Start a crusade in your life - to dare to be your best.

Well that's a little scary.
Be the best me that I can be?
Isn't that what I've been doing this whole time?
Sadly, no.
Now, that's not saying that I think I've been the worst me by any means, it means that I haven't lived up to my full potential.

When I started this blog I was lost.
I tried to establish new friendships. I was trying to keep my family from falling to pieces. I was trying to make myself happy in a job I hated. I tried to push my relationship to the next level instead of being in the moment. I was trying to make everything so perfect in my world that I was slowly losing myself.
Now that 2011 is coming to an end I'm realizing that I still have so many unanswered questions.
What do I want in life?
Who do I want to be?
Why the hell haven't I figured it out yet?
No wonder people never want to relive their twenties. There so much uncertainty. So much loss and heartbreak. Realizations and LIFE. Oh gosh, life.
Sometimes I feel like punching life in the face and saying "give me a break".
But even with all of that I'm thankful for all of my trials. Although, they might have changed me, they have also made me stronger.
Which in a way makes me ready to tackle 2012.
Ah, the great unknown of 2012. I have such high hopes for you.
Not because I think that this will be the year where I figure it all out but because of all the greatness I'm going to accomplish. That's right. greatness.
This year I am going to become the best me that I can be.
I am going to live a little less eccentrically and a little more peacefully.
I am going to try to live in the moment instead of worrying about the next best thing and trying to get there as fast as I can.
I am going to do a little less wishing and a lot more doing.
I am going to discover passions I didn't even know existed.
I am going to dare to be my best.
And it's going to be great because I'm going to make it great.

Who says 2012 isn't the year where all of our dreams can't come true? :)

Now for a trip down memory lane...

should be Peterson but oh well

ughhh moving.

life

I've been such a lazy blogger so I've decided to update y'all through pictures.

wooo enjoy. :)

I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite.

My life has just been crazy busy, while being busy is a good thing it's also a stressful thing, especially with the holidays.
We're finally all moved into our new cupboard...oops I mean house.
It is a little, okay, it's a LOT smaller but I'm thankful. I am so thankful that we have a roof over our head and that our entire family, including those cute wittle animals, are healthy and safe and let's not forget: it's Christmas soon!
I am so excited!
I usually wait until last minute to buy gifts but this year I thought what the heck and just went crazy. By crazy I mean I bargain hunted my booty off. Now, I'm bummed that I have to wait until Christmas to give them to everyone.
If I'm being realistic with myself, Christmas isn't about presents, or good food, or in my family's case playing bingo on xmas eve while enjoying some spiked egg nog. Nope. It's about giving thanks to Jesus Christ and being happy for his birth and life lived. A lot of us look past that major detail during this time of the year and I think it's really important not to. I know I'm getting all religious but I think it's important to be thankful for all we've been blessed with.

I get so excited just to hang out with my family and be cheerful while listening to christmas carols.
These past few years have really taught me to appreciate life, not the materialistic things that come with that life. It's like the saying: "The best things in life aren't things." so dang true.
The more I think about Christmas the more excited I get.
Which in turn makes me soo happy.
Merry almost christmas you all!!
xo