what did YOU do on the EVE of 2009?

again:
i am single. at home. no job. no life.
but i still know how to show myself a good time.

my eve looked something like this:

i love being home and cookin with dad... he is obsessed with the grill and his steak.
and i am perfectly fine with that.

we found some cheap huge chunk of filet and cut our own...
we are that hardcore.

this plus maybe 5 hours of next food network star re-runs...

don't judge me.

my fellow single friend and i (donelle) simply decided that the superficial social pulp of rambling with over 300 other singles on a night that for some reason just reminds me of how i am not on anyone's "i-wonder-what-she-is-doing-at-midnight" list
...wasn't a good idea.

exactly the right way to start the year i think!

besides—what did YOU all do? huh? HUH?

2009 just might be fine.

remember these goals from last year?

lets see how i did:
(gee, it's good have someone to report to!)

• graduate. check.

• run a marathon (right...)

• direct a show. check and check. (i know, i got nothin on landon and dave ;)

• move out of Utah. check.

• read the BoM twice. um... once. half check.

• find the tact I lost somewhere on the way. (apparently not)

• be more grateful. check and check and check... to name a few...

• go to the gym 3x a week... right. (i did do that during the summer months though, and most of the fall in DC... so about 80%?)

• make more life-long friends. (i have lost a few maybe, the the ones i made may be too many to name... most are in the east. one is in the oregon. miss you all!)

• be a better aunt and visit and spoil lots. i only wish. :( 

• help to expand my family. it only takes nine months though, ya know...

• go to my first concert. check, check, and check. (not blogged due to lack of timely fotos was the legwarmers concert. brilliant 80s cover-band in dc.)

• travel out of the country for the first time. nope!

• tell my family I love them more

• read more books. check

• serve more

• smile more

• live more

• and love more

• • • • 2009 • • • •

my self-imposed theme for this year:

• JOY in the JOURNEY •

"my sincere prayer is that we may adapt to the changes in our lives, that we may realize what is most important, that we may express our gratitude always and thus find joy in the journey."
-Pres. Monson November 2008

my english teacher once asked u to write:
"are you more about the journey or the destination?"
i wanted to get the answer right so i remember thinking about it
long and hard and eventually turned in my mission statement
with these words on the bottom:
"i am all about the journey...
...the destination is my ultimate goal."

this year I hope to:


• journal weekly
• buy myself a new computer/phone
• run a half marathon
• visit UT to see my family
• record an album
• go to the temple
• read the BoM
• go to at least two concerts
• move permanently to the east
• get my first salary job... very soon
• get out of the country for the first time
• try my hand at patience (giving up on tact-finding)
• take a photography class
• be more grateful
• laugh so hard my stomach hurts
• go to nyc to shoot fotos
• buy a car
• call an old friend once a week
• let go of the past
• enjoy every day & find something to smile about


good luck to you and yours for 2009
as scary as it is to be unemployed,
unattached,
completely broke,
temporarily at home,
and about to make some of the largest decisions of my 23 years,
this west coast girl, like 2009,
just might be fine...

{happy new year!}