So like most of you out there I have set up some goals or resolutions for myself for this year. I really plan on doing my best to stick to them. I have made a detailed plan for each goal about how I will keep it. I have also given myself the rule that I if I mess up or don't accomplish something that I should in a day then I will not beat myself up about it and then eventually give up. I will just continue on as if I hadn't messed up. I have several goals but I am only going to share a few with you because others are personal. But in telling you this it is a way of knowing that people know I have these goals and it will help to motivate me as I'm sure you will all ask me when you see me "So how are you coming with your goals?" Then I won't have to say "Yeah, not so good." But even I do answer that, it is okay. Though I would be happy for your support I don't want to feel any pressure to keep my goals. So if I do answer "not so good" try not to condemn me for it okay? Okay. Here we go.
Goal 1: Lose Weight (the most common resolution there is, I know. Hey I never said I was a trend setter)
a. Go briskly walking for 30 minutes every day except Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.
b. No more fast food.
c. Tuesday go to dance class (Loralee and I joined a Hip Hop class)
d. Do crunches and lift weights once done with walking (haven't quite got into this part yet)
Goal 2: Get more into photography
a. Have camera with you at all times
b. Take a picture of something that is beautiful to you or touches you at least once a week.
c. Make one scrapbook page every week.
Goal 3: Be more frequent in writing in my journal
a. Must write at least once a week.
b. Write in a way that would be interesting to read
c. Try to do something each week that you would want to write about.
Goal 4: Gain more Spirituality/Repent of Transgressions
a. Pray every night with sincerity, ask for forgiveness
b. Read scriptures every day
Goal 5: Stop the Comparing
a. You want attention then go for it
b. Have confidence in yourself
c. Put your talents out there.
d. Ask for help (meaning in improving my talents)
So those are my goals. Nothing to rigid I think. Some ways that I am keeping them are kind of already stated, but for a little more insight into goal 5...I have just bought myself a guitar and I am taking lessons once a week. I also plan on continuing my piano lessons and try to practice more and more. Also, with my photography I plan on framing some of my better shots and displaying them in our house so then if people notice them and want to talk to me about it they can. In a way it seems like I am competing with Loralee but I'm not. She is a much better artist, and I am not one at all really. I just want something that I love to do be shown to others as well in a way of letting them get to know me. So that's about it. I've been doing okay so far. Doing really well on the exercising part except for what I mentioned above. Took a picture of my guitar, because it is a beautiful thing. I need to start reading my scriptures more, that's a hard one for me when there is a good book just calling my name. So I'm working on that. I think it's going to be a good year.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Okay I Give Up
So, I'm tired of doing these Europe trip posts. You probably are too especially since they are few and far between. So let me just do a quick summarization of the rest of the trip.
Last day in Paris we hit the musuems. Loved all the impressionists at the Musee D'orsay. Louvre was okay but what I will most remember is getting ditched (at least I thought I had) and walking around the musuem by myself. Then having a panic attack when the time we had discussed to leave came and went and I still hadn't found Melanie 
or Jason. Just picture me frantically roaming around the lobby of the Louvre, going up and down escalators, constantly checking my watch with these questions running around in my head: "Did they leave me? They wouldn't leave me, would they? Are they waiting outside? " The Louvre is a pretty big place so my panic was reasonable I think. I hope so because I don't want to have cried for nothing.
Early morning train to Biarittz (south of France on the coast). It rained almost the whole time we were there which put a damper on Melanie and Jason's surfing plans but they got in a few hours before we had to catch our train to Switzerland.
14 Hour night train to Switzerland in second class. Not fun, freezing and hardly slept.
Beautiful Switzerland (Gimmelwald, more specifically). We stayed in the small mountain village in a Hostel (our first real hostel). Rained the first day but perfectly sunny the next where we hiked up to the next town and wandered around, ate and played a little giant chess.
Overnight train to Munich. Actually we had to make three transfers througout the night in order to get to Munich when we wanted. Much more comfortable than the first overnight train but the constant waking and transfering was not fun.
Met a guy in the train station offered to rent us his apartment for the night. Very nice. Checked out Oktoberfest for a bit (had a bratwurst, so good!)
then checked out the rest of the city. Back to Oktoberfest at night when the party really happens and watched a lot of funny drunk people. Next day went to see Olympic park which took forever and totally not worth it. Making us have to run to catch a train to Fussen to go to Neuschwanstein.
Neuschwanstein: closed early that day so we missed g
etting into the last tour but took a bus and hiked a little up to it just to get pictures. We had our packs on the entire time. Then stayed too long and missed the last bus back to the train station and so had to walk 5 miles! WITH OUR PACKS! Decided to get a hotel there instead of night training it to Salzburg. Nicest hotel room ever. Little pricey but it was worth it. Got a good breakfast. Lovely. Definitely needed that.
Had to take a train back to Munich to transfer to a train to Salzburg so saw a lot of interesting people going to Oktoberfest for the weekend. Guys in drag and lots of guys in lederhosen.
Met up with Jason's friend Peter in Salzburg who was letting us use his aparment while we were there. So HOT! Well he is a model. Salzburg is a lot smaller than I thought. It only took a day to walk around most of the town. Peter took us to dinner where I had a Steckerlfisch. Which is a fish cooked still with its head and scales on it. Amazingly enough it was so good.
Next day Sound of Music tour. I was pretty excited. It's a great tour you get to see a lot of the Austrian countryside which is really
pretty. We saw the Gazebo, the gardens where the kids sing do re mi, and the church where they filmed the wedding and other things. Our tour guide was really nice and funny. I sang along with the soundtrack that was played as we drove. So much fun. The next day Jason and I had to wake up early. He walked me to the bus station where I got a cab to take me to the airport. My flight home was a lot more calm this time. No running through the airports; I always had plenty of time. Salzburg to Frankfurt(huge line at security)to Chicago(another long line)to Salt Lake.
That's it. The End.
Last day in Paris we hit the musuems. Loved all the impressionists at the Musee D'orsay. Louvre was okay but what I will most remember is getting ditched (at least I thought I had) and walking around the musuem by myself. Then having a panic attack when the time we had discussed to leave came and went and I still hadn't found Melanie 
or Jason. Just picture me frantically roaming around the lobby of the Louvre, going up and down escalators, constantly checking my watch with these questions running around in my head: "Did they leave me? They wouldn't leave me, would they? Are they waiting outside? " The Louvre is a pretty big place so my panic was reasonable I think. I hope so because I don't want to have cried for nothing.Early morning train to Biarittz (south of France on the coast). It rained almost the whole time we were there which put a damper on Melanie and Jason's surfing plans but they got in a few hours before we had to catch our train to Switzerland.
14 Hour night train to Switzerland in second class. Not fun, freezing and hardly slept.
Beautiful Switzerland (Gimmelwald, more specifically). We stayed in the small mountain village in a Hostel (our first real hostel). Rained the first day but perfectly sunny the next where we hiked up to the next town and wandered around, ate and played a little giant chess.
Overnight train to Munich. Actually we had to make three transfers througout the night in order to get to Munich when we wanted. Much more comfortable than the first overnight train but the constant waking and transfering was not fun.
Met a guy in the train station offered to rent us his apartment for the night. Very nice. Checked out Oktoberfest for a bit (had a bratwurst, so good!)
then checked out the rest of the city. Back to Oktoberfest at night when the party really happens and watched a lot of funny drunk people. Next day went to see Olympic park which took forever and totally not worth it. Making us have to run to catch a train to Fussen to go to Neuschwanstein.Neuschwanstein: closed early that day so we missed g
etting into the last tour but took a bus and hiked a little up to it just to get pictures. We had our packs on the entire time. Then stayed too long and missed the last bus back to the train station and so had to walk 5 miles! WITH OUR PACKS! Decided to get a hotel there instead of night training it to Salzburg. Nicest hotel room ever. Little pricey but it was worth it. Got a good breakfast. Lovely. Definitely needed that.Had to take a train back to Munich to transfer to a train to Salzburg so saw a lot of interesting people going to Oktoberfest for the weekend. Guys in drag and lots of guys in lederhosen.
Met up with Jason's friend Peter in Salzburg who was letting us use his aparment while we were there. So HOT! Well he is a model. Salzburg is a lot smaller than I thought. It only took a day to walk around most of the town. Peter took us to dinner where I had a Steckerlfisch. Which is a fish cooked still with its head and scales on it. Amazingly enough it was so good.Next day Sound of Music tour. I was pretty excited. It's a great tour you get to see a lot of the Austrian countryside which is really
pretty. We saw the Gazebo, the gardens where the kids sing do re mi, and the church where they filmed the wedding and other things. Our tour guide was really nice and funny. I sang along with the soundtrack that was played as we drove. So much fun. The next day Jason and I had to wake up early. He walked me to the bus station where I got a cab to take me to the airport. My flight home was a lot more calm this time. No running through the airports; I always had plenty of time. Salzburg to Frankfurt(huge line at security)to Chicago(another long line)to Salt Lake.That's it. The End.
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