"The hair is the richest ornament of a woman." ~ Martin Luther

Well, about a week and half ago my rich ornament took on a different appearance. I decided it was yet again time for another haircut. Boy was that a smart move on my part! After continuously agonizing whether to keep it long [and get layers] or cut short [tad bit longer than shoulder length], I decided to shorter. This is pretty much an annual ritual for me. I was able to get rid of split ends, something I haven't had in a long time. It looks really good. I'm VERY low maintenance, so this haircut is perfect for me. I can blow dry it in half the time which is really nice and will help to prevent further split ends from heat damage. Yay for that! I can't say it cuts down on my shower time because I loves me warm showers in the morning. Did that last sentence sound weird? I thought I'd try it, but I don't think it suits me to talk [in this case write] like that. I think I'll stick to what I like, using proper grammar.

Anyway, onto the point of this post. I've been back in good 'ol Utah now for a week. Tonight, my room roommate asked me if I had gotten a haircut. You just noticed that now?!? She's a perceptive little thing, isn't she? Show's how much we pay attention to each other. But she is rather nice. Besides annoying the crud out of me by using my pots & pans without asking, we get along quite nicely.

My first night back, I went and bought a Little Caesar's $5 pizza to last me for a few meals since it's right across the street [it was either that or Taco Bell and I figured pizza would give me more bang for my buck]. We had talked about the lack of food we both had. The next morning, she came in with a box of Wheat Thins and told me it was the only food she had, but I was more than welcome to eat some. Wasn't that sweet? I knew there was a reason we became roommates. Not really, but I was very touched by her gesture.

I guess that's all I have to say at the moment. Three posts in a week, not bad. I'm doing pretty well at keeping up on my blogging. However, the year just started so we'll have to see how I do.

People all over the world join hands. Start a love train, love train.

I came across this picture when I was looking for things I could add to my blog. I immediately thought of the song by The O' Jays. Wouldn't it be nice if we could do what the song says and be more united? Why do we only show love, concern, and become willing to serve our fellow mankind when there is some huge disaster? Why does it take something bad to make us do some good? It's like the Black Eyed Peas says, "Where is the love?" We as people need to learn to become less self absorbed. Just a thought. I'm not thinking of anyone in particular as I write this, I just think it's something everybody (including myself) can work on throughout this year. I also need to remember that there is always someone worse off than I am and I need to be more open to the opportunities for service that are presented to me. This is something my family talked about when we were sharing our resolutions, to do more service this year. Something as simple as smiling and saying hi to someone might make a world of difference to them that day. Something to keep in mind as you go about your daily life:

New Year, New Wendi

So at church last Sunday, one of the speakers said, "Be who you want to be and be who Heavenly Father knows you are." That really stuck with me. I know that I'm definitely not who I want to be or who Heavenly Father knows I am and can be at this point in time. Don't worry, I'm not calling myself a horrible person or anything like that, I just need to tweak the way I've been doing things so I can reach my full potential. That's why, this year I'm making some changes.

I'm also setting the goal to be better at blogging. I would love to blog everyday, but I think that's a little ambitious for me. I plan on blogging as often as possible. Even if nothing happened that day; I will post a quote, a picture, something.

I hope you all are enjoying the new year so far and good luck keeping any goals, resolutions or whatever you like to call them that you have set for yourself.