White Christmas

Today I went to a play on BYU campus with some friends. It was excellent! One of the best plays I've ever seen. It was witty, comical, excellent choreography and dancing, and the music was very well done. I enjoyed it greatly. I love the movie and all, but this had to be ten times better. Seriously! Even better is I got a picture with my dear friend Randi. I realized we don't really have any pictures together and she and her small family will be moving this summer so I snagged her from her husband stood in front of a Christmas tree and snapped a shot. I'm so excited I got a picture with her.

Start The Holidays Off Right

I love journal writing, it helps to relieve so much stress. I finally finished my last journal. It took me so long to finish because I don't write as much when I'm in school. I started a new journal Monday and it's absolutely beautiful. I figured now was a great time to start with the Christmas holiday approaching. I want to start a personal log of my thoughts of this special season focusing on the Savior. I'm really excited to start this new adventure. I know that often I have good intentions and do it a few days and then I get busy or forget, but this one I don't want to forget. I even put a reminder in my phone to go off at a time that I know I'm available. That way I can drop whatever I'm doing and write at least a paragraph. I'm excited to look past the worldly view of Christmas and focus on building my relationship with Christ.

Pictures

In one of my classes we were doing a digital camera project. It's been a lot of work, but really fun. We were required to do some research on the importance of taking pictures and I found a site that encouraged people to take pictures all the time. Even every day! They called it the 365 challenge. I thought it was pretty cool, in the sense to take more pictures so I thought I'd add some from my Thanksgiving weekend.




This is one of a person I adore greatly. She's usually to impatient for my dinosaur of a camera to actually take pictures and they turn out blurry and not at all what I wanted. I was ELATED with this photo. Didn't hurt that I used Picasa to touch is up a little.

Mom wanted to give everyone an early Christmas present. She's been slaving away working on these and they turned out so cute! I immediately put one on my pillow. Let the holidays begin!

Wordle is AMAZING!

It's been a few months since I've written and I'm still workin on the whole losing weight thing. This was something that I learned in my technology class for Education majors. This is so much fun! We were requred to make a wordle about ourselves. You simply type in a bunch of words that describe yourself and then customize it to you! I thought it was pretty exciting. Click on this link. It's pretty awesome!

Feeling a Little Discouraged

I haven't written in a while and that's my bad. I've been doing pretty well working out and eating right for the most part. Always room fo, r improvement but I'm really proud of what I have done. I'm just discouraged that the weight isn't dropping off as quickly as I'd like it to. There was a time this year where I dropped ten pounds,m but realized that during finals week I gained it all back. Now I'm losing weight one pound at a time, but I'm still feeling like it's not actually dropping quickly enough. My goal was to lose two pant sizes, but I don't even know if I've lost one. I think I do when I try on my jeans, but then I try on a skirt that's the size that I want to be and it doesn't fit. Hm...

I know that I feel so much better when I do exercise. The blood pumping, using my body, increasing my endurance, and feeling more skilled in losing weight. I know I've lost inches, especially on my torso. I had a belt that has gone down at least two inches. That's progress. I guess I'm just starting to see myself getting older and my metabolism isn't as fast as it used to be. If only i saw my potential as a teenager.

Freedom!

This past year has been really interesting when it comes to my dating life. I feel like the Lord finally blessed me with some experiences. I didn't necessarily have a relationship with these fellas but it taught me a lot about myself, what is best for me, and what/who to watch out for. This last Spring I had a really intense experience but realized it was never going to work out, and I knew it from the beginning but I still held on and hoped that things would develop. The Lord had other plans. I feel like this past year has been so dramatic though that after I finally accepted the fact that I was not going to get together with this guy I felt so free! I don't need to be in a realationship, I don't need to be dating a lot of guys, I don't need my love life to be what makes me happy. I can make happiness and joy in myself and what I do with my life.

I guess I'm just feeling lonesome right now because this time last year I met this guy and he was my first kiss. I guess I'm just longing to be swooned and have someone interested in me. Oh well. I don't need that though. I'm happy and content with my life right now. That's all that matters.

I have to say, this might be the best summer that I've ever had, just because I have so much freedom! Yes!!!

Pic

I thought I'd add more pictures to my lovely blog to track my progress. This is a picture of me last summer when I tried out for The Biggest Loser. I personally think it's a cute picture.