Happy New Year / All over the place

Christmas went well. Everyone came to our house to celebrate. I got lots of new clothes and a sewing machine! I have wanted a sewing machine for awhile now, so that was really exciting (and quite unexpected, too!). I have already made a few kitchen towels to practice sewing in a straight line, and to get used to the different stiches. My next project will be yoga pants and a yoga bag because I am taking a yoga class in the spring. All of the projects derived from Diana Rupp's new beginners book to sewing. I seriously don't know where I would be without this book. It is so easy to grasp the concepts and terms, and it is written in an interesting way.

New Year's was spent at my Papa's house. It was fairly uneventful... and dare I say boring? We had our traditional sausage, peppers and onions at midnight and a glass of champagne.

I created some new year's resolutions today. The biggest one is to lose weight (like most people). Sparkpeople.com (the best site in the world! and it's FREE!) says my target weight is about 125 pounds, and I currently weigh 170. And I'm totally not even lying about my weight. I went to the gyno in the middle of December and that is what it was. Our scale at home isn't accurate and puts me at 162, so when I weigh at home I will add eight pounds. I'm not actually starting today, but on Monday. All my planning, shopping, and most importantly- mentally preparing myself - will be done between now and Monday. I'm going to follow Sparkpeople's plan and use their forums to inspire myself to stay on track. I was also thinking about taking a weekly photo of myself too. I really want to lose weight. Really, really, really, really.

My other resolution is to continue doing well in school. My goal? An A for my one winter semester class, and five A's and one B for my SIX spring semester classes.

Also, I want to be more social. Join a group on campus or something.

2007 was a good and a bad year.

Bad: I got mono- and had to drop out of my winter class and took a very light spring semester schedule because of it. Lots of family stress and problems due to one particular Aunt.

Good: Over the summer I went to Arizona by myself to visit family for a week. In July/August we went to Florida and visited family there for a week, and also went on an awesome Caribbean cruise. I did fairly well in the fall semester (although I could have done better, and I am beating myself up over the B in environmental biology).

I hope the Aunt problems will be resolved in 2008. I hope my mom gets all the money back my Aunt stole from her house ($150,000)- and plus some through the lawsuit she is currently pursuing. I hope we don't lose our house because of my Aunt. I hope my Papa gets a light jail sentence and I hope he goes away soon so he can hurry up and get OUT. After reading the last few sentences I also hope my family becomes more normal this year (haha). I hope I do really well in school so I can bring my GPA way up. My three (yes THREE) C's my very first semester in college are killing me. I want to start pursuing a different college to transfer to, and I cannot do that with my current GPA... or I could, but I probably wouldn't get my first choice. I don't even have a first choice yet. I want to start looking up good communication major colleges this year in California, Arizona and Florida. In any of these states I have family, so any would work. 

2008 better be the best year ever.

I also hope we go on a Caribbean cruise again. ;)