Random things I’ve learned over the past few weeks:

1. It really does pay to not be an impulsive buyer. I have been looking for a black hooded sweatshirt and found one at Old Navy for $17. I also found a dress I really liked at Macy’s but held off on buying it. A few weeks later, I bought it at a 50% discount!

2. I really like how my wedding ring looks when it’s all shiny and clean. It had been really scratched up and was turning yellow, so I had it recoated and it looks beautiful–just like new! Unfortunately, I can already see some scratches on it already. See–that’s why I told Matt not to get me anything too fancy.

3. I enjoy dancing way too much not to be doing it at all. After watching a salsa performance at a friend’s wedding on Saturday, I told myself I had to get out and salsa dance at least once in awhile.

4. I heard two chapel sermons (one live and the other as a recording of an old chapel session) in one day about doing more with our lives to help others. It reminded me that there’s no point in continuing to talk about WANTING to help at a homeless shelter if I don’t commit to doing it.

5. I could read a lot more if I watch less TV. Not like I really watch a lot of TV, but even a half-hour of TV is equal to getting through part of a magazine or a chapter or two in a book.

6. Maintaining a yard really IS a lot of work.

Speaking of learning things, I was going through a binder that contains printouts of all my previous blog entries, going back to 2001. Since I update my blog more than my journal, printing out the blog entries serves as a journal I can keep for the future. It’s pretty funny to read some of them and to think about what I’ve learned about myself since then. I’ve been short on blogging inspiration, so maybe I’ll type up some of those old entries for your reading pleasure.