Maybe I'll give blogging another shot...

Well its only been...oh... a year and almost 3 months since my last blog post. And in the interests of it being a brand new year (and one I'm particularly excited about) I thought why not give it another shot? I'm not making it a goal or anything (which I think in and of itself relieves some pressure to try to keep up), but since I enjoy writing, keeping up with the goings on of others and communicating in general, I thought this would be an excellent avenue of choice for just that.

Lists are easy to read, so I'll go with that format today.

Exciting moment of 2011:

1) March - My baby brother's wedding to Tabitha - so happy to have a sweet sister in our family! And she is just wonderful!

2) April - riding my 2nd MS150 - hard but good!

3) April - going on a much awaited first date with Nathan (I'll share more in a bit!)

4) May - my 3rd and toughest year of teaching finishing. I didn't think it would ever end.

5) June - moving into a cute little house with two sweet friends, both named Ashley!

6) June - becoming an "official" couple with Nathan (again - more to come in a little bit!)

7) July - trip #4 to East Asia. I just love that place! Crazy but very sweet trip.

8) September - turning 28 and feeling like I'm getting old!

9) October - celebrating the weddings of 3 sweet friends

10) November - running my first half marathon! I LOVED IT! (and thought I would hate it!)

11) November - buying a new computer. It was much needed and I'm so so glad I did! It has made life a lot easier to have a working computer.

12) December - performing for the 3rd time in Celebration, wearing a tux and tap dancing in the show! Seeing the Lord again work through this performance to touch and change lives I think is my most favorite part though!

13) December - holiday celebrations and parties galore!

14) December - for Christmas, Nathan got tickets for us to go see the Chinese ballet. I've been waiting for 3 years to see that!

15) Watching Baylor have its first Heisman Trophy Winner (RGIII!!), be ranked #12 in the nation in football and watching them (on TV at a fun party!) win their bowl game in fine fashion!`

Eagerly anticipating in 2012:

1) Celebrating the weddings of more sweet friends (including Audrey, a friend I've known since I was 10 and getting to be a bridesmaid in that wedding!)

2) Trip #5 to East Asia in March

3) Reading books - I want to get more in a habit of that because I LOVE to read but dont' get to do it as often as I'd like.

4) Continuing to date Nathan and seeing what the Lord has in store for our relationship.

5) Summer vacation. Its a ways off but I'm excited.

6) My car being paid off! Only 2 more payments left!

Focusing on this year:

1) Deepening - in my walk with and faith in the Lord, in relationships with my friends and family and in my interactions of those I come in contact with in my church, community and work place

2) Organizing - not a strength of mine but something I'm going to challenge myself to be because I highly value organization but have little capacity to actually be that

3) Simplifying - for an overcommitted and super busy person, its easier said than done. But for the above two to happen successfully, this is a must.

And for those of you wondering about Nathan:

1) I said no the first time he asked me out (dumb!) but am so so so glad I reconsidered :0)

2) He is the most humble, patient, encouraging and servant-hearted person I've ever met.

3) We love adventures - doing all those things that you always say you want to do or try but never know who to do it with. It's been fun adventuring with him and we are always planning some new adventure to go on (some real, some not real) :0)

4) He's an engineer and hard-working, very intelligent one at that.

5) We've been dating 6 and half months now and its been a lot of learning, but a very sweet season.

6) I would put a picture, but blogger is being fussy about that. I'll try again another day. But he's very handsome!