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Jan 2 Halftime Retreat

The 2nd and 3rd year students of our Master's Commission come back a few days early for our halftime retreat. It is a really awesome opportunity to encourage each other, see areas we can improve and just have fun together. Here is a highly coveted glimpse into our halftime retreats:

lots of laughs

motivational discussions

memory making downtime

Rice and Beans

It's that time of year...RESOLUTION TIME. I am making a few resolutions this year, yes I still give it the "American try" as my friend Judy said today. Ironically, Judy was referring to using the bathroom before a movie, which was awesome. You need friends like Judy in your life. People that aren't afraid to just say what's on their mind. As far as resolutions...let me tell you about two resolutions I am making simultaneously.

1. I am resolving to try and capture my entire year in photographs. The goal is take and post 1 picture a day.

I want to learn more about my Canon 60D and really improve my photography skills, and I couldn't think of a better way to achieve that goal.

2. For the month of Janurary, Jay and I are not going spending any money on eating out...and to take it a step further, we are only allowing ourselves to purchase rice, beans and chicken (and beverages) from the grocery store this month. So meet my new friend, RICE COOKER [above]. We will be bonding a lot this month.

Jay and I really want to build our saving account back up to where it was before our awesome Black Friday television deal! So we are doing a rice and bean diet and at the end of each week we are putting all the excess in our accounts directly in savings!

You may be wondering why I am making you endure this glimpse into my private life. The truth is, I know that without accountability, these resolutions are just good ideas. I need these resolutions to be more than just good ideas.

Here's the deal - I'm not very good at asking for help but I need it. I need people to keep me accountable and encourage me through this blog. I also hope that hearing a couple of my resolutions has inspired you to make some goals for yourself this year if you haven't already and share them with people who will keep you to them.

Let's never stop making ourselves better. We can always be a better version of ourselves tomorrow if we give ourselves a fresh start each new day.