New Year's Resolutions

I have a ton of resolutions and I have put them into three different categories; physical, spiritual, and other. I can honestly say that I will probably not get all of these goals accomplished this year but I am setting a goal to do as many as I can (at least 2 in each category). I know I'm being a pessimist but I also don't want to overwhelm myself with a ton of resolutions. So here are what in my dream world I would like to accomplish in 2012 and how I plan on accomplishing some of them! Who knows I might actually get them all done!

*means they are on the top of my list
Spiritual Goals:
1. Read and study the scriptures daily for at least 15 minutes if not longer*
2. Pray sincerely every morning when I wake up and every night before I go to bed* (I'm pretty good about my evening prayers...not so much my morning prayers and not necessarily sencere)
3. Finish reading the Book of Mormon by my birthday***
4. Keep a scripture journal where I can write down all of the things that I get out of the scriptures

Physical Goals:
1. Eat wayyyy healthier!*
2. Exercise for at least 40 minutes every other day*
    -Start with easy exercises and slowly increase the level of difficuty
3. By the end of the year be able to run 5 miles straight
    -Start by running a little ways and every day increasing that amount.
    -If I can run 5 miles I plan on continuing with this until I can run 8, 10, etc.
4. Be more active
    -Walk the dog everyday
    -Engage in other things besides watching tv and reading

Other:
1. Figure out what I am doing schoolwise and make a plan*
    -Research schools and programs
    -Apply to schools
2. Be a better me*********
    -Be a better person
    -Be the person I want to be
    -Work on being the person I want to be
    -"Fake it until you make it"
3. Help my mom out more around the house without her yelling at me
4. Serve others more frequently**
5. Make five new friends*
    -Be more social
    -Engage in conversation
    -Introduce myself to people I don't know
6. Journal
7. Blog more often
8. Learn one new fun song and one new church song on the piano*
9. Record what books I read
10. Keep a positive outlook in all things

I really want to be 2012 to be a year where I can truly find myself spiritually and mentally. I also want to stop hating the person I am and start being the person I want to be, both mentally and physically. Hopefully these resolutions will be steps to obtaining that ultimate goal. I want 2012 to be a great year. I don't want to look back and regret anything this year. I hope this year can be a year of growing and progressing to a better place. I am officially on the road to a better me today!

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Wow I can't believe it's already 2012! I feel like 2011 just started. As the first blog post of the year I have decided (because of the fact that I was so bad at blogging in the first place) to write a list of all the things I did this year.
*=defining moments
January:
-Started last semester of high school*
-Started thinking about moving to Tracy and started looking at houses
February:

-Celebrated my 18th birthday and became a legal adult*
-My seminary class threw me a surprise birthday party

-I dropped (or someone dropped) my iPad and I ended up getting a new one for free (even though it was supposed to over $200 to replace it)
-Went on my last Steven's Creek Ward Youth Snow Retreat and had a blast!
-Continued looking for houses in Tracy, Manteca, and Lathrop
-Put offers on two houses but didn't get them
-Found our dream house and found out that we got it!

-Started packing up our house and my life in Cupertino
March:
-Moved to Manteca, CA on March 13th??? (I think that was the day)***

-Had to say goodbye to Jesse
-Attended Youth Conference the same weekend we moved*************
        -Heard Sister Elaine Dalton (the General Young Women's President) speak and got to meet her!
-Moved into my new room. This included organizing like crazy, and downsizing (some-what)

-First night in my new room
-First day in new ward (the Northland Ward in the Manteca, CA stake)
-Started online school at Delta Charter High School*
-First day at new Seminary
April:
-Tali and Ty visit
-Ty moves into my room and started his internship
-I made a trip to Rexburg to spend time with Natalia for three weeks***
         -Saw Brenna Scannell who I hadn't seen in way to long!
         -This is the time that I really felt that BYU-I was the school I wanted to eventually end up in
-I sliced my head open at the Salt Lake City airport (right by my eyebrow so now my eyebrow looks funny)
-Returned home to sunny California!
May:
-Celebrated my mom's birthday and Mother's Day
-Was Charity's model for her Mockboards at school
-Graduated from high school with straight As in my last semester!*
June:
-Graduated from Seminary***************************** (one of the best moments of my life!)
-Went to Utah
-Saw Grandma Pohlsander and Grandma Wardle 
-Spent time at Temple Square (I love that place!)***

-Got a new pair of scriptures since my old pair were falling apart (They have already gotten a lot of use)*
-Went camping at Big Basin
July:
-Got my permit and started to practice driving*
-Ty finished his internship so I got to move back into my room
-Six Flags
-Beach
-Pizza my Heart
-4th of the July complete with the parade, swimming, barbeque, and two nights of fireworks. 
-Was Charity's model for Mockboard again
-We had an exchange student from Spain
-Went to Yosemite 
-Jelly Belly Factory
-Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
-Hung out with the Morgans
August:
-Got/ started a babysitting job
-Got into decorating cupcakes

-Helped Charity and Anthony move into their new apartment in Turlock
-Was Charity's model for Stateboard
September:
-Beach with Jesse
October:
-Halloween

-Carved around 20 pumpkins

November:
-Moved to the Singles Ward*
-Saw Breaking Dawn and loved it!!!
-Had an amazing Thanksgiving!*
-Performed at the Stake Christmas Fireside, both in the choir and accompanied my family on the piano*
December:
-I got my driver's license*** and became my mother's errand runner
-Got a new phone
-Had a fabulous Christmas with family
-Became an Aunt to Elliott Wilford Wardle*
-Got a full time nannying job beginning in March*
-Had fun with the Morgan girls
-Went to the beach with Jesse and Brooke and had a lot of fun New Years Eve
-Spent time with my Grandpa
-Spent New Years Eve babysitting and then was in bed listening to fireworks around the neighbor as the new year came in.

Overall it was a pretty good year!