So, 2015...where do I start?
- Getting engaged!
- + setting a wedding date!
- Our four year anniversary.
- A new furry family member.
- An almost fully-funded trip to Kenya (July 2016!)
- An awesome vacation with my best friend, featuring Kelly Clarkson and also knights.
- The summer wedding tour, including one 11 years in the making.
- Winning a car (but taking cash)!
- Using some of said cash to settle some debts, including paying off my braces, some car debt, some personal debt.
- Putting the rest into an account to pay for our wedding in October!
- A donated wedding dress.
- The most perfect weather day for engagement photos.
- SAINT ANYTHING!
- Dancing, a lot.
- Swimming at the lake on my birthday (in SEPTEMBER)!
- Reconnecting with my brother.
- Volunteering, and remember why I love kids ministry.
- Trying new things, like drinking iced coffee and an at-home workout program.
- Finally having a DavidsTea in Fredericton!
- Bubble baths.
- Nacho nights.
- A less-than-24-hour trip to Halifax, featuring lots of shopping and a really glittery metal concert.
- Lots of glitter. And red lipstick.
- Brightly coloured hair.
- Christmas choir!
- Meeting new people.
- Making new friends.
- Answered prayers.
- New direction.
- Learning more about God's character.
It was a good year.
2016 is shaping up to be pretty awesome, too.
Exciting, for sure, but not the only things I'm looking forward to.
In an effort to get out of the "I'll do it next week" mindset, I thought about what one could see as my "resolutions" for 2016 before Christmas and, instead of waiting for Jan. 1 to roll around, started working on them right away. They're not so much goals as better habits to get into: eat better and drink more water, exercise regularly, steward my finances better, give more (time + money), find a better balance between work/social time/me time, invest in my relationships (with friends and with my future husband), etc.
I set one goal: to keep growing in my faith.
To spend more time in the Word.
To have a more abundant prayer life.
To become more aware of God's presence.
To trust him more.
+ to just...seek God's best in all areas of my life.
A dear friend offered these words from scripture earlier this week. I think they appropriately sum up my main goal for 2016:
It is going to be a good year.
2016 is shaping up to be pretty awesome, too.
A few noteworthy dates
- Engaged one year on Jan. 11
- Five years together as of Feb. 15
- My brother's expected release date is in March.
- Hedley in Moncton with some lovely friends on April 11.
- July 4 (ish), the anticipated departure for 10-day trip to Kenya
- + of course, Oct. 15: our wedding.
Exciting, for sure, but not the only things I'm looking forward to.
In an effort to get out of the "I'll do it next week" mindset, I thought about what one could see as my "resolutions" for 2016 before Christmas and, instead of waiting for Jan. 1 to roll around, started working on them right away. They're not so much goals as better habits to get into: eat better and drink more water, exercise regularly, steward my finances better, give more (time + money), find a better balance between work/social time/me time, invest in my relationships (with friends and with my future husband), etc.
I set one goal: to keep growing in my faith.
To spend more time in the Word.
To have a more abundant prayer life.
To become more aware of God's presence.
To trust him more.
+ to just...seek God's best in all areas of my life.
A dear friend offered these words from scripture earlier this week. I think they appropriately sum up my main goal for 2016:
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:1-2
It is going to be a good year.
