New Years Resolution

So as one of my new years resolutions, I chose to keep a journal.  My friend brooke was my main source of inspiration on this because she was looking back at her journal from the year before and loved reflecting back on everything she had said. I figured it was worth a shot.

so, I wrote one entry in a real journal. 

that's it. just one. 

I got really busy and lazy and felt like i really don't have time to write down everything that I want to say in a journal. Well, thanks to Brooke again, she convinced me to make a blog. And one day I hope it will be as amazing as my young women leader, and friend, Kristi. Whe i agreed to make one, I thought that I could just get away with onen or two posts a month, but I've now decided that I'm actually going to try to put some effort into this thing and actually use it. 

My is, by the end of the year to be able to look back at my very first entry and see how much i've changed in a year. I have already changed in just the past few months and so much happens your second semester senior year. I can't wait to see how everything turns out!

-Julie

100 things about me 2009 edition

At my youth group, we decided to follow in the footsteps of one of our leaders and make a list of 100 things about us. 

1. I love sweatpants but I never wear them to school
2. My mom loved to use the play name Julie when she was little, which is how I got my name
3. I love my pink room... especially when it's clean
4. at the moment I have a spoon sitting in my purse
5. I love tote bags and umbrellas
6. My older brother broke my favorite umbrella, but I still use it.
7. I LOVE raspberries
8. I hate being cold
9. I love having hot chocolate any time of year
10. I love J. Crew but can never afford to buy anything full price... nor do I want to.
11. I'm addicted to facebook
12. I have an innie belly button
13. I am participating in a "biggest loser" competition with my friends... only none of them are actually trying
14. I love tissues
15. I just got my first nosebleed yesterday
16. I can't live without gum
17. I love photography
18. I hate wearing tennis shoes
19. I love socks, but don't like wearing them or taking them off
20. I only eat cooked onions
21. I love salsa but I hate peppers
22. Last year, I only wore sweats/pjs to school 3 times
23. I love mugs
24. I hate to throw things away. What if you may need them in the distant future?
25. My favorite dessert is the lemon raspberry cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory. anyone have the recipe?
26. I hate Popsicles and lolly pops
27. I love fudgecicles
28. I would pass up chocolate for fresh fruit
29. But if i had the option, I would eat them together.
30. My least favorite candy is Mike N' Ike's
31. My favorite is Take 5
32. My nickname is Julie Bug or Buggie
33. I have really bad balance
34. I love football, but I am terrible at all sports that I've tried
35. I love to read books people put on coffee tables for decoration
36. I love cheese and fondue
37. I love southern food, which is fitting since my parents are from New Orleans
38. I only have 4 cousins
39. I have never wished I were an only child
40. I've never gotten in a big fight with my parents
41. I can't live without my ipod
42. For the longest time I thought I hated yogurt... I was wrong.
43. I love the color yellow
44. I just bought a bright yellow rain slicker at good will and I LOVE it
45. Now all i need is matching wellies
46. I always indent when I'm writing
47. I love musicals
48. When my family first got a dog, my mom made us sign a puppy contract promising we would take care of him
49. I never walk my dog
50. I love wavy hair
51. I hate basements
52. I need noise
53. I am a very heavy sleeper
54. I have had headgear
55. I once belly-danced with a sword on my head
56. when I was young, I stuck a bead up my nose. It took the doctor a very long time to get out.
57. I have ridden in an electric car
58. I once swam with dolphins
59. I love to look at the pictures in Vogue
60. I love window shopping
61. My favorite magazine would probably be a home furnishing one
62. I love to watch cake-baking competitions
63. I make killer deviled eggs
64. I'm just recently learning how to BBQ
65. I want to live in North Carolina when I grow up
66. I want a yellow house with a white wrap around porch and green shutters
67. I got a Nikon D60 for Christmas
68. I can develop my own film
69. My favorite season is summer
70. I love soup
71. I hate it when there is no soap in the dispensers or paper towels
72. Push sinks REALLY annoy me
73. I love chocolate & vanilla pudding
74. I love the honey mustard from Red Robin and the milkshakes from Cheeburger Cheeburger
75. I love fettuccine Alfredo
76. My favorite love story movie is the Notebook
77. My favorite movie of all time is she's the man
78. I went to a Jonas Brothers concert this summer
79. I met the lead singer of the Fray
80. I hate damp gloves
81. I love almost anything baked
82. The one thing I can't make is a good homemade cookie
83. I love to do theatre
84. I am terrified of heights
85. I LOVE olives
86. I hate ricotta cheese
87. I am secretly afraid of highways
88. I can't live without my cellphone
89. I love to get dressed up
90. I skipped homecoming this year to go to my best friend's little brother's bar mitzvah
91. I can't live without eye-liner
92. I love fake nails
93. I love breakfast foods
94. My favorite "road trip restaurant" is waffle house. no contest.
95. I love the drink Naked
96. I am so much like my Dad
97. I turn pink & purple when I get cold
98. I love big carrots but hate baby carrots
99. I love salads
100. I hate bananas, but I LOVE banana bread