It's Christmas break, and I find myself falling behind on the task list I had set for myself. It always seems to be the case.
But aside from that, break is going well. The snow and weather is beautiful! Work has been fun, and it's nice to get in the extra hours. The paycheck will certainly help with anything I screwed up by, say, spending a little too much this Christmas. The funny thing is, if it weren't for the stuff I bought for me, I wouldn't be set back at all right now. Oh well, I'll be back on track for my new bicycle again in no time. I'm determined to spend as little as possible, the next few weeks paychecks will go right towards that new bike, and this way I'll have it in no time! Hopefully I'll be able to stick to that. My goal is to have the money by my birthday. If I do what I say, I should have it before then. We'll just have to wait and see.
29 December 2007
24 December 2007
Slippers
I just gave a friend the coolest pair of slippers ever.
They were a little expensive, but they were totally worth it.
They're the best pair of moccasins I've ever seen.
And the look on his face when I gave them to him was absolutely priceless.
I loved it.
The joy of giving, it's so great!
I hope you all have a good day and a great holiday tomorrow!
~monkey
They were a little expensive, but they were totally worth it.
They're the best pair of moccasins I've ever seen.
And the look on his face when I gave them to him was absolutely priceless.
I loved it.
The joy of giving, it's so great!
I hope you all have a good day and a great holiday tomorrow!
~monkey
21 December 2007
Wrapping It Up
I've got all my Christmas shopping done.
Now I've just got to wrap all the presents.
I got in a 30-min-long argument with my mom yesterday because she thought I was spending too much on presents. It was kind of ridiculous. I know the thing I bought was expensive, but I'm convinced that they were well worth it. They're perfect, and I'm sure the person I give them to will love them.
I just hope that person will reciprocate.
So anyways, I managed to only get a little behind in my budget. But it wasn't too bad. A week of no school and all work, and I'll be back on top of things savings-wise. I look forward to that.
The jacket I ordered through work came in today and I was very excited. I went to try it on but it turned out that it was mis-priced - it was actually an XS coat, not a M like the tag said. It was very embarassing to try on something that doesn't fit at all in front of a bunch of guys, I could've cried. Luckily, Kurt rescued me, got on the phone right away, and got it all straightened out. They have to mail back this jacket, and my correct one should be here in a couple weeks. I think I'll survive. But it was nice to get the preview, this way I know for sure what it looks like now.
God has a funny way of making sure everything works out for me. First off, I was supposed to get two jackets, but only one was available, and now I don't have to pay for this one right away - it's like everything was planned out so that I wouldn't have to mess up my budget too much more than I already did. Just think, if I'd a bought both those jackets I would be far more set back than I am right now.
Now I've just got to wrap all the presents.
I got in a 30-min-long argument with my mom yesterday because she thought I was spending too much on presents. It was kind of ridiculous. I know the thing I bought was expensive, but I'm convinced that they were well worth it. They're perfect, and I'm sure the person I give them to will love them.
I just hope that person will reciprocate.
So anyways, I managed to only get a little behind in my budget. But it wasn't too bad. A week of no school and all work, and I'll be back on top of things savings-wise. I look forward to that.
The jacket I ordered through work came in today and I was very excited. I went to try it on but it turned out that it was mis-priced - it was actually an XS coat, not a M like the tag said. It was very embarassing to try on something that doesn't fit at all in front of a bunch of guys, I could've cried. Luckily, Kurt rescued me, got on the phone right away, and got it all straightened out. They have to mail back this jacket, and my correct one should be here in a couple weeks. I think I'll survive. But it was nice to get the preview, this way I know for sure what it looks like now.
God has a funny way of making sure everything works out for me. First off, I was supposed to get two jackets, but only one was available, and now I don't have to pay for this one right away - it's like everything was planned out so that I wouldn't have to mess up my budget too much more than I already did. Just think, if I'd a bought both those jackets I would be far more set back than I am right now.
18 December 2007
Shopping
For those who know me, I'm not much of a shopper to begin with.
Christmas shopping - you might as well chain me to a chair and force me to watch the same episode of Teletubbies for twelve hours.
It's like pulling nose hairs.
It's like stubbing your toe five times in one morning.
It's like your mic getting turned up, right when you do a totally wrong note.
Needless to say, I don't like it.
I have a real hard time picking things out for everyone who isn't my sister. Funny, because I think I've lived with her the least in all my 18 years. But my mom is semi-tricky to shop for, my dad and my brother never give me any ideas, and I'm left to my own defenses when it comes to anybody else I might do presents for.
The only easy thing is that I always only get everyone one present.
Did you know that in France it's the quality of the presents, not the quantity, that makes people happy?
How did we get so mixed up in America?
Well, I got everybody done except for Michael today. Hopefully I can find something for my brother before the end of the week!
Christmas shopping - you might as well chain me to a chair and force me to watch the same episode of Teletubbies for twelve hours.
It's like pulling nose hairs.
It's like stubbing your toe five times in one morning.
It's like your mic getting turned up, right when you do a totally wrong note.
Needless to say, I don't like it.
I have a real hard time picking things out for everyone who isn't my sister. Funny, because I think I've lived with her the least in all my 18 years. But my mom is semi-tricky to shop for, my dad and my brother never give me any ideas, and I'm left to my own defenses when it comes to anybody else I might do presents for.
The only easy thing is that I always only get everyone one present.
Did you know that in France it's the quality of the presents, not the quantity, that makes people happy?
How did we get so mixed up in America?
Well, I got everybody done except for Michael today. Hopefully I can find something for my brother before the end of the week!
17 December 2007
Double Day
So today I'm working on finishing up my application for North Park University. Hopefully I'll be able to get it all done by tonight. And with these thoughts in mind, I came home from school today and found a Calvin College admissions envelope on the kitchen table. I opened it up, and I found a two-page letter all about my acceptance and how amazing my academic record was and how I had contributed so much already through my mission trips to Mexico and helping with VBS at my church, and that I would fit right in there.
Darnitall. I was really hoping I would hear from North Park before I ever heard back from Calvin. Oh well. I'm still going to apply to North Park, and hopefully they'll take less time than the anxious month it took Calvin to reply. My sister says to make sure I look at the whole financial package each school can offer me before signing on for either one. So far it looks like North Park would be cheaper. Of course, it's not all about the money, but that helps when trying to convince the 'rents. In fact, I think I pretty much won over my dad with that tidbit. My mom is going to be the hard one, I'll have to work on her, hopefully she'll let me go to whichever one I end up picking - and hopefully she won't make me feel guilty about it when I do decide.
Well, got to go!
~Jaclynn
Darnitall. I was really hoping I would hear from North Park before I ever heard back from Calvin. Oh well. I'm still going to apply to North Park, and hopefully they'll take less time than the anxious month it took Calvin to reply. My sister says to make sure I look at the whole financial package each school can offer me before signing on for either one. So far it looks like North Park would be cheaper. Of course, it's not all about the money, but that helps when trying to convince the 'rents. In fact, I think I pretty much won over my dad with that tidbit. My mom is going to be the hard one, I'll have to work on her, hopefully she'll let me go to whichever one I end up picking - and hopefully she won't make me feel guilty about it when I do decide.
Well, got to go!
~Jaclynn
15 December 2007
A Snowy Day
Today it snowed.
I was praying for snow today.
:)
It was so beautiful.
A shame I had to work.
I can just picture myself, curled up on the couch with a book, gazing out the big living room window at all the fluffy crystals descending from the sky.
The only thing that would make it better would be a fireplace.
Too bad.
A girl can't have everything!
I was praying for snow today.
:)
It was so beautiful.
A shame I had to work.
I can just picture myself, curled up on the couch with a book, gazing out the big living room window at all the fluffy crystals descending from the sky.
The only thing that would make it better would be a fireplace.
Too bad.
A girl can't have everything!
14 December 2007
Welcome to my blog!
Ok, so my xanga is dead. It's very sad. But I'm starting this blog for myself, because I feel like it's about time I got one (again), and I feel like Blogger is the program to use for it.
So, some things that are going on in my life right now:
-I'm looking at colleges. Big on the list (ok, the only two) are Calvin College and North Park University. Funny, I was always so sure I'd go to Calvin, but the more I look at North Park, the more I want to go there. I like their Spanish program better, and I feel like I could do more there. I also like that things are small and close, versus Calvin's incredible spread-outness, not that it's a bad thing, just that I always thought it was a real long ways to get anywhere there, and the idea of everything being so close together, it gives it more of a community sense, I guess. So I'm filling out my North Park application, and I'm stuck on the essay question. But I'm sure something will come to me soon. I applied for Calvin on Nov 16, and as of now I haven't heard back from them yet.
-Christmas break is coming up and I am looking forward to the break from school, if not the extra hours I could potentially work at work. I could use a break, I mean, have you seen how messy my room has gotten lately?
-Speaking of messy rooms, I recently had a revelation. Ok, it started about a month or so ago. But it's only recently that things are starting to come out of it. I bought these expensive shoes because I was sick of having sore feet at work and Erica, the only other girl working there, wears hers all the time and said she never gets sore feet. So after months of thinking about them and asking others, I finally decided that I could justify buying them. But this led to an interesting experience in which a friend sort of dared me to count all the pairs of shoes that I own (including sandals, flip-flops, slippers, and sport-specific shoes). The total came to 34 pairs. Things have been piling up for so long, I didn't even realize that I had that many. So I've started getting rid of them. I gave two pairs of old running shoes to my sister to drop off at a shoe recycling thing, and then this week I put out 6 pairs for Goodwill. Now, when I did this I finished going through my clothes for Goodwill too, and I filled two banana boxes and one big fold-up box FULL of clothes! It's ridiculous how many clothes I had, and even more ridiculous that some of my drawers are STILL BURSTING. I think it's evident that I have a problem with hanging on to stuff and having too much stuff. Mom didn't realize I was going to donate that much clothing: now she wants to have a garage sale. But I don't want those boxes of stuff to be sitting around all winter for a garage sale that may or may not happen in the spring. I told her to go through it, and when she's done, I plan on bringing it to Goodwill. Part of me (the Dutch part) feels like it's a shame to just donate all those clothes when I could probably make at least 50 cents on each item there and have a pretty profitable garage sale, but the new me that's fighting against these traditions I've made for myself is screaming to just get rid of it and be done with it. Besides, if it's money I needed, God will provide it some other way, I'm sure.
Well, I've officially gone on for a very long time, so I suppose I'll stop now.
Have a good weekend,
~Jaclynn
So, some things that are going on in my life right now:
-I'm looking at colleges. Big on the list (ok, the only two) are Calvin College and North Park University. Funny, I was always so sure I'd go to Calvin, but the more I look at North Park, the more I want to go there. I like their Spanish program better, and I feel like I could do more there. I also like that things are small and close, versus Calvin's incredible spread-outness, not that it's a bad thing, just that I always thought it was a real long ways to get anywhere there, and the idea of everything being so close together, it gives it more of a community sense, I guess. So I'm filling out my North Park application, and I'm stuck on the essay question. But I'm sure something will come to me soon. I applied for Calvin on Nov 16, and as of now I haven't heard back from them yet.
-Christmas break is coming up and I am looking forward to the break from school, if not the extra hours I could potentially work at work. I could use a break, I mean, have you seen how messy my room has gotten lately?
-Speaking of messy rooms, I recently had a revelation. Ok, it started about a month or so ago. But it's only recently that things are starting to come out of it. I bought these expensive shoes because I was sick of having sore feet at work and Erica, the only other girl working there, wears hers all the time and said she never gets sore feet. So after months of thinking about them and asking others, I finally decided that I could justify buying them. But this led to an interesting experience in which a friend sort of dared me to count all the pairs of shoes that I own (including sandals, flip-flops, slippers, and sport-specific shoes). The total came to 34 pairs. Things have been piling up for so long, I didn't even realize that I had that many. So I've started getting rid of them. I gave two pairs of old running shoes to my sister to drop off at a shoe recycling thing, and then this week I put out 6 pairs for Goodwill. Now, when I did this I finished going through my clothes for Goodwill too, and I filled two banana boxes and one big fold-up box FULL of clothes! It's ridiculous how many clothes I had, and even more ridiculous that some of my drawers are STILL BURSTING. I think it's evident that I have a problem with hanging on to stuff and having too much stuff. Mom didn't realize I was going to donate that much clothing: now she wants to have a garage sale. But I don't want those boxes of stuff to be sitting around all winter for a garage sale that may or may not happen in the spring. I told her to go through it, and when she's done, I plan on bringing it to Goodwill. Part of me (the Dutch part) feels like it's a shame to just donate all those clothes when I could probably make at least 50 cents on each item there and have a pretty profitable garage sale, but the new me that's fighting against these traditions I've made for myself is screaming to just get rid of it and be done with it. Besides, if it's money I needed, God will provide it some other way, I'm sure.
Well, I've officially gone on for a very long time, so I suppose I'll stop now.
Have a good weekend,
~Jaclynn
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