What's New?

• My dad retired from the Air Force on 31Jan13 after 29+ years in!! It's so surreal. The ceremony was awesome and my whole family cried like babies. I'll do a whole post on this one in a couple days. Now, my family is preparing for my parents to head to Abu Dhabi for a job my dad got! He'll be making ridiculous money doing stuff that he's really good at...only downside is they'll be in the UAE...which is like a 24 hour flight away! :/ But anywho...like I said, another post soon!
• I attended a Midnight Worship service last Friday night. It was one of the coolest things I've been to in a while. Their tagline is "Nothing good happens after midnight...except this!". It's just a bunch of college kids from a bunch of different churches and denominations coming together to worship God. And that talent was amazing as well! I'll definitely be there every week!
• I went to a Yoga class tonight. It was fun...but sadly, I was probably the least flexible person in the class. Not counting the two guys that showed up. Looks like my goal of do the splits is further off than I had hoped. haha
• I made a new page for my blog yesterday! Here is my bucket list for the year! It's got 31 (and counting) things that I want to have done by the end of the year!! I'm excited to cross things off!
• Monday night, I went to a prayer meeting in town called Monday Night Burn. Another ones of those interdenominational things. When the guy leading opens up with "I speak in tongues..." you know it's going to be a good one. I'll probably start attending this one as well. It was really powerful...a bunch of people praying and interceding for the city of Abilene. Oh and the guy leading? Sings like an angel...haha but seriously. He wrote and sang a song with Christ for the Nations called Show Me Your Heart. Check him out.
• One of my friends is coming to visit me this weekend. I'm so excited to show her around the big big town lol. She'll be the first person outside of family that has come to see me!! :)

Well, I'm off to watch Deception and then head to bed. Gotta wake up early and hit the gym!

Love y'all!

Tasha

Make Yourself.

Nike ran an ad campaign awhile back called Make Yourself. Each ad has a famous, female athlete working out and the words "Make Yourself ____". Each fill-in-the-blank has a different word: Fit, Strong, Shine are the three that I've collected so far. Here's a group shot of the 7 athletes. These ladies look AMAZING!

I think they did a great job with the wording. Whoever came up with it should get a raise...as I'm sure they did. LOL. Anywho...I love the idea that you can make yourself whatever you wish to be, because in a sense, you really can...if you're willing to work for it.

If you want to be fit, you have to work for it.
If you want to be strong, you have to work for it.
If you want to shine, you have to work for it. 

I, my friends, want to be fit, strong, and shining.

And that's why I work out.

Not because I like sweating dripping down my body.
Not because I like gasping for breath after a run.
Not because I like the sore muscles the next day.
Not because I like the pain I get in my side.
Not because I like lacing up my tennies.

But because, I want to be fit, strong, and shining.