Weekly Resolutions
[ 9 March 2008 ]
Happy Monday lovelies!
How did you do with last week’s resolutions? I went okay but got a bit sidelined when my parents arrived two days earlier than they were going to! They’ve been here since Friday, they leave on Tuesday, & it has been a bit of a whirlwind! (Even more of a whirlwind than usual, in fact!)
1. pomegranate seeds, 2. Bundles of Books…, 3. alex & alex, 4. Berries Smoothie
This week, I resolve to…
Try a new fruit!
Yarrrr! Thar be exciting fruits in me larder! (Ahem.) I have been working on my weird resistance to trying new food & I am feeling much better about things. Last night I actually ordered fruit for dessert — that NEVER happens! This week, I am going to eat a pomegranate. I have been told to wear an apron when I split it open. I am actually really looking forward to it. Haha. How exciting!
Finish a book
I am in the middle of about 10 books right now, & it is ridiculous. I want to do a big book review post soon, but of course, that means I need to make time to sit down & read! I am going to finish one book this week. (This is a very small goal but this week is going to be a biggie…)
Brainstorm 4 new outfits!
I have new shoes! EEEEE! Aren’t they pretty? I love them very much. However, they are very different to my usual style so I need to think about what I can wear them with. I want to come up four potential outfits that will go with it & look devilishly handsome. Brainpower in action!
Eat lots of lovely fresh produce
Having my parents here has been fabulous but it has also meant that we’ve been eating at restaurants a lot — & I’m starting to yearn for raw food! The plan is to eat lots of it this week. I’m also going to make little boxes of seed/nut/dark chocolate mix, so I can put one in my bag & not worry about snacking on the go! (It is easy to pick up a smoothie from a juice bar but you know what? Mine taste better than theirs.)
What do you want to tick off this week? Oh — & don’t forget to grab a badge!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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Excellent resolutions! Mine include:
-Write one blog post every day
-Bake cupcakes for my debate team’s party (definitely something I’ll be completing)
-Hold hands with my boyfriend every time I see him
-Finish cleaning out my closet
-Vacuum more (gah!)
-Learn to tease my hair properly
Oh, NO WAY! Those shoes were at Cactus Jam, right? Our fashion compass is so synchronised, it’s not even funny. I was so going to buy them…... :P
My weekly resolutions are:
(x) To clean out some of the mess in my room. Even just a little bit. Maybe starting by recycling all the paper bags I’ve amassed from shopping.
(x) To not waste my days off. Often I just lie around watching TV or surfing the internet. This week I will achieve things! Like, learning some more French vocabulary.
(x) Start packing my lunch when I go to work, rather than buying it out. I need to be more careful with my money.
Nadia — Hahah. Yes! But they’re cheap, you should pick them up. My mother & I got a pair each ;D I was going to get those sexy boots from Dizingof but they don’t have any 38s left!
This is my first ever comment here (eek!), but if you’ve never done pomegranates before I’d suggest opening it in a bowl of water. It makes it much easier to break out all of the lovely little seeds, and if you’re careful you can avoid the crazy juice factor entirely. The trick is to cut off the top and cut little seams halfway through the outside, then you can just submerge it in a bowl and break it right open. :)
emily — Ahh, thank you so much for the tips!
Hee, you’re very welcome.
I did fantastic, I’m so surprised, since I forgot what most of them were! I did everything but two, which I worked on, so I guess that’s good enough.
1. Backcomb hair more often. A lot of times I just leave it flat, and it’s not how the haircut’s meant to be worn. It makes me look like I have a mullet. EEK. Case in point/mullet vs how it should be: here. http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd165/marenhyu/march%202008/?action=view¤t=DSC04611.jpg
2. Be more productive! Aaaaagh! I keep spending all day on the internet. This is what I am doing right now, actually… I should be writing a paper. Or three.
3. Write down what I need to do in my planner. I used to do this meticulously, but now I don’t, and everything is suffering because of it.
4. Tone my hair. It is kind of turning yellowish. Also not a good look.
5. Polish boots.
6. Pay my friend for the lush order.
7. Pass driving test.
when youre eating pomegranates, make sure you wear clothes you dont mind staining. sometimes the seeds explode and you get the juice on you, and its so hard to get out of your clothes.
Mine are:
>Blog something everyday, no matter how small.
>Begin pasting things in fashion diary.
>Work super hard at work. Not too difficult, seeing as it’s Subway.
>Have more than 5 cents left by next payday.
>Get my Hiptop back :]]
Pomegranates are the yummiest fruit ever, I just wish they were easier to buy.
I got slack with my resolutions last week and the new ones are:
~ Study
~ Eat healthy
~ Continue applying for graduate programs
~ Vacuum
~ Buy a good learning Danish program
I get a B for my resolutions last week, hooray! Here’s hoping I have more success this week. My resolutions are..
x Learn to ask questions. I know it sounds like the craziest, most obvious (and silliest!) resolution in the world, but learning to not be afraid of asking questions and realizing that not knowing something ISN’T any sort of admission of failure is really important for me at the moment. I’ve just started working in an office (in publishing of all things, my dream career!) and as I’m new, have never worked in an office before, etc. I’m finding there are so many things I don’t know, but as a result of being too afraid to ask (I think maybe that I feel that if I appear to not know something, I’ll lose my position and my dream of working in magazines will be snatched away from me.. I don’t know why!), I’m proceeding on with what I think is the best thing to do, which sometimes isn’t always the best thing to do, and can lead to errors. I’m not sure what started my fear, but I’m going to try really hard this week to rid myself of it and ask, ask, ask! (And know that doing so does NOT make me a prize idiot.)
x Keep up my ‘money diary’ and find alternative ways to make more money/save money, etc.
x I liked trying new things with my make-up last week – experimenting with different eye shadows/eyeliners/bronzers/etc – I think I want to do the same thing again this week, but perhaps pick a beauty product that I’ve always wanted to try but haven’t! Maybe a creme blush, red lipstick.. something!
Umm, I did badly again. Woopsie.
- Attend all classes & turn in assignments when they’re due.
- Write every day.
- Finish Still Life with Woodpecker (blah).
- Finish the section of Driver’s Ed that I’m on.
- Watch movies from Netflix & mail them back.
- Get applications from a couple places that are hiring.
I open pomegranates the way Emily does and it is definitely the best way. :) My resolutions…
- Be patient with the kids I am coaching and try to learn more names.
- Eat healthily, especially lots of fruits and vegetables.
- Drink lots of water!
- I have a lot of time off this week, so… don’t waste it. :)
I have eaten pomegranate only once, and it was divine – and exquisitely beautiful. Enjoy that one for me! And I LOVE those shoes! Say hi to your olds from me ;)
Last week I did manage to teach my first ballet classes, and go and see my sister/baby nephew. Awesome.
This week I have to catch up on boring old paperwork (even being ballet-related can’t make it exciting), clean my living room (it’s SHOCKING), and then I will be able to practice my jazz-dance routine. And I think I should start training myself to use a new ‘default’ term-of-endearment for my significant other. XD
my weekly resolutions:
- watch at least 9 movies from netflix before the 17th
- lose 2 lbs
- exercise every day at least 20 minutes
- finish/hand in every school assignment on time
- spend at least 2 days with my boyfriend
- clean my room (like for real)
I did kind of badly last week:(......but here’s to this week!
-drink LOADS of water
-start exploring raw food and think of interesting ways I can start incorporating it in my life
-sort out my wardrobe…it’s way overloaded and like it or not,some stuff has to go!
-sounds like an easy one but keep my desk nice and clear instead of clutter central by the end of the day
-try some sort of new food this week that i’ve never in my life tasted before
-most important of all make an effort to be happy!
I did all of last weeks except the food one – because I got a viral infection and didn’t really fancy cooking/ingesting anything other than water!
This week:
Put together collages, buy plywood and begin painting.
Put together outfits using the many, many new pieces of clothing I’ve bought recently – including (yet more!) 50s dresses and AA black eel lame leggings! eep! Call me the naughty clothes elf.
Recover from horrible throaty-chesty affliction.
Make some time for my friends, see them and see how they’re all doing.
Enjoy all the challenges this week will bring. Consider them adventures, and in case,adversity is better than watching tv ;P
Resist the urge to buy food I don’t need.
Also, with pomegranates, I usually buy heaps right about now, freeze the seeds on a tray (so they don’t freeze in one big clump) and pop them in a freezer bag so I can eat the seeds all year round. This might be useless information for you but they’re so good to have on hand during the winter fruit-doldrums!
I don’t usually have any resolutions but this time I resolve to have all the music I’ve downloaded to my boyfriends computer moved onto my computer and onto my iPod. I also resolve to acquire the lastest Psyclon Nine cd.
@Hyuju – Wow you are beautiful :]
@Gala – Is it just me or is it pretty impossible to copy links from your comment pages. I had to double click to select the whole paragraph and then paste it into the address bar and remove the rest of the words that I didn’t need.
Making weekly resolutions is something I do as a musician, but I haven’t really tried to apply it to my everyday non-musical life! Here goes:
- warm up with at least 30 minutes of scales every day. – run through my audition repertoire for some people before the big audition next Monday (wish me luck!). – try to remember I have friends that love me and that I am an awesome, beautiful young woman, even though I am so heartbroken that my long-distance relationship ended two days ago. – try to eat more veggies and fruits and drink more water. – try to at least take a walk each day for exercise. – get my red hair color touched up. – finish the book(s) I am reading. – listen to more music and write in my journal. – love myself.
Those shoes are super, i want a pair! But i probably dont have anything in my wardrobe i could wear them with. And your mum got a pair too? Your mum is so cool!
This week my resolutions are:
+ To get through all my uni readings on time.
+ Start every day with a salute to the sun.
+ Buy at least one new pair of shoes!
+ Spend time with my friends at least twice during the week.
+ Get my iCiNG fix, no matter how busy i am going to be…
I almost did all of last week’s goals! I’m so proud.
Stay the whole day at college for Anahuac Day (concert included) (photos at tinyurl.com/2xe8cj)
Study for Accounting, Microeconomics and Operative Systems (Accounting went horribly, the other two went great :D)
Finish my OS practice (Not even close!)
Design a template for my mailing list (Done!)
All of them completed, except for the OS practice. That things is still haunting me!
For this week I plan to:
Finish all my pre-spring break homework
Find a driving instructor
keep my hair straight for three days
Finish Data Structure homework
Wear my studded belt once
Investigate about jobs at Fashion Week Mexico
Kisses.
* PAINT SOMETHING! dammit joyce. * go to the local thrift, find something cute, and turn it into something fabulous! * go out with franny and nicole, before she goes to nyc. * give yourself a little photo shoot! * find a nice hair cut. * i think i’m going to try a new fruit too! that’s going to be hard though.. i’ve tried A LOT.
Eeek! What a coincidence! Patrick Wolf has a pair of shoes like those, which I remember because the link to that interview was on the same page as the link that led me here for the very first time! Wow.
Good luck, with those pomegranates, though – I never have the patience to eat more than a few!
Hmm, I personally tend to do better if my goals are smaller, so this week I’m settling for two: to save time my cleaning out my spam only once a week, and to study for a solid block of time every day instead of cramming!
Oh, oh! You should tell us about the outfits you come up with to go with your new shoes! I just received a new pair from a friend, and while I love them, I don’t know HOW I can think of new outfits to fit them, so I’d be really excited to see what you think of!
Enjoy your pomegranate!
- Order pink hair dye, I’ve been meaning to go pink for YEARS but I always stopped myself (I even went blue twice, but never pink). I am finally going to take the step and get my pink hair. – Drink more water, I really need to. – Wear pigtails more often, I feel so fun and giggly with pigtails. – Do homework, I need to schedule time to do my homework I still get it done, but it always feels rushed.
mine is to go to the gym three times this week.
even if my whole universe falls apart, i will be happy if i achieve this goal
* Drink lotss of water each day * Drink 2 cups of green tea per day (caffeine free!) * Get my legs & underarms waxed so I can wear cute skirts without the bother of shaving, seriously! BEST THING. Underarms hurts but hair free for weeks = bliss. Totally worth le pains~ *Starting pilates tonight, 2 x a week for 4 wks…give it my all! *Don’t freak out because your parents have gone away for 2 months & the person you have been closest to the past year and a bit has also left the country for 3 months so you basically have noone to feel safe around. EEP.:(
My goals are pretty small but goals none the less. I plan on:
* Going to the gym for atleast two hours everyday. * Continue packing boxes (I’m moving in less than four weeks). * Be happy everyday. * Read some exciting anthropological studies on Demon worship. * Order my academic transcipts and finalise paperwork for my university transfer.
to stop swearing my language is foul and it stops here! It sounds so uneducated and horrible. Not at all lady like
wake up resonabily early I sleep to 12pm or later ever single day. Its a terrible habit. I’m so hyper during the night that I burn out.
family ever since I moved away from my families house, I haven’t REALLY made the effort to see them. I defently want to take my little brother out sometime this week.
to invest in some im-wearing-my-boyfriends-clothes clothes I love this style, Im just too afraid to attempt it because all though Im not big, I have big boobs and have no idea how to pull it off with my figure.
i was going to say what emily did! open your pomegranates under water; much less of a mess occurs that way!
we’ve had a pomegranate tree in our backyard my whole life and that is how my mom always fixed em.
mmmmmm pomegranates! you are in for a treat!! i do the under water thing too, it’s genius. but if you want even more fun, then hop in the bath with yo lova and rip into one! then the mess doesn’t matter and you can get all sexytime! hahaha, looks like i have a goal for this week ;)
heey christy, i have to stop swearing too! (& i have big boobs with a small body, but that’s another story)
i also want to;
brainstorm for an exhibition & a street-art thing
finish my storyboard
& i have some little things i want to deal with daily (diary, receipts, etc.)
trampoline everyday
oh & i got a B last week – it’s really weird that i failed in all the fun stuff (visit galleries, watch movies, plan the weekend) but did all the other important (!) things. (sigh)
mmm. pomegranate juice.
Ug! You’re so lucky! Pomegranates are only available here in November, and they are my all time favorite fruit. My mom used to buy them for me as a treat when I was little.
So I’ve been living on POM Tea and juice… I even found Blueberry/Pomegranate flavoured gum on Friday!
oh & just for fun – a turkish riddle about pomegranates,
something like this;
i bought one from the market (the bazaar)
when i came home there were thousands.
okay i suck at translating but you get the idea :>
eat your fruits gala, they’re good for you!
This is the first time i’ve done Weeklies… i hope i do well!
** Be hyper hydrated! i plan on drinking at least 3L of water a day. ** Organised study – dual meaning. I need to keep my study area organised, and i need to organise my time for studying. ** Fresh feasting – i plan on eating as little processed food as i can. ** Lots of effort and lots of success! i have HEAPS of assessments this week :(
Let’s see… hrrm.
*Write at least 20 pages on my story. *Drink more water! *Stop swearing *Do all of my assignments. *Enjoy my spring break!
1. finish sewing my skirt then cut and sew shirt and skirt combo
2. wake up early and leave the house an hour before i start work
3. keep the kitchen clean and tidy
4. take fresh fruit and vegies to eat at work each day
5. walk. walk. walk.
6. read. read. read.
i havent been paying enough attention to my body lately and its fighting back so i’m going to spend this week being nice to it and try to get into the habit again…
My resolutions were not so good…I think I didn’t plan them appropiatley…I didn’t drink water at all! and my skin is starting to resent it…this week I’ll drink a LOT.
My resolutions for this week are:
1. First of all, survive this week for it’s going to be such a whirlind.
2. Lots & lots of water.
3. Don’t miss one single class of yoga (including saturday’s 9:00 am class)
4. Study for my tests even when that means sleeping late.
5. No junk food. At all.
6. Post at least three things in my new blog (inspired and motivated by iCiNG of course – there’s not much right now but go check it =)!
7. Don’t complain about everything I have to do.
8. Get a present for one of my oldest and best friend’s birthday on Saturday.
Goodness! This week is going to be big.
Whish me luck!
Infinite x’s & o’s…
M.B. Whimsical.
Gala, your new shoes are gorgeous! You should totally challenge all your lovely nonpareils to come up with some polyvore creations for you to complement your new shoes! Everyone was so creative with their House of Holland slogans, I’m sure you’ll be overwhelmed with amazing ideas! Just a random thought. :) x
PS: Mmm, berry smoothies… yum!
I have nooooooooooo motivation this week!
I did quite well on my last week’s resolutions!
This week’s resolutions:
1. keeping up with my mails
2. call my health insurance
3. finish reading “Mansfield Park”
4. eat more fruit and veggies
5. try to create some great outfits!
Tehee! Pomegranates are a childhood staple for me, as there were always some hanging over the fence from our neighbour’s yard. My best friend stained her chic Paris sloganed t-shirt from the juice, so be careful. Opening them under water works well.
If you’re looking at other kind of kooky fruits I’d recommend rambutan {similar-ish to a lychee}. They’re tasty and fun.
Gala – I’ve just been dying to know! HOW did you get such a fantastic apartment? Is there a catch to it; does it cost a zillion dollars a month or do you have noisy neighbours? Because your apartment is like my dream apartment. I must know! :P
I am totally with you on the book issue, I have a pile of about the same that I need to finish. I always get too excited about learning new things and keep starting new ones.
Oh and re-your new shoes! they are gorgeous, I have a pair very similar.
In regards of what to wear with them, I reccommend going with the monochrome look, tight jeans /trousers and a t’shirt and a statement bag, or a pencil skirt, bright tights and a shirt with a frilled collar, you can take on a kindof gothic/lolita/edwardian look.
I wear mine often with just opaque tights, a cute black dress and then a big bow in my hair, brooches and fake eyelashes!
xox
Making your own nut/choc mix is a great idea, it is cheaper and great for snack on the run :) I love my milk chocolate in my nut mix, but nuts are healthy for you so i figure atleast im getting some good nutrition ;)
Fab shoes, they are fabulous!!!
I did quite well last week. Yay!
So this week:
1) Study every day
2) Get my ears pierced
3) Finish at least one of the books I’ve started recently
4) Buy and post an awesome birthday present for my little sister
5) Cook more and cook at least one totally new meal this week
6) Think up an awesome outfit for my friends 80’s themed birthday…
:)
My weekly resoulutions are to make a head start on my modern history assignment, get an A for my English and complete things on time to avoid last minute stress. I want to go to the markets on the weekend to chill and I’d also like to drink more water and take my FLIPPIN VITAMINS....!!! :) ... maybe i shld stash them in my bag so i dont forget. I LOVE THOSE SHOESSS!!! they are ...GORGOUS. they remind me of something/someone but i can’t place my finger on it…
Hmm… I think I did well. This week will be a doozy for me though. I’ve been a tad bit of an emotional wreck, so I don’t want to face going back to school tomorrow. Besides, all the classmates from school are coming back from the school Europe Trip… which I had to pull out of because my family couldn’t afford it (we’re taking care of my aunt who has cancer).
So, on the brightside, in order to help me get through the pain of hearing them chat about Paris (my dream city), I’ll be hiding out in the library, finding books on names and biographies of fabulous people.
Weekly Resolutions…:
-Get ready for school camping trip. Prepare mocassins.
-Start writing down prospective names for myself.
-Focus on being more disciplined.
Good luck everyone!
Oh, and on a side note, if you haven’t already tried lychees (spelling…?), you should. They’re really strange, and can take some getting used to, but they’re seriously cute and taste exotic and fresh. They look like little punk-rock strawberries.
I think I’ll give myself a C for last week. I didn’t actually do my Master’s application, but I started, I went to speak to my personal tutor about it. And she said DON’T RUSH, so I’m not going to worry about only making one step towards it last week.
This week…
* drink more water
* moisturise my face and hands every night before I go to bed
* do all my work – get it out of the way early in the week
* write first draft of play
* think about posture more
* make realistic daily to-do lists
* eat an apple every day – I’m kinda sick – gotta keep the doctor away!
More than I’ve ever listed before, but I think I can do it! Whoo!
+ go for a swim
+ book my accommodation in Kyoto
+ spend 30 minutes filing scrap/art papers
+ cut out the lining for a bag i’m making
I am TOTALLY jealous of those shoes! I would have no idea how to wear them if I had them though. =/
And pomegranates are lovely. The saddest thing about moving house was leaving my beloved pomegranate tree behind!
Weekly resolutions:
-Keep up to date with uni reading.
-Tell my parents that I am dropping out at the end of the semester (eek!) =/
-Book my next tattoo =)
-Apply for a health care card.
-Set up Mummy’s ipod.
-Sleep, and get over tonsillitis. I am sick of being sick.
-See my boyfriend! This should SOO be number 1 on the list, I probably won’t see him until friday, and that will make it like almost a fortnight! ARGH living on opposite sides of the city is such a drag!
Good luck lovelies!
xo
I kept only half of my resolutions last week, and not the most importing one. There’s been a death in my family, I hate to use this as an “excuse” but it did desorganize my week… Anyway, for this week:
# Get up early and write. Again.
# Try to adopt a better posture at all times. No matter what you wear, it won’t look good if your posture is not.
# Finish putting clothes on eBay.
# Book appointments with dentist and gynaecologist.
And speaking of new fruits, I tried tamarind this week! It’s very ugly but delicious.
My resolutions
-Finish the first draft of my project!
-Meet up with people I haven’t seen in ages and won’t for some time (as I’m going back home on Saturday)
-Keep up with my exercise regime as I’m feeling so much better already
-Find other things to post about on my blog
That’ll do! My dissertation is the main one really, as it counts towards my final degree by quite some way.
- Get organised for my job interview, which is gasp tomorrow morning!
- Tell you, Gala, how my trip to Melbourne was, which In will do now, I suppose. Had a lovely time. Stayed right in the city. Malls were like a 30 second walk away from the hotel (!!!) Loved the people (and the way they all dress, especially the 20- 30y/o men! And ask, have you ever been to the gothic- Lolita store ‘Shibuya’? It’s wonderful! So extravagant and SO japanese. I bought a cute bracelet. And the restaurant ‘Max’ has FABULOUS creme brulee and chocolate pudding!
- Exercise every day of the week for at least 20 minutes (that’s a stretch for me :P )
- Go to bed at a decent hour every night of the week!
- Finish reading ‘Lolita’ (read a fair chunk of it on the way to/ back from Melbourne, although the flight was only 45 minutes (!!!) and am now wishing to finish it.
- Organise my 18th birthday bash. You’re invited if you can make it to the snowy mountains, Gala :P hehe
Have a good week!
xx
Theremina — Honey, I’m so sorry for your loss. Big kisses to you.
Kirby — Yay! Glad you had a good time here. Yes, I’ve been into Shibuya; the girls who work there are so cute! & I’d love to come to your birthday, hee! Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll make it ;D
I did really well with my resolutions last week…except finishing half of junni`s scarf!
My resolutions for this week – Blog three times
-Cook Sun-Thurs nights – Journal at least 4 times
-Not miss a day of work (been sick recently) – Use my camera everyday – Knit scarf
-Start looking for a wedding photographer (Any reccomendations for a Brissie wedding?)
-Book at ticket back to Australia – Type up my 101 things in 1001 days list – Install photoshop on my mac
-Finish current book and start a new one!
Hope everyone else does well with theres. I write them down in my journal with a checkbox next to each one which I tick off when I am done. It feels great!
cut the pomegranate open in the sink, then eat the seeds with a pin!
Oooh! I LOVE your new shoes! I’ve been craving for some black and white shoes ever since I saw Fred Astaire dancing in his musicals when I was a child, but somehow never found any great ones (be they heeled or not). Well, yours are really cool and beautiful, and I think you could wear them with tons of looks. I have to think of that post you wrote on that Gatsby/20ies inspired aesthetics, for instance, but they’d also work in a Neogoth outfit or something Classic Chicago Mafioso-inspired, or how about something Dietrich-style … These kinds of shoes have so many connotations and they are so classic and graphic that I think you’ll have a lot of fun with them! I’m looking forward to your outfits! :-)
I think pomegranates are a good place to start branching out from, they’re delicious and it’s like eating tiny jewels (as I used to pretend when I was a child). I’ve been fascinated by strange and unusual fruits lately, having run across things like this: www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/arch…
Chocolate pudding fruit? Oh yes! But finding these things in NYC at the tail end of Winter? Poo. I’ve been satisfying myself with canned jackfruit and mangosteen, not the same once it’s been soaked in syrup, I’m sure.
this is the first week I’ve made resolutions, I’m going to try really hard to make this work.
-Continue eating better and avoiding dairy, tons of water, plenty of salads, seaweeds at least once a day.
-Finish website and promotional material for the dog walking/pet care service I’m starting with my brother.
-Finish 15 Marvel Sketchcards, start to finish, polish up any others that need it.
-Make yearly check up appointment.
-Meet up with my best friend, my boyfriend and one of my brothers on Saturday to have dinner and create a solid plan for how we’re going to move to Portland, OR together in the next year.
Good luck with the pomegranite! I first ate one in a salad in Granada, Spain (which actually means pomegranite…funnily enough) and they are the most gorgeous things ever. But I didn’t have to prepare it. :D
My weeks resolutions are;
-To remember all my cues and jazz hands in my part in our school musical
-Not to freak out too much about said musical and being on stage for the first time ever(!)
-Buy something from the MAC Fafi range
ack, i don’t think i even made any resolutions last week! bad sophie.
this week i shall:
- do lots and lots of work on my exhibition project for uni (although technically i’m not meant to start it until next week. oh well, if i do the work at home my tutors will never know!)
- go an entire week without smoking (i have managed today!)
- eat sensibly and healthily, no junk.
- go the gym.
- go out on thursday night and drink alcohol in a sensible and mature manner.
- clean out my exhibition space at uni and repaint the walls where they’re all covered in ink.
- drink more water!
- work lots so that i will have lots of lovely money for my new tattoo which i spent today drawing up (when i should have been working).
My resolutions fell off the band wagon a little, but it was mostly on the things I needed to rely on other people to do, so I don’t feel bad.
My new resolutions are:
~Join a gym
~Eat healthier
~Decorate my workspace
~Keep up my writing fervor
Good resolutions!
Mine are:
~to update my information on websites that I am a member of
~to do some training with my dog every day for at least 15 minutes
~drink much more water
~try to make my writing much neater! It’s worse than ever at the moment..
~tidy my room up as much as possible
Those new shoes are so many flavors of awesome!!! I can’t take my eyes off of them. ;) I’m sure you’ll come up with a fantastically fabulous bunch of looks to show them off with! ;)
1. you aren’t going to like pomegranate, guarantee.. they are more for looking at in paintings than for eating.
2. i have very similar shoes – b/w booties – and loooove them/wear them w everything.. hands down everything.
Lauren, you’re awesome – gala, rambutan is seriously so so so delicious, you’re missing out if you haven’t tried it!! I grew up with a tree at home and oh how I miss them. Yum. Also known as mangosteens, i think (rambutan is the singhalese name for them, i think).
weekly resolutionsss..
1. make a cheer-up playlist.
2. kick my anatomy presentation’s ass.
3. stay up to date with lectures.
4. finally file my tax return.
5. take my codliver oil/vitamins regularly!
♥ Finish my classwork on a day BEFORE the day it is due. I am a bad girl.
♥ Treat myself to a little bit of happiness every day – I was too miserable last week.
♥ Go to bed before 10:30 PM each night again. Need to save up sleep for spring break coming up soon! :partyparty:
♥ No soda this week.
♥ Give myself a break now and then! I can do it! Motivation! And all that!
finish my maddona bird mask
drink water
post on my blog regalrly
finish my maekeup work
find interesting ways to wear my “actors do it on stage” shirt
Hi,Can I just say that my daughter LOVE LOVE LOVES your style…..she’s 11. She checks in regulary to see your outfit of the day and reads your blog. It’s great that she see’s so many others out there are following their own sense of style and are sharing their tips and hints. Thanks guys :-) PS She has just bought her first pair of Doc Martens off ebay!
i love pomegranate! Its a really good anti-oxidant. Its fun to eat, its Persephone’s weakness :D
Numerically, I only got a 2/5 last week, but since the two I did were really hard (learn calculus and doing a good job on my Spanish oral!) I bump it up to a C.
This week promises to be really big for me – On Wednesday, after four months of just waiting, I find out if I got into college. eep! Plus, today in math my teacher informed us the lecture we just had was the LAST ONE of my high school math career! Best news EVER. Let’s hope for more!
Weekly Resolutions!
1. Finish The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis. Its about Haitian zombies!
2. Let’s try this again… ten minutes of abs each day!
3. Drink at minumum 60 oz of water a day. Let’s kill that water weight!
4. Turn in CAS forms! (write ups of the volunteer and creativity work required for my school)
5. Complete two calculus worksheets!
and, if I am doing well (100%) by Friday…
6. Treat myself to this month’s Cosmopolitan!
Dearest Gala…
I wrote something inspired on the Weekly Rsolutions in my new blog.
www.whimiscalb.blogspot.com
and mentioned you of course!
Good luck with your resolutions everyone!
infinite x’s & o’s…
M.B. Whimiscal.
you are going to fall in love with pomegranates
1. Work out a new practice schedule!
I have made the decision to go from being a music performance major to being a music theory/history major, so I don’t need to be practicing quite as much as I used to. However, as of late I have been practicing too little! Eek!
2. Say “when” on my short story for creative writing class.
I used to love the story I was writing, now I am so frustrated with it! I will tweak it a little, but I need to remember what I’m handing in is a ROUGH draft and need not be not anything epic!
3. Spend more time on homework than on Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
It just came out and I’m getting it on Thursday, so I must control myself!
Wow, are those really YOURS? Lucky girl – they’re fantastic! I can’t wait to see the outfits you come up with!
I did pretty good on last week. I think I’ll play again, to see if it’s as good a motivation this week! (I need it!)
I want to write 12 pages this week. And ideally have an outline or a start on the next batch of 12, but let’s not commit to that here! And I want to have all of my student’s final round of papers graded. And my friend’s tee done. (I didn’t make it to this last week) Excercise 4-5 times/week and eat mostly raw produce during the day. Clean the toilets. Vaccuum.
I think that’ll do it! Enjoy your pomegranate!
my resolutions last week went pretty well, except i smoked ONCE & didn’t draw quite enough.
this week i will:
*continue eating healthily, exercise at LEAST 4x this week & continue not smoking
*finish one book (a good one, gala!)i too am in the middle of at least 6 books right now, my attention span zooms off the page far too often.
*do more eft&yoga. have been so busy & putting this to the side, naughty naughty!
*as always, drink more water!
*stop spending too much money on junk. i don’t need junk! & save it for a rainy day instead. yay.
yaay! I did pretty well last week! I think this is helping to train me to set goals and achieve them…even though some I’m just not getting to in one week! I’m an Uber Procrastinator ( kinda like an anti-superhero) but I feel good about my progress from last week. Will give myself a B, even though a couple are still rolling on into this week.
*Make doc appt with newly acquired results!
*Call up pilates studio for my free class!
*House-hunt at least two hours this week
*Walk home from one station early at least twice this week
*Bring in healthy snacks (as well as lunch) so I’m not tempted on the way home by wicked wicked salty things..
xxoo
I once watched a Martha Stewart episode where she showed everyone how to best extract Pomegranate seeds from the fruit…
She scored down the seams of the fruit with a sharp paring knife and broke it into 2 pieces. And then while holding it open side down, she tapped it with the back of a spoon and all the seeds just fell out into a bowl underneath!
I haven’t seen the underwater version, but this definitely worked and if it has the Martha Stamp of Approval, it can’t be too bad =)
My reso’s for the week:
*Keep up my movement & exercise
*Keep up my food lifestyle changes
Spend less to save more money for my move to Melbourne
*Learn to make Hot Caramel Apple Cider
Much luck to everyone for their resolutions
xxj
You should try reading the book Twilight. or it’s sequel New Moon (i think you can read it without reading the first one) .They’re great! It’s about vampires…
willa- Ha! I love the twilight books(despite the fact that I am 25 yrs old…)- can’t wait for the one coming out later this year!
My resolutions…starting on tuesday *More water- less dt. coke(yes I know dt. coke is bad for you but I can’t help but love it!)
*Stop being so mopey! The way I have been acting you’d think I had a personal storm cloud following me!
*Floss more- I’m bad about keeping up with my flossing!
*make check-up appt’s with dentist and dr’s
*find a way to wear my hair that’s not so boring!
that’s about it I think- don’t want to make too many- just setting myself up for failure:)
At this point I have one resolution
To get myself out of bed before noon lol. Sounds big but I’m on vacation and having motivational issues. I didn’t set my alarm last night and slept until 1pm!! my goodness.
~I am such a cheater…I buy pomegranate pre-cut for me, so I can just eat it with a spoon. I always buy pre-cut mango and pomegranate for my lunches. It costs more and so I should stop!
My resolutions for this week (I know I’m late!):
Accept the fact that our landlord stole my ipod, my digital camera, and the earrings my aunt left me. Accept it and look at it positively: it is making me finally move out of the world’s worst apartment and look into living more cheaply, by moving into a shared flat.
By moving into said cheap flat, I can actually afford to take the job I want: being the cafe manager/cook for a not for profit group that feeds homeless people organic/ethical veggie food!
Get said job! (Interview Monday!)
Stop getting mad at the cat for eating my plants, knocking everything over, eating my shoes, and forgive her for breaking my glasses.
Big goals this week, so I hope people send some positive energy!
heyah gala!!
i love your website and my weekly resoulutions are:
1 to eat more chocolate
2 stop being so lazy and make a commitment to running
3 start being early for school and training instead of running on fijian time [which means you turn up to an event or something an hour late]
4 start drinking more water
5 and then repeat again next week!!