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my new boots!

I’ve been wanting a pair of combat-style boots for a while now.  They’ve been on the back burner of my “to buy” list and I finally got around to ordering a pair from Amazon this evening.  I used to have a pair in high school that I wore almost every single day.  I wore them with jeans.  I wore them with skirts.  I specifically remember this long black skirt with slits up to the knees, so when I walked you could see I was wearing this big chunky combat boots.  I would pair it with a black fitted t-shirt that said “I make boys cry”.  I was so angsty back then, lol.

Anyway, I’m excited to get my boots.  They’ll be good in this deep snow we’ve had!  There’s nothing worse than getting snow in your tennies.  Brr!  I own nothing that goes higher than my ankles, so these will be nice.  And hopefully give me somewhat of that thrill I got from wearing similar boots back in high school.  Ahhh…the memories.

“All nature is a circle of moods and you are a part of nature and so, like the tides, your moods will rise; your moods will fall.”

This gives me peace of mind about how I’ve been feeling lately.  It’s ok to have ups and downs…it’s completely natural.

Trying to take one picture a day throughout 2009.  Have been uploading them to my flickr account, but I’ll probably post them here once in a while, also.  Today was the first time in about 3 weeks that I’ve woken up to a wonderful bowl of oatmeal.  I love oatmeal.  Most people I know can’t seem to stand it, but it’s one of my favorite breakfast foods.  This morning I used old fashioned oats, water, cinnamon, splenda, craisins, slivered almonds and apple butter. It was amazing.

Day 3 of Project 365 - first oatmeal of the year

“Cherish each hour of this day for it can never return.”

Something to live by, no?  I have to remind myself to cherish each moment.  I can’t get the time I’ve wasted back, so living up to my potential and reaching for my dreams every step of the way need to be priority.  Too many times we forget this and end with a history of wasted time.  I don’t want to waste time, anymore.  I want to make each moment count.

I hate winter.  Daytime disappears far sooner than it ever should and it leaves me feeling cranky and slightly depressed at the drop of a hat.  For instance, yesterday I got into a fight with Will (someone who rarely pisses me off and is one of my closest friends) over which is better: iPod or Zune.  Since I own an iPod, I was headstrong and defiant and wouldn’t listen to anything he had to say.  I was quite the bitch and really snapped at him.  I’m not normally LIKE this.  I blame winter.

All I want to do is sleep.  I have zero energy for anything.  I wake up in the morning only to go back to bed a few hours later and sleep until mid afternoon.  Then comes an evening nap most of the time.  Winter sucks the life out of me.  I swear it.

We fly out to Las Vegas Monday morning!  I cannot wait to have a week with family.  Hopefully I can stay awake enough to enjoy it…

In preparation for 2009, I’ve made a list of 109 things I want to accomplish and/or experience over the coming year.  Took me a few days to compile the list.  I wanted things that would be fun, challenging, some easy, some hard…so it was a little bit of effort.  But I’m glad the list is done and posted and I’m ready to start crossing things off!  Some of the the things will make our summer full of new road trips and day outings with friends.  Some things are more personal.  Some will get the creative part of me more active (reading, writing, photography).  I’m excited for the things I have planned.

We plan on having a decently frugal New Year’s Eve.  No fancy parties for us.  We’re having 4 friends over to our place.  I’m making a big crockpot full of my yummy chili and a few batches of cheese and black bean quesadillas to munch on.  We have more alcohol than we know what to do with (leftover from purchases throughout the year), so no need to buy anything except beer for the hubby.

We leave for Las Vegas next Monday!  A week with my brother, his wife, and my niece.  Hoping the weather is nicer there than it has been…they got a huge snowstorm last week!  It should be a rather cheap vacation, as we plan on doing some free sightseeing and only going out to dinner once (at The Pink Taco, an amazing Mexican restaurant in the Hard Rock hotel).  We’re staying at my brother’s house, so no need for a hotel.  And we decided to go to the grocery store when we get there to get groceries for the week and split costs with my brother.  I’ve got a decent amount of money saved up, and I’m expecting we won’t even use half of it.  Which means I’ll have a decent deposit into our emergency fund once we get home!

I’m ready for a new year.  A new start.  I know the shiny, glittery feeling of a new year will fade shortly after it hits…but it’s still a good feeling while it lasts.

If you had $200 (or $400 as a couple) to spend on anything you wanted…what would YOU get? We’re having a hard time deciding on how to spend our Christmas money.  We vowed we wouldn’t spend it on bills or debt.  We want to treat ourselves…it was gift money, after all.  Just not used to having money to splurge on ourselves!