3 goals, 2 questions, 1 goofy woman

it's a new calendar year today (maybe you've been in a shoebox and missed this fact). usually i don't get so reflective and forward-thinking in january. i mean, it's not even the end of the first semester at school! i usually set all kinds of goals in august, but i have three for 2011.

1. i'm committed to memorizing 24 scriptures with beth moore's team this year. click here to see the directions.  my first verse - from memory! "but the woman who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom and continues to do this, not forgetting what she has heard, but doing it - she will be blessed in all that she does." james 1:25 (NIV - and i changed the gender of the blessed because it feels more like a promise for me.)
2. i will read at least four new-to-me blogs per week. my favorite find of late is 60 piggies. i love her writing. love it.
3. i've chosen one word to characterize 2011. hope. i'm going to claim it for the people in my life as i pray for them. well, and for me, too.

so, what are your goals?

and i have a random-i-don't-know-why-i'm-thinking-about-it question. how would life be different if i wore cowboy boots? my answer - i think i would fall down more (they're slick on the bottom) and maybe enjoy mud. you?