day 13: goals

1. grow my hair out again
2. get a teaching job for the fall
3. get in shape again
4. finish decorating my house (2 years later)
5. read more often
6. purchase a treadmill so i can work out every day (see goal #3)
7. take more pictures
8. plant a flower garden
9. be a better mommy
10. love more

day 12: something i don't leave the house without

well as i'm sure you know,
when you have children, suddenly you find
yourself taking your whole house with you for any trip.
so obviously, i don' t leave the house without the diaper bag.
it's always full of toys, bottles, diapers, wipes, bibs, burp rags...blah blah blah

for myself, i never leave without my phone and wallet.
i like to keep it pretty simple.

day 11: i'm just tired

today i'm tired.
not tired, but exhausted.
exhausted and more than slightly annoyed
that corban decided that 4:45 was an
acceptable time to wake up this morning.

and you know what he said about it?
"i had a good nap"
a good nap indeed.

thank you God for caffeine.

day 10: something i'm afraid of

well there are several things i'm afraid of.

1. i'm completely terrified of people in costumes.
really just costumes that involve masks or face covering.
six flags was a nightmare for me.

2. i'm afraid of someone breaking into my house,
whether i'm home or not.

3. i'm afraid of the dark.

4. i'm afraid of being home alone over night
(see fear #2)

5. i'm afraid of failure.

6. i'm afraid of dying even though i know i shouldn't be.


so to sum it up, i have a lot of irrational fears.

day 9: bff

erin and i have been friends
since high school and when we
roomed together freshman year, we really became
close. we've each been there for the other's biggest moments
and we've had a lot of laughs.
love you diggy!

day 8: a place i've traveled to

the farthest place i've ever been
was the country of ukraine.
the summer after my 9th grade year,
i went on my first mission trip
also my first plane ride
to ukraine.
it was a medical mission trip where we focused on
treating local ukrainians and also telling them about God.
it was an experience i will never forget.
i was able to experience a completely different culture at a young
age.
on top of that, we had an over night layover in london, where my mom,
myself and a fellow mission tripper spent the ENTIRE night
gallivanting around london. we had no idea what we were doing or where we
were going. we may have even gotten lost once of twice.
but it was so much fun! ...even though it was the middle of the night.

after that trip, i was able to go back to ukraine 2 more times. we conducted vbs
for local children and visited some children's homes. it was humbling to say the least.
i'm hoping to go on another mission trip someday soon!

day 7: favorite movies

ok believe it or not, i'm not the type to watch movies
over and over again.
unless they are twilight or harry potter related.
i can hear you making fun of me...

so a few movies that i've liked are:

stand by me
pride and prejudice
my fair lady
simon birch (even though it makes me cry)
meet joe black
pearl harbor
atonement

i'm sure there are others that i'm forgetting
but those are some of my all time favorites