I am so excited for 2013. I truly am. Probably more so than any other year. God truly blessed me in 2012 – I celebrated my first anniversary with the most wonderful husband I could ask for, I’ve gained experience in jobs I love, and I’ve gotten to a healthy weight and lifestyle. There are a whole lot of unknowns for 2013 (where will we move? where will we work? will we start a family?) but I am committed to surrendering my need for control over those things to God, and I’m just excited to see what the year brings.
Last year we had a reading alliteration that I called the Year of Dickens:
Donna, Daughter, and Dad are Dedicated to Delving into the Delightful, Dreary, and Dark Documents from the Desk of Dickens, BUT, Destined to be Dragged by Dickens’ Demanding Dictation, we are Free to Filter with Fiction, Fantasy, Facts, or Further Features that Find our Fancy.
I finished 21 of Dickens’ works, plus two biographies and a couple books with summaries of various Dickens novels. There are still A LOT of his works left to be read, so I might try to intersperse some of them into my new alliteration for this year, which is:
Little by little, lessening long literary lists lately left lost and lonely.
Over the years, I have compiled many, many lists of books that I want to read, or books that I should read, or books that have been recommended to me. These lists are in journals, on scraps of paper, on my computer, at work, etc. I’ve decided that this is the year to tackle those lists.
On December 31st I finished my 9 weeks of the Insanity workout program! I took my “after” pictures and submitted my application for the free limited edition T-shirt available to those who make it through the entire program. So hopefully I’ll be getting a package in the mail sometime in the next 6-8 weeks! In the meantime I get to do new workouts – including riding my bike in my living room! Andrew and his parents got me this amazing bike stand so that I can ride my bike indoors in the off season. I’ll be able to still train for triathlons through the winter and even practice with clipped in shoes before adding the stress of balancing on the streets. Here it is all set up!
I will also be continuing my Professor Horner’s Bible Reading plan (which I explained in detail in THIS POST)- I’m still loving it and it still works well for me. But this year I was given the idea to pair a One Line A Day, 5 Year Journal with my Bible reading. Each day I will pick out one verse that resonates with me in a special way and write that on the one line for the day. Then (if I keep it up!) over the next 5 years I will be able to see all the different things God was speaking to me about on each day of the year, all in one place! Here is that journal:
Andrew and I had a fun time saying goodbye to 2012. We had our family pictures taken in the afternoon, and then went bowling.
Happy New Year’s from our family to yours!
