101 in 1001

If you haven't heard of this, here is what it basically is:
"The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).So I made my list and I am very proud! It took me 2 days to come up with 101 things to accomplish, but I finally finished and I can't wait to get started."

I thought it was an amazing idea and I started immediately! I hope I can inspire some of you to do this as well. Hopefully your list doesn't look like this:


lol


Instead of doing New Year's resolution, you can do this. Plus, you'll have almost 3 years to accomplish all 101 things! You can pick your start date and figure out your end date here.

I also gave myself an incentive: at the end of the 1,001 days, I will buy myself something nice. The catch is, I only get to spend $2 for every goal I reach! BUT, if I accomplish less than 75 goals, I have to donate $2 for each goal I don't accomplish to any charity instead of buying my something nice! Either way, someone wins! =]

Hopefully your list is full of great goals! I know mine is!
I will keep you all updated on how I am doing. Maybe I'll reveal my list as i go... we'll see! ;)

December!

December is an amazing time of year in my family! We always have lots going on this time of year just because of the holidays, but Man, are we busy!!

First there's my brother Jr's Birthday on the 22nd. He's turning 20 this year.



Then there's Christmas Eve/Christmas. We have an absolutely HUGE family so Christmas is extra crazy!


Hubby's and my Anniversary is on the 29th (we hit the BIG 1-year mark this year!! I hope Hubby reads this and remembers how special it is to me, lol. J/k, he knows better than that!)

After our Anniversary is my Dad's B-Day on the 30th! He turns 50 this year so we are making a HUGE deal by throwing him an amazing party but, shhhh, it's gonna be a surprise so please don't tell! =]

THEN, it's my parent's Anniversary on the 31st!! (I warned you about all of our celebrating this month...) They are celebrating their 31st year of marriage!! Amazing, right!! They're a huge inspiration to all of us!

After the 31st is New Year's, of course! And that's always fun!! (Hubby and I are staying home for New Year's so hopefully we can still enjoy the celebration!)

And that's it for December through New Year's Eve and New Years. But to go just one more day in, my oldest sister, Gabriela's B-day is on the 2nd of January and her baby daughter, Vicky's 1st Birthday is on the 17th of January! Wow... That's a lot of Celebrating in one month's span if you ask me!!!















But: I'm NOT complaining! It's actually pretty amazing!! =]
You will all see how each of these events pan out since I will be taking LOTS of pictures and I will be showing them off to you all in blog-world! Yay!

If you haven't Noticed...

It's beginning to look a lot like
Christmas!!

I'm Baaaaaa-aaaack!!

So I have been soooooooo out of the loop these past four months (this semester) and I have lots to make up for!


You have to understand, though... I mean, if you were a business student at Pepperdine and you took Policy with Seshan you would DEFINITELY understand, lol. Anyway, I was way to stressed and way too busy to do anything but HW, papers, projects, cook, and clean... so sorry to the few loyal readers I have had, lol...

I finally finished the semester last Wednesday and can finally come back to you, dear blog friends. I have only 1, yes ONE, semester of college left and I will not abandon you again. You see, next semester will be Super-Chill!! Here is a list of courses I am signed up for:

• Humanities III
• Service Leadership
• Piano, and
  
• Photography
  

Amazing, right!! I can't wait!!

PLUS, I am taking FULL advantage of the photography class and, in preparation, my amazing father bought me an early Christmas gift: Nikon D80!! As I have said before, BE JEALOUS!! =] I hope this is the start of an hobby that will some day be more than just that. Can't wait!! :)



Anyway, I want to mention my amazing friend and twin, Carmelle... She had a harsh past couple of weeks and I want her to know I am thinking of her waaaay over here in the west coast! =] I also want to send some readers her way: you can read her blog here! Enjoy!


Thanks for reading!

Back to School

So it's time to go back to school and I am actually pretty excited, believe it or not!

I mean, I'm a senior!! It's so exciting and, even though it's going to be a very stressful year, I can't wait to experience our last year with all of my Pepperdine friends!! I have a busy schedule with classes, a job, and an internship with Northwestern Mutual, but I will try my best to make the best of it.

Because of my busy months coming up, I just wanted to ask you all for your thoughts at this time. I will need your prayers because not only do I have to be a student too, but I wanna be an amazing wife all the while and I know it's going to be tough.

Jesus will be with me through all of this and I can't wait until May 2, 2009!!
(Mark your calendars!!!)


GRADUATION!!


=]

It's Official!!

So Monday I decided it was finally the day to make things official...
Off to the Social Security Office I went!

Believe it or not, I changed my name!


I kept my full first name as my parents had named me, and I kept my maiden last name too... so what exactly did I change??

Well, I hyphenated! I added my husband's last name to the end of my maiden last name!
It was amazing!

Yay!! =]

Health: Day 1

So Hubby and I have decided it was time to start worrying about our health. We decided to go to the local gym Tuesdays and Thursdays, and play a few sports (tennis, basketball, etc.) on other days. Well, today was day one...

...and workout we did. We were there for about an hour, didn't want to over-work ourselves on the first day, lol. =] I ran about 3.25 miles and did a few reps on my arms. I am so excited about this new schedule of ours, and I really hope we keep with it. I wanna loose a few pounds and there isn't a better time than the present!

Wish us luck!!