last year shortly after my birthday i wanted to make sure that i spent my year doing
not just sitting around and watching life go by and not participating and making my life the life i wanted it to be
it certainly has not been an easy task-- life has gone the way it wanted to go no matter if that was what i wanted
my dad told me last weekend that he and my mother were sure that my life was going to go up soon
and i believed them
i didn't believe them because it is truly what i want
but because i know that it already is
my life is full of people who are good
good people are what i have always wanted in my life
i have great family
really great who i am beginning to develop a relationship that is so precious
i have an AMAZING daughter
who prays and thanks God for warm baths, her puppies that she snuggles with and her wonderful family
i think that even if i haven't accomplished everythign on my list before my birthday in january i think i can look back on 2010 and say that i have grown more and become the woman i wish i had always been this year
that is an accomplishment more special than anything on my 26 before 26
but lets visit it anyway
(just for shifts and giggles)
- go out for fun at least once a month-- i may not have done this every month but there have ben fun and exciting times with special people every month this year
- get a tattoo -- I got TWO!!
- take a weekend trip by myself-- i didn't get to do this but is not something i am giving up on doing!
- read and watch Gone with the Wind- reading (sort of) may have to go on 27 before 27 list!
- get a follower who I have never met-- done and exceeded! yaya
- create my own template and background -- done and even designed and sold one!
- host a fancy brunch-- hmmm i want to do this one!!
- sew kitchen curtains-- not yet!
- join and attend an exercise class-- needs to happen
- submit a poem to be published-- i love writing poetry but my writing drive has been on low this year...need to work on that
- buy an antique and refinish it--- apparently my dad has one that i hope to take care of before i turn 26
- make a photo album for each year Aubs has been alive---not done (or started)
- volunteer-- i didn't volunteer in the traditional sense but i did organize a book drive for my students in which they raised over $100 to buy books served by the Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley
- learn at least three key phrases in three different languages-- ummm so didn't happen
- get a 60 minute massage-- uh-mazing!
- reorganize Aubs room-- boy did i ever
- write more correspondence to my family in Iowa--kind of....
- explore Roanoke-- more than i ever have before!
- get a mommy/daughter mani/pedi-- maybe in January??
- figure out how I like my martini-- need to get on that
- throw a theme party :(
- reconnect with a few friends-- ha
- do a free makeover at a clinque counter and buy at least one thing from it-- maybe over x-mas break or while i am out x-mas shopping?
- buy my first major appliance -i ♥ my washer
- decorate my life -constantly ongoing!
- try blond or at least partially blond--- workin on it and loving it!
i feel pretty good about my progress and hey my 27 before 27 list will be easy since i will have some i know will just move on over!
how did you guys do on your goal lists for the year?
