Happy Belated New Year's

Now that I've had my closure with 2008 (see previous post) I will share my New Year's resolutions... in case you were wondering.

Nutritional goal: Drink more water more often.

Social goal: Write more cards as in Thank You cards, Birthday cards (I used to think a Birthday card was not enough and would then either get a gift for someone or do nothing- but have decided that a birthday card is plenty because it shows 1. that I care 2. that I remembered and 3. my love for that person), holiday cards including holidays other than Christmas.

Physical goal: Snorkel more- that's my kind of exercise since I despise running and gym membership fees (close to $150 a month for a gym membership out here).

Educational goal: Read more classic books. I'm starting with Pride and Prejudice and will move onto The Count of Monte Cristo and Les Mes (started both in 2007, got bored, never finished them). Also, get good grades and study hard when I go back to BYU in the fall.

Fun goal: Go to the beach more often- preferably once a week. Also, with mine and David's list of resolutions we included a fun goal of visiting a country other than the US this year. We are thinking of Cuba or Costa Rica, but we shall see.

Financial goal: Continue to keep a budget and write down our spendings with accuracy.

Grammar goal: Use less parentheses. I just thought of this one as I'm writing this post. I remember trying to use smaller and larger font to give the proper effect to my posts and lessen the amount of ( )'s , but that did not last very long.I also use too many !'s and also realized how annoying it can really be. Joanna's post regarding this topic was very funny. She's very witty.

Internet goal: Blog less. This one I also came up with as I'm writing this post for two reasons 1) my grammar goal alluded to another blog which shows I look at blogs too much and 2) it is 1:17 AM and I am working tomorrow AND baby sitting a crazy little 2 year old that speaks Patua.

Emotional goal: Slow down and ponder more. I realized this as I read past journal entries. I reflected more and wrote down more feelings in the past. I feel that I get caught up with work, callings, dinner guests, getting together with friends, emails, phonecalls, blogging, etc. and I do not ponder as much as I should.

Spiritual goal: Stop falling asleep while it's David's turn to read scriptures, 100% with visiting teaching each month (and doing it with real intent and love and concern for the sister as opposed to a check mark next to her name), and always being prepared for my calling.

Safety goal (recently added today): Not letting my husband surf too much to prevent injuries such as a wave flipping the board up, hitting his nose, and causing it to split open, which then resulted in ten stitches, and a HUGE medical bill (so huge that I almost thought of not paying it and leaving the island for good), and a painful nose for my poor David.