The infamous New Year's resolutions...

So, here it is, New Year's Eve, and I know the dreaded question I'll be asked by friends tonight will be, "What's your New Year's resolution?" I could say the same things that I always say every year: lose weight, make all As, and save money. But really? I've been having those resolutions for as long as I can remember, and are they really making any impact in my life? I mean am I really doing everything I can in order to do those things? NO. I'm not. (From here on out, New Year's resolution will be NYR).

Dictionary.com defines a resolution as ' a formal expression of opinion or intention made.' So, it's what you really intend to do. It doesn't mean you have to actually do it, just make a conscious effort at doing so?

So I guess my previous NYRs have been correct...I have intended to lose weight. I have intended to make all As. I have intended to save money. It just gets to me. Why can't I get over it? I feel like if I set a NYR, that I'm just going to fail at it, and why would I want to set a NYR and then feel like a failure in mid-January when I quit?

So, here is a list of things that I would like to accomplish in 2009, but I'm not going to worry and stress over them.
1. Shape Up- I'm kinda at a point where I just want to be at a healthy BMI and not care about having that 'perfect' body that I had previously dreamt of having.
2. Make grades that reflect the work I put into the classes. If I put in 100% effort, I know that I'll make As. So I am really going to work at studying.
3. Budget. Budget. Budget. Kendi and Don sat down with me and helped me come up with a reasonable budget. I pray that I can stick to it.
4. Running. I absolutely LOVE to run. I just don't make time for it and my knees hurt when I run too much. So, I'm going to slowly work my way into running again. I want to have my time be less than an hour when I run Beach to Bay in May. (Last year, my time was like 1:08). I also want to be able to run a half marathon by this time next year. That's 13.1 miles. and I know, that is a lot. But, I do have 12 months.
5. Have time to do nothing. I would like to set aside one day a month for me to do absolutely nothing. (I'll wait until I have all my syllabi to make sure I don't schedule those days the day before a paper or exam.haha).

But, my NYR that I'll tell everyone. The one that I really want to do. The BIG one.

I am going to wake up each morning and thank God for all that He has done for me.

So often, I take for granted all the things that I have and I forget to thank Him. What if I start my each day thanking Him? Not asking for things, but just saying, 'Thank You, God. You are AMAZING!!!'

Audie

From PJohn's Blog:

"Our Children's Pastor - Audie Lawley - has been in the hospital a couple of days now fighting an infection and dealing with issues that are preventing her from producing blood to fight the infection.

The Dr.'s still aren't sure of the cause of the infection and are running many tests . . . Please pray for healing and peace . . . and pray for her husband Tim to be encouraged and blessed.

"I will extol the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His name together.
I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.
Fear the Lord, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing." (Psalm 34:1-4, 8-9)"

Please pray that the docs can figure out where this infection is coming from and how to get rid of it!

end of the year ramblings...

This year has gone fairly well...

flew in a plane for the first time ever (March)
drove to Arkansas (July)
began doing overnight babysitting jobs
bought a laptop (Oct 3)
got a new car (May 26)
ran in Beach to Bay for the first time ever (May 17)
grown closer in my relationship with God
had a blast working with awesome people at church
began valet parking to earn some extra $ (Nov)

I'm so anxious to see what God and 2009 has in store for me!
I'm looking forward to:
January: the 11th. Something always happens to me on January 11th & I'm excited to see what it's going to be...I'm considering going and getting a second hole in each ear (I've really wanted to, but I'm kinda a chicken) because on January 11th when I was 11, I got my ears pierced. So, January 11 when I'm 22, get a 2nd hole? Idk...
January: starting a new budget
February: MDA Stride and Ride
March: MDA Gala
March: Third Day Concert (bought mom tickets for her bday, which is today)
April:???
May: Beach to Bay
May: ending my last semester at Del Mar!
May: Ending my cell phone contract with Sprint...or at least ending the contract with my parents phones & sprint... ;)
June: Marilyn and Raymond's wedding-I'm a bridesmaid
June: Seeing my Dad (for the first time in 12 years).
July:?
August: Beginning my first semester as full time SCS student.
September: 23rd birthday! wow.
October:?
November:?
December:?

I look forward to seeing me this time next year & seeing how God has grown me.

I'll post some "goals," "resolutions," whatever in the next day or so that I want to accomplish next year.

8-25-08 to 12-8-08

I have always been self conscious about my weight. This semester, I took both water aerobics and swimming. I decided at the beginning of the semester I would write down my weight and do my best to get some of it off by now (the end of the semester). My (realistic) goal was to lose 10 pounds this semester.

So, like I said I was in Swimming and Water Aerobics all semester. In Water Aerobics, we were challenged to do the 100 mile challenge. Basically, walk, run, or swim 100 miles in the semester. I had about 3 weeks where I forgot to turn in my paper saying my mileage for the week, but I'm proud to say that I walked/ran/swam 168.5 miles this semester!

And...drumroll please...

I have lost 21.2 pounds!!!

I am super excited & am trying to continue to work and get some more weight off & shape up. :-)

Prayer Requests

As this semester is ending, I'm asking everyone to please please please pray for me...

My Astronomy Final can either break me or save me...like it's either gonna be a C or like a 30. So please PLEASE pray that all goes well tomorrow (1045am-115pm).

Then on Tuesday, please pray for my Biblical interpretation and my Christian Worship classes...I'm doing much better in both of those classes than in Astronomy, but pray that I still do well. RIght now, I think that I have high Bs in both classes...so if I do well, I could get As...which would be AWESOME!

Please pray for Kaylee Lierman...she's having tubes put in and her adenoids taken out on Tuesday (she's 13 months old) and the surgery isn't until 3 in the afternoon & she can't eat anything after midnight the night before...So pray that it all goes well. (also, pray for her daddy, Daryl who will be having surgery on january 19th).

Hmm...what else?

Please pray for my professors Nathan and Kathy Maxwell---they're going to be relocating to Florida in about a week & just pray that all goes well with the move and the readjustments and that they find a church. All of us at SCS are really going to miss them. They are awesome...I've had so much fun in her class.

okay, it's time for me to get back to studying. :-/

Ocho Ocho Ocho

Saw this on my cousin Megan's blog...so I figured I'd join in on the fun. And I added some more categories to make it 8 questions about 8 things...lol

8 Favorite TV shows

1. 90210 (the new one--never seen the other one)

2. Super Nanny

3. Extreme Makeover Home Edition

4. What Not to Wear

5. What I Like About You

6. Bringing Home Baby/A Baby Story

7. CSI Miami

8. Two and a Half Men

8 Favorite Restaurants

1. Olive Garden

2. On the Border

3. Longhorn

4. La Playa

5. Quiznos

6. Schlotzsky's

7. Staples St. Diner

8. B & Js

8 Things that happened today

1. Went to Astronomy Class

2. Went to Olive Garden with Mallory :-)

3. Went to the mall with Mallory to look for something nice for me to wear Friday night (we're having a volunteer appreciation banquet at church)

4. Went to Church and unhooked 300 chairs, stacked abouot 180 of them, and moved probably 75 of those from the sanctuary to the Son Harbor class. (All by myself I might add...wanted to get a head start on it for tomorrow when we set up & i may not be there if I have a study group...)

5. Went to HEB Plus to order a 24X36 picture of my family. (and get it). Oh, and order & get Christmas cards

6. Met my mom at the mall where I looked for something to wear (still with no luck).

7. Went to Hobby Lobby and bought a frame for my big picture

8. Went to dinner at the Longhorn with Mom and Bill


8 Things I'm looking Forward to.....

1. Finals Being over

2. going to bed early once I finish this

3. The Volunteer Banquet

4. Going out with my Life Group after the Volunteer Banquet

5. Keeping the Johnson kiddos next weekend.

6. sleeping late again

7. putting Christmas lights up on the outside of the house

8. cleaning my room (which lets you all know it must be EXTREMELY messy)!

8 Favorite Movies

1. It's a Wonderful Life

2. High School Musical (1,2, and 3)

3. What a Girl Wants

4. The Holiday

5. Cheaper by the Dozen (1, and 2)

6. Father of the Bride (all of them...is there 2 or 3?)

7. Elf

8. Mr. Deeds

8 Favorite Songs

1. Give Me Your Eyes-Brandon Heath

2. Jesus Messiah- Chris Tomlin

3. Marvelous Light - Chris Tomlin

4. Just Dance- Lady GaGa

5. Fields of Grace- Big Daddy Weave?

6. Mighty to Save - Laura Story

7. Undignified - David Crowder

8.Fabulous - from High School Musical


8 Blogs you read the most

1. Pastor John's

2. Jade's

3. Dixie's

4. Julie V.'s

5. Lisa M.'s

6. Aaron & Kerre's

7. Megan's

8. Kiesha's

8 Things you did in High School

1. Color Guard- captain

2. Band -baritone

3. National Honor Society

4. Spanish National Honor Society

5. Student Council

6. Key Club

7. Girl Scouts!!!

8. Hung out with Rae & Juillet!

I was going to blog

I really was. I thought of something that I wanted to say...but I got sidetracked reading Miss Jade-y's blog and commenting on her awesomely cute son...and now I've forgotten.

So, off to bed.