September 1

This girl is turning 26 on the 18th. I'm not necessarily excited - I thought my life would be much different at this age than it is. I thought I'd be married planning on having a couple of kids the next couple of years. Am I upset that it has panned out to how I imagined? Honestly, it depends on the day of the week or the time of the day. I want that, yes, but I do have a loving boyfriend. It could definitely be worse. This is my year. I finally have a full time job - and they like me! Like I ever doubted that. Okay, I'll be more modest, I really was not sure. I just like to think I'm easy to get along with and a hard worker.

So, in honor of turning 26, I am going list 26 things that I want to do in my upcoming year of life!

1. Spend as much time as possible with my Oma.
2. Bring as many smiles to my mom's face as I can as she struggles with what's going on with her mom. Reminding myself daily that even though my heart breaks a little every day, she needs a light in her life right now.
3. Go to church more, I have a hard time with church. I loved it when I was in High School, but then drama, politics, and too much hypocrisy happened. I love The Lord, and I know He knows this... I do like the comfort of a church family - I just want to find one that doesn't come along with the drama that my last church did.
4. Pay off all of my credit cards.
5. Read MORE.
6. Watch every episode of my favorite show again - Gilmore Girls...
7. Get engaged... Be happy with where I am in life instead of comparing it to people who have what I thought I'd have.
8. Blog - Blog - Blog. I love reading blogs and I want to build the following I see on others... But I can't do that if I'm flaky.
9. Smile more.
10. Love more.
11. Socialize more.
12. Gossip less.
13. Do morel logic puzzles - may sound nerdy, but I love how much thought goes into them.
14. Commit myself to working out AT LEAST 3 days a week.
15. Compliment people more.
16. Learn to take compliments.
17. Be the person I'd want to be friends with.
18. Build my savings account, so I have emergency $.
19. Sing my heart out.
20. Learn how to really use my beautiful Canon T3i.
21. Eat clean.
22. Make blog friends.
23. Be less selfish.
24. Grow out my hair - I always cut it when I really want it to be longer!
25. Start a journal.
26. Be less shy - or well less socially awkward.

I know that's a long list.. old lady over here.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Labor Day weekend. I plan to lounge around the house and work on some crafts. Everyone else here in GA is watching college football - sorry, it's not really for me.