new resolutions

1. New Year's resolutions?
make and keep-up a scrapbook of 2007, read my Bible daily, continue writing in my personal journal, read every book in my collection, plan a Spring Break trip to NY or Seattle, refrain from snacking between meals, and write cards and give them out to friends when they have birthdays.

2. Will you be looking for a boyfriend/girlfriend?
I will not be looking. God will bring him when we're both ready.

3. New house?
not unless the whole sorority moves.

4. Will you be looking for a new job?
not new, but I will reapply to the YMCA summer camp and continue working at CYT.

5. What will you do different in 2007?
I will swing dance where ever I want once I turn 21.

6. What will you avoid in 2007?
I will make the conscious effort to have a positive attitude in everything I do AND say.

7. Any trips planned?
I am going to Las Vegas, but I hope to visit NY or Seattle.

8. Wedding plans?
not for me, but I'm hearing about more and more of my friends.

9. What's on your calendar?
school, church, work, birthdays, and sorority events.

10. What can you not wait for?
my 21st birthday in May!

11. What would you like to see happen different?
I would like to see closer relationships with friends and a better attitude throughout the year.

12. What about yourself will you be changing?
I will change as God reveals changes needed.

13. What happened in 2006 that you didn't think would ever happen?
I joined a sorority.

14. Will you tell the one you love how you feel?
I tell my friends and family as much as I can.

15. Will you dress differently this year than you did in 2006?
I'll probably get more clothes.

16. Will you start or quit drinking?
legally, I could start again but I won't.

18. Will you do charity work?
yes.

19. Will you go to bars?
in the spirit of my 21st, I may.

20. Will you be nice to people you don't know?
always.

21. Do you expect 2007 to be a good year for you?
if it's God will.

22. How much did you change from this time last year till now?
a ton... going to church again, stopped drinking after a year of it, moved out of the dorms, and much more.

23. Do you plan on having a child?
in 2007, NO.

24. Will you still be friends with the same people you are friends with now?
hope so.

25. Major lifestyle changes?
not really.

26. Will you be moving?
probably move rooms.

27. What will you make sure doesn't happen in 2007 that happened in 2006?
I will celebrate my birthday in a big way.

28. What are your New Years Eve plans?
not much, relaxing at home.

29. Will you have someone to kiss at midnight?
no.

30. Wish for 2007?
for God to lead every aspect of my life.

life quotes

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens" (Jimi Hendrix, American musician).

"We are not human beings on a spiritual journey; we are spiritual beings on a human journey" (Stephen Covey, American leadership expert).

"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines" (Leroy "Satchel" Paige, American baseball player).

"The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is peace" (Mother Teresa, Indian missionary, humanitarian).

"We so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us" (Alexander Graham Bell, American inventor).

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us" (E.M Forster, British writer).

"There are only two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it" (Edith Wharton, American writer).

it's an addiction

1. Do you like to shop? Why or why not? yes, & WAY too much!!
2. What was the last thing you purchased? candy for my family's Christmas gifts.
3. Do you prefer shopping online or at an actual store? Why? an actual store, so I can try the products out even if I don't buy them.
4. Did you get an allowance as a child? How much was it? yes, i got about $40 a month & I spent it on food & movies.
5. What was the last thing you regret purchasing? hm.. I like all of the shoes.. & purses.. so, the Mraz poster I bought?
6. Show some of your most recent buys: tickets to see Pursuit of Happyness, scrapbooking materials, a vegetarian meal at Pokez in downtown, a pair of fuzzy brown suede stiletto boots, & several meals at Burger King.

almost twenty and one

1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:
"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy." - Matthew 5:7

2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
My pink and brown scarf

3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?
"My Best Friend's Wedding"

4: What is the last film you saw?
Before this, The Pursuit of Happyness

5: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The TV

6: When did you last step outside? and what were you doing?
Hours ago, for dinner

7: Before you read this survey, what did you look at?
My old websites from years ago (and deleted them all)

8: What are you wearing?:
Jeans, two shirts, a jacket, socks, and a blanket... It's cold!

9: Do you like to dance?
I love to swing dance

10: Did you dream last night? What about?
Yes, but I haven't a clue what about

11: What is on the walls of your room?
My old room: a tree that I painted; my new one: flowers and birds that the girls before painted

12: Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I usually hate reading but I've started reading the Bible on a regular basis and have a book lined up to read after I finish the one that I am reading right now.

13: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
New clothes, I'm sure

14: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
I doubt that I would change anything because it would probably lead to various outcomes that would be much worse

15: Would you ever consider living abroad?
Yes, most definitely!