Nobody Likes You When You're 23...

Today has been a great day.

Boyfriend bought me lunch.  And he came and saw me after Men's Chorus even though he thought I needed to sleep but I just wanted him to come over anyways.  He's the bestest.

Jenna gave me a chocolate nut covered caramel apple.  Quite good quite good.

Lotso people texted me Happy Birthday!  And my family called me!

And then tonight my roommates took me out to eat at Wing Nuts and then ColdStone afterwards.

Am I spoiled or what!?  

I feel so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life.

So I would like to take this time to reflect on my 22 List.  What I learned and all that jazz (complete with Jazz Hands).

I didn't finish everything on my list.  I think this has to do with knowing my limitations.  Maybe working to overcome them or find ways to work around them.  Or using them to my advantage.  I really only didn't get to catch a fish or read the whole Bible cover to cover.

It kind of makes me sad, but then I look at my list.  I did at least 20 new things this year.  And they probably all would not have happened if I hadn't put them on a list!  

Making goals works if you write them down!  I know we're always told this our whole lives but this is proof.  And I think there sometimes needs to be some kind of accountability.  I had told y'all I was going to do these things and I didn't want to feel like I couldn't do it and let y'all down.  So I had to do my list and try hard to get it all done.

Another thing you may have noticed that my original list is quite different than what has ended up on the side.  I think this says something about recognizing what is important and being able to change and be flexible.  Some times we have a plan but things just don't work out the way we plan.  We need to be able to keep our chins up and keep looking forward to see how we can do better in the future or adopt a new idea that better suites our needs.  

I think another thing to be learned from not completing my list is that sometimes it is ok to fail.  How do we learn if we always succeed at everything?  I don't know about you but I feel like trial and error is a big part of how I learn.  I need to know what not to do just as much as what I should do.

Now I have been asked if I'm going to make a 23 List.  Maybe I will.  I hadn't really thought about it much, but it was fun to do.  And it's always good for a conversation.  But if I do I'll post it next week.

If you had a list of things to do in one year, what would you put on it? 

I love you all thanks for making my birthday great.  Thanks for reading my blog!

PS While I was writing this I got a text from Adrian to check my door.  And so I did and I found this:

there was a bag of Reese's taped to the door also

What can I say except I have the best boyfriend ever?!  

The Old Man is Snoring

It's raining today.  I like the rain.  Even though my toes get cold.

I don't like the rain when I have to walk to and from work in it and I have so many other things I need to do and my hair looks crazy because that's what my hair does.

Oh well C'est la Vie.

In other news I have updated my List.

See my birthday is on Sunday and I'm not going to have time to finish all the things I've wanted to.  

I'll probably post a more thoughtful and insightful post about this year and my list on my birthday.  But just know that I am working on it still and things are coming nicely, and hopefully I can find some  more new goals that I can complete before Sunday.

my huge hideous feet

Like this Friday I'm going Latin Dancing.

I'm super nervous because Adrian can dance and I cannot and I have big feet so I will probably step on him a lot and he'll be like "You have huge feet."  

No he won't say that, and he won't think it either but I probably would if I were him.

Anyways.  I also rolled my R so that was good.

More Things I've Done

SO I have a hilarious story to tell you from the library but I will tell it in a different post.

Today I have to tell you 3 count em, 3, things I get to cross off my list!

1. Take a long bike ride
2. Design and make my own article of Clothing
3. Go Kayaking

Yay I did those things 

And soon I will have done 100 hours of service so that will be great too!!

I rode my bike up to Mount Timpanogos Temple in American Fork.  The temple is BEAUTIFUL.  The bike ride there was all up hill and I got lost.  SO I'm not sure how many miles I really went all together but it was a good ride, other than my chain falling off and my handlebars being so ridiculously loose.  Oh Yeah and it was uphill on the way back too.  Don't ask how just believe me because it was.  I promise you.

I made a skirt.  It's not like some new original design but I did it without a pattern.  I used fabric I had from a dress I was going to make years ago but never did.  The sewing is a bit sloppy at some points because my tension wasn't right but everyone who see's it thinks it's cute so it works.

And my friend Scott took me kayaking!  He is awesome.  He had all the things I needed and guess what It was so fun!! And even though I'm not really a lake kind of person it was still really fun.  And the weather was beautiful!!  It was AWESOME!

I will come post pictures of these things soon!

Cheers everyone!

Things to Cross Off

SO I am still pretty stressed about all these decisions that need making and the uncertainty of my future but I thought I should share that I can cross off

See both parts of the 7th Harry Potter Movie

from my 22 list!

IT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!!

Yeah it was and did you see Justin Beiber in it at the end?

Ok I KNOW it's not him it's just a joke ok!  Get off my back.

 Geez ruin all my fun. 

Wizards and muggles alike enjoying our Harry Potter Party!