the chicago bears lost to detroit for my first nfl game but i never imagined the awesomeness of the whole thing. we had incredible seats, tailgated in the best parking lot ever, and drank beer. who could ask for more!
today i went with jenna to order bridesmaid dresses for the other girls, but she saw a wedding dress hanging in the store that she fell in love with and tried it on…ends up buying it. because the dress is an antique ivory color, she changed her colors from lilac to red. then she had me try on this dress and she loved it so we changed the bridesmaid dresses too. in about 2 hours she completely changed her entire wedding! lol now what is she going to do with her OTHER wedding dress she already bought and all that lilac stuff? 
gotta love her!
for a while now i’ve been into finding personal growth. i came across a “practical personal development” blog a while back and this is something that i’ve been trying to do lately to help me stay on course. the author says that every week you should ask yourself these 7 questions:
1. What will I try to improve on next week?
2. What was I most proud of this week?
3. What was my biggest accomplishment this week?
4. What have I done to get closer to my life goals this week?
5. What was hard for me this week, and why?
6. What was my biggest waste of time this week?
7. What did I do this week that made me ashamed?
doing this really brings things into perspective about order of importance, goals, and putting a timeline with your need-to-do list. it’s very good for self reflection! sometimes you don’t see it until you write it down..
another great blog entry from this site is “how to become an outstanding person in 12 weeks” . i never realized the little things i can do to make the biggest changes. i now have motivation to do this so starting monday week 1 will be temperence, and i will be journaling my progress
this sunday i’ll be heading to chicago to see the bears game! i’m really excited because this will be my first nfl game ever :) unfortunately i’m going with 2 couples but i’m so pumped about it i could piss myself. we’re going up early to tailgate before the game which is probably going to be more fun than seeing the actual game itself! it’s always a great day when you have a reason to sport your urlacher jersey! go bears!
it’s finally sunday, and i’m so glad. this week has been so crazy between school and work, this is the first day i’ve been able to relax. i’ve had a math test and a biology test so needless to say my brain is in overload from studying. i’m still maintaining straight a’s in every class, which is quite a new thing in my educational career. just within the last 2 semesters have a started doing this new thing called “caring” about what my grade is. november 3rd i have to take the state board of education certification test for becoming a teacher. i’ve been taking the online pre-tests so hopefully i will get through them okay.
btw - suck it grossman!
still pondering vegas for pubcon..in life, only one thing is certain…apart from death and taxes. no matter how hard you try, no matter how good your intentions, you are going to make mistakes. you’re going to hurt people, you’re going to get hurt, and if you ever want to recover, there’s really only one thing you can say. forgive and forget. that’s what they say. it’s good advice, but it’s not very practical. when someone hurts us, we want to hurt them back. when someone wrongs us, we want to be right. without forgiveness old scores are never settled, old wounds never heal and the most we can hope for is that one day we can be lucky enough to forget.
ever gone to your closet and thought you have nothing to wear? i do it all the time! i decided i need to clean out my closet and get rid of clothing that i haven’t worn in a long time and donate them to a thrift store. this way i’ll actually be able to see what clothes i have to wear. i took some before shots of what my closet looks like right now so i can see my progress when i’m done. i think t-shirts is my biggest problem..especially all of the shirts from past conferences i’ve attended. also…this is just my shirts!
i received this gem of a friend request on facebook today from a guy in india….he really knows how to lay on the charm
Shoemaker? darling U should be named hard on maker
it’s shocking how many kinds of addiction exist. it would be too easy if it was just drugs and booze and cigarettes. i think the hardest part of kicking a habit is wanting to kick it. we get addicted for a reason, right? often, too often, things that start out as just a normal part of your life at some point cross the line turn to obsessive, compulsive, out of control. it’s the high we’re chasing, the high that makes everything else fade away.
the thing about addiction is that it never ends well because eventually whatever it is that was getting us high stops feeling good and starts to hurt. still they say you don’t kick the habit until you hit rock bottom, but how do you know when you’re there? no matter how badly it is hurting us, sometimes letting it go hurts even worse.