New year, New me

Everyone is mainstreaming all of their highlights for the year 2013, but for me, I'm just ready to get this year over with!

I didn't have any highlights for the year, nothing that I can say was TOTALLY AWESOME, or amazing...Although, it didn't have as much heartbreak or as many depression setbacks as last year, if I had to reflect, I would say this past year for me has been MEH!

If you have been following me, I'm sure you have read how I was mistreated, betrayed, stabbed in the back and just straight out hurt this year, but I really don't think those things were such bad things! You see my beloved, if it weren't for those moments, I wouldn't be the strong, more confident person that I am today. It's because of those trials and tribulations that I found out a little bit more about myself, I learned about my limits, my own expectations and who I really am! I am the type of person that knows what I want and who I am and I am willing to put in the sweat and pain to get it, but the moment you hurt me, or make me feel taken advantage of, then it's so long, goodbye, don't let my fist slug you on the way out!

It says in Isaiah 43:18  "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past"and also in Ezekiel 36:26 " I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."

This past year has made me a new person, with a new spirit and an even deeper love for my Lord and Savior.  So good bye 2013 you are now history and I am ready for the adventure that 2014 brings!!

Happy New year my beloved, may it be a year filled with much joy, peace and above all else....LOVE!!!!! Until next time.....

What's your sign?

So I was recently at my husbands aunts house for his grandmothers birthday party, even though she wasn't there (she is out of state but the kids still celebrate together anyway) and we were all sitting around the table eating dinner when I don't remember how it came about, but we started to talk about the Chinese new year?  Oh wait, I remember now!  My husbands aunt live in a predominating Asian community and they closed down half the city for Chinese new years (HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEARS by the way)!!! Anyway, we started talking about the fair up the street and about what year it was and then we started getting into what animal everyone was?

For those of you who don't know about the Chinese calendar, there is a cute little story that goes behind it which is as follows:

"The use of animal symbols in the Chinese Zodiac dates back to the 6th Century. According to legend, the Jade Emperor, invited all the animals in the kingdom to celebrate the New Year, at the end of the first lunar month.

For unknown reasons, only twelve animals came (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit "In some versions it's Cat," Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig", . The Jade emperor was so happy to see them that he decided to name a year after each of them. The animal would have an influence on everyone born in that year and would bestow its main characteristics on them.

These twelve animals formed the Chinese Zodiac, based on the lunar calendar, by order of their arrival, and are listed above.

All the animals lined up on the bank of a river and were given the task of getting to the opposite shore. Their order in the calendar would be set by the order in which the animals managed to reach the other side. The cat wondered how he would get across if he was afraid of water. At the same time, the ox wondered how he would cross with his poor eyesight. The calculating rat suggested that he and the cat jump onto the ox's back and guide him across.

The ox was steady and hard-working so that he did not notice a commotion on his back.

In the meanwhile, the rat snuck up behind the unsuspecting cat and shoved him into the water. Just as the ox came ashore, the rat jumped off and finished the race first. The lazy pig came to the far shore in twelfth place.

And so the rat got the first year named after him, the ox got the second year, and the pig ended up as the last year in the cycle. The cat finished too late (thirteenth) to win any place in the calendar, and vowed to be the enemy of the rat forevermore."

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_the_Chinese_give_each_year_an_animal

OK, now that you are all caught up on the background story, we were all sitting around the table and my husband and one of he's relatives started getting into a debate and he asked his little sister to look up the Chinese symbols or whatever and she found this one website, that just tripped us ALL OUT!!!

For each of our years, it described our characteristics down to a T! I am the year of the pig and mine pretty much said that I AM AWESOME! Which is so true :P it also described, our relationships, our career paths, who we get along with and who we don't and even told us about our partners.  I was amazed at how accurate it was, but still, I am a Christian true and true and for me, this was all just for fun and games, I put my life and future in the hands of my Lord and Saviour, but if you guys are curious about it and want to have a little bit of fun, then I took the liberty of including the link to the website we were at and hope you enjoy.....Until next time my friends

http://www.usbridalguide.com/special/chinesehoroscopes/Pig.htm