New Year... Again? Wow!

2012 has been a great year. It has had it's challenges but it has also had it's triumphs. I started this year hoping to live my life more on purpose. I didn't do everything on my bucket list and am ashamed that I didn't do some of the most important things. However, all in all, I"m pleased with the way I lived 2012. Sure, I made some mistakes and I'm sorry for them. I'm sorry for anyone I hurt this year or any pain that I caused. I'm sorry for not being the best wife, mother, daughter,and friend that I can be. But I have decided to not spend my life looking back or regretting a moment. I have decided to consider the mistakes as lessons learned. I am very thankful for the lessons I learned this year and I am confident that with God's help I can use the lessons to grow and become more like Jesus. I hope that in 2013 I can give more forgiveness and grace and receive the forgiveness and grace that I will no doubt continue to need since none of us are perfect on this side of Heaven.

I pray that all of my family and friends have a very blessed new year!
This song is my goal for the new year: http://youtu.be/PnOcWkSbNqQ


This was my bucket list for 2012:

2012 Bucket List:

Big Rock #1 - God
1. Read the entire Bible
2. Have at least 30 minutes of quiet time every day (prayer and Bible study)
3. Ask God to show me where I can help others and be intentional about sharing the salvation message!!
4. Find a way to feed hungry people (don't know what this looks like but it's weighing on my heart)
Big Rock #2- Tommy (our marriage)
5. 365 days of notes (simple I love you or I appreciate you because... written on a post note)
6. Daily Check in/ devotional time (no phones, no television, after the munchkin is asleep!) Not daily but often
7. Monthly hot date! 
8. 2 night camping trip (just the two of us) 2 nights away… check!
Big Rock #3- Eli
9. 1 hour of outside time each day that I don't have school                                                                        10. Daily devotional time with the God and Me book I gave him for Christmas
11. Research and enroll Eli in a pre k 2 year old program
12. Take a trip to the ATL Aquariaum and Zoo - JAX
13. Visit WA once per week (when they are open)
Big Rock #4- Health and Fitness 
14. Lose 75 pounds - I have lost 12 pounds!
15. 30 minutes of exercise 5 times per week
16. Walk in the Boston mini marathon
17. Take 1 hr for myself each week
18. Give up Diet Coke
Big Rock #5- School
19. Finish all classes that I register for
20. Maintain a 3.0 GPA
Big Rock #6- Mary Kay
21. Become a star consultant
21 Earn a red jacket.
Big Rock #7- Church Work
22. Complete Lay Speaker Certification
23. Complete The Christian as a Minister
24. Continue to embrace the role of pastor's wife
Big Rock #8- Close Friends
25. Stay connected via e mail and facebook
26. Stay involved in weekly Bible Study
Big Rock #9- Finances
27. Pay off credit card - Paid down $1400 but still have some to go! 
28. Pay off hospital bill
29. sell Tahoe
30. Learn to coupon
MISC
31. Read 6 books 

This is my bucket list for 2013:

1Read the Bible entirely

2Follow Christ closer than ever before

3Lose 80 pounds

4GRADUATE!!!

5Get accepted into Graduate School

6Get a graduate assistantship

7 Read 10 books

8Grow in self-discipline (stick to schedule, workout with Tommy…)

9Become a runner

1Go hunting and fishing at least once with Tommy

1Travel somewhere I’ve never been

1 Pay off credit card

1There are a few more that I am choosing to keep to myself for now. J