new perspective

OH HAY~ I'm back from my snowboarding trip! It was fun and relaxing up in the Smoky Mountains spending time with family. I am soooooo sore from snowboarding but it was so worth it. I guess pain = fun, haha. And I went to the top of the mountain! My brother totally made me go up there by accident. He thought it was the intermediate ski lift, and we went up to the advanced Black Diamond run. And then he says oopsie like it's going to solve the problem. -__- But it actually wasn't that bad. Or maybe I just got a lot better at snowboarding, hehe. Nonetheless, twas a fun trip :)

1) Umma and me at Cataloochee 
2) Cousin, Me, Cousin, Tim with our boards in line for the lift 

3) View from the top of the mountain (BLACK DIAMOND!!!)

4) My cousin and me on the lift

A few of my favorite pictures that I took from the trip:

Colorful skis lined up against the fence

View from the ski lift. LOVE the shadows of the trees on the 

snow and the foggy-looking snow. Totally eerie but cool!

Sunset from inside the car window on our way back

I love grunge, colors, and shadows. These photos are posted up on my flickr, which I just made an account for. I'm going to try to take more pictures from now on. Get some film for my 350mm Minolta. Get a fisheye camera. Bring my Powershot with me everywhere. I want to start photography again. Anybody want to go on some photog outings with me in Atlanta? :)

Anyway, HAPPY 2010! Wow, 2009 just flew by. I felt like 2009 was the year I grew the most and matured as a person. There have been countless ups and downs, lots of regrets but also lots of good memories, ones that will stay with me forever. I have met tons of new people and lost contact with many. But onward we must go! I'm going into 2010 with a totally new perspective on life. My goal this year is to experience even more new things and work productively toward my future. Don't live in the now! Live in the later! Ha ha ha. I realized that I will probably be married in about ten years or so, which is a scary thing. Sigh, I'm scared to get married. But I know that before I settle down, I want to travel everywhere or live somewhere else besides Atlanta. I'm going to make it happen!

Today, I'm attending the four-day Passion 2010 conference in Atlanta! I'm very excited to see what God has in store for me. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about my Christian walk. A few weeks ago, I met up with my small group for the last time in 2009, and one of my oppa friends asked me how my walk with God is. All I could say was that I was apathetic about everything. I'm just at a standstill, and I just didn't care about God, church, or anything Christian for that matter. I must say that I was pretty disappointed in myself. And during the countdown on New Year's Eve, my stepdad asked me what one of my new year's resolution was. I wanted to say "get closer to God," "do QT's every day," or "read the Bible more," but I couldn't get myself to say any of those things. Why announce it when I can't even believe that I could actually do it? I am a coward. I know that when I say that I'm excited for what God has in store for me for the Passion conference, I'm using it as a "high." But what if it was the beginning of that perpetual high? I am hoping and praying...

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Love all, 
Sharon