goodbye double ohh seven.

this year really flew by for me. it seems that the time just goes by more and more quickly, huh?
but.
it was a really good year. :]

i thought about attempting a little re-cap of 2007, but then i realized i've had this blog for the whole year... so most everything has already been documented. how cool is that. :] yeah. i'm really thankful that i kept this thing up.


instead, maybe i'll just try look ahead a bit?
resolutions never work for me... so i'll call these goals instead.

1. throw stuff away. i was putting clothes away tonight, and i realized that i haven't worn over half of the clothes in my closet for over two years. plus, i still have boxes from moving out of my apartment that haven't been touched. definitely time for some purging.

2. take a photo everyday. :] hopefully this will help me use my d80, my lomo camera [that's still in the box], and the holga my brother gave me.

3. cook. i got two cookbooks for christmas, so i'm feeling motivated to try some new recipes.

4. make art everyday. or at the very least every week. :]

four seems like a good place to stop. there's always more to add, but this will be a good place to start.


i guess i should probably head to bed. i won't get much sleep, but oh well. i'm just so excited for the trip tomorrow. i'm nearly packed, but i need something from my car. my garage door broke yesterday, so my car is parked out in the driveway, and i'm too scared to walk outside and get it. ha. silly i know. but i've been freaking myself out tonight. sometimes being alone in this house is just no bueno.

oh. that reminds me. someone called my work today and was speaking in very fast spanish. i was so confused. all i said was "umm... no?" ha. i was trying trying trying to remember some spanish, but not having much luck. finally, i figured out that she wanted to talk to my boss. since they are from argentina, they both speak spanish really well... so well that i hardly know what they are saying when they talk to each other. sometimes i wish i would have kept it up a little better. maybe one day.

well. i'm looking forward to the new year. it's going to be unique because the future isn't really set out... i've always had the routine of school, but soon there will be no more school. how weird is that! so i guess the new year is just full of possibilities. more so than usual. and i'm excited. plus soon i'll be an aunt. so cool. :]

i guess one thing i've learned that has really been evident this year is that so much of life is based on your attitude. it's much healthier [and fun] to have a positive attitude than a negative one, and in having a positive attitude the outcome is generally more positive as well. so basically. i'm feeling positive about the new year. <3