It was a very good year...

Every year I make new years resolutions. Like most people, I make it a couple of weeks before I get bored and I quit. This year, with the help of my friends, I plan on making it at least a month before quitting

1. I need to write in my journal more. I usually do it a lot for about a month at a time and then I quit for about a year or so. I'm not resolving to write every day. I'm merely saying that I will do it more often than I have in the past. (Along with this, I need to be better about blogging...)

2. I want to get in shape again. Everyone says that I'm just fine because I'm skinny, but I would like to be able to run again like I used to. Again, I'm not saying I'll work out every day, and I'm not trying to lose weight, I just want to be slightly better than I am now. This semester of school should help,though, as I am taking two p.e. classes.

3. I should start playing the piano again. I haven't played in forever, and I really should. I'm just not very good and I don't like people hearing me. However, I should play at least once this semester.

These seem to be very easy resolutions to keep, and with any luck I'll actually make it at least a little while before I start slacking.

No-Shave-November (#78.)

It has always been a dream of mine to go an entire month without shaving. Ever since I started shaving my legs, I have wished that I didn't have to anymore (whis is funny, because before that I really wanted to). When I lived in Kansas, I would always get jealous in November when all of the boys wouldn't shave their faces for an entire month. It seemed that it wasn't fair that I was still expected to shave my legs. Where's the justice!? So I decided that just one time I wanted to make it all the way through no shave November (just my legs, mind you). I even convinced a very good friend to participate with me. (This is on my list because I wanted to do it, but I figured I never would after I get married.)
There isn't much to say about the act of not shaving, except that I accidentally started about a week and a half early. However, when all was said and done, my legs didn't look to bad. Most girls told me that my legs looked about as hairy as thiers do after about a week of not shaving. My friend (who shall remain unnamed so that she doesn't get too embarrassed) was not quite so lucky as to have fair/thin leg hair. However, she still made it the entire month too.
December 1st was a party. We made the necessary Wal-mart run to buy waxing strips (yes, I did wax my legs for the first time in my life). We also stocked up on beverages and chocolate. I was pleasantly surprised to find that waxing doesn't really hurt at all. We of course took before and after pictures.
About halfway through our waxing, our good friend Kevin stopped by. We took the liberty of wasting one wax strip on his leg. He was a good sport about it and is currently walking around with a hairless strip on his left leg.
All in all, this was a wonderful experience, and I'm glad I did it. I actually kind of miss the warmth of having a layer of hair on my legs.

#60. Read All of the Jane Austen Novels

Unlike most epic adventures, this did not begin at Walmart. It began my freshman year of college. For spring break I travelled with my then-boyfriend to Fort Knox, Kentucky to visit his family. While there, I visited a Barnes and Noble in the suburbs of Louisville where I bought my copy of the complete works of Jane Austen. I had been meaning to read it for the past 3 years, but I never got around to it.
This past summer I finally decided to go for it. Not only was this book full of great literature, but it also was very good for working out. I usually did several reps of Jane every day. It took me most of the summer (and into the school year) but I finally finished it. While reading it, I discovered that each novel was my favorite while I was reading it, so I can't pick out which one I enjoyed the most. I think that my favorite might have been Northanger Abbey just because her style was different in that book.
Most people would probably say that it's silly to have this item on a ring list, but if I ever get married I don't know that I would ever get around to it. I also feel that I should continue improving my mind at this point in my life and reading the classics is a great way to do it.