So this is the New Year, and I don't feel any different...

But that's okay, because I rarely feel any different when it's the new year, or when it's my new year (aka on my birthday). I don't feel any different, but I am excited about this new year. It's going to be pretty freaking sweet! I mean, I have this long list of awesome things to do, and even if I only accomplish half of them, or three-quarters, it still will have been awesome. But I have faith in my ability to decrease world suck by doing everything on my Ultimate Accomplishments of Awesome List. So this year is going to rock.

The Ultimate Accomplishments of Awesome List: The Add-Ons

1. Read Mere Christianity
2. Practice Structured Procrastination more often
3. Grow Closer to James and Jesse
4. Deal with issues caused by event in childhood/forgive people
5. Reread LotR in a month
6. Read the Silmarillion
7. Be Bold
8. Name my newly acquired teapot
9. Fast something (for a month, week?)
10. Learn six new words and use them regularly
11. Write at least 5 appreciation letters
12. Have Deep and pointless theoretical conversations
13. Acquire at least two sundresses
14. Wear dresses/skirts at least once a week once it's warm (55 degrees and up)
15. Learn to juggle
16. Name all of my turtles
17. Road Trip?
18. Watch Dr. Who?
19. Start Using French the Llama in normal conversation

I have letters to write and books to read and vlogs to create and conversations to have and feelings to feel and hard work to do and friends to make and journals to fill. I have so much to accomplish this year. And I have a phenomenal group of friends to do everything with. I'm happy. Plus the year started out right, with Abby and Emily and I making ridiculous toasts with sparkling cherry juice and talking about everything that we're going to do this year. Before that, we spent the last hours of 2010 listening to music and putting together a puzzle. It was excellent. Later in the evening, in the wee hours of the first day of 2011, we looked through my old year books and I went on a nostalgia trip. We also looked through a couple of books from my childhood and I narrated the story instead of reading it. It was a wonderful story time with Hannah at 2:30 in the morning. You may get a story time reenactment on our vlog... possibly, if I feel like it.

It's sunny outside! And today I'm going to journal and start writing letters and learn how to use iMovie and right now I'm blogging. Basically today is going to be a full fun day of productivity and planning. I'm so excited about this year, and this month and this week and this day. I'm excited about right now. I'm so full of hope and so looking forward to the awesome things that are going to happen this year. I'm pretty excited to see what God is going to do in my life this year. Last year was great in relation to God doing major stuff in my life, and I can't wait to see what's going to happen this year as I go deeper into his love.

Bible Verse of the Day:

Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two of three come together in my name, there I am with them. Matthew 18:19-20