a rundown. First, they will have polaroid cameras or something & take pictures of food they order when they go to restaurants. Then, they will keep a little album with all the foods, especially what they liked. Hopefully they are adventurous eaters. So they keep that & then you tell them they can put together a restaurant. You will send invites to the grandparents, brothers, husbands family... neighbors or good friends... whoever! They will say they would like to come at whatever time (for free!) & that's their reservation. (I'm assuming I have a bunch of kids so there is enough, otherwise they whole thing might have to be cut down) So the kids will seat the guests when they arrive & give them a simple appetizer, a main mean & a dessert. The appetizer can be something like chips & salsa so it doesn't require too much work since they will be working on the main meal. If their are two kids old enough to cook then there can be two main courses & the customer can choose (cook = waiter/waitress, too). Make sure you let the kids create the menu, but of course within reason. We can make the dessert ahead of time too. So they will be focused on their main course & serving that. Basically, it allows them to learn how to cook in a fun way, see how a restaurant works & maybe make some money off tips. Isn't this idea genius? Maybe they could do this semi-annually so it'd become a tradition & get passed down. Or maybe it will be a complete disaster & everyone will just laugh about how I thought this was a good idea. Hey, I'm 18 when I'm thinking of this, give me a break. Kids aren't my forte. Hopefullyyyyy, this will be something that actually happens. This is your reminder. If the kids are too young then go back to futureme.org, copy, paste & send to a more accurate date. Because I honestly have no idea what the future will hold. Maybe I'm not even married... I would hope so though cuz I'm leaving my 20's in a couple years! Good luck!

Load more comments

Sign in to FutureMe

or use your email address

Don't know your password? Sign in with an email link instead.

By signing in to FutureMe you agree to the Terms of use.

Create an account

or use your email address

You will receive a confirmation email

By signing in to FutureMe you agree to the Terms of use.

Share this FutureMe letter

Copy the link to your clipboard:

Or share directly via social media:

Why is this inappropriate?