March Goals

February has come and gone... already! We even had an extra day in there, but we are already into March! February was a hard month, but at the same time it was good. I finally sent Derek off for the deployment but that means it's actually started, so much time getting ready for it and anticipating it and in just one day, it was here! So we are 2 months into it (January counts) and it's been hard, but good. 

February Goals

-Continue rebranding (getting it ready to finalize) - it's a work in progress, but it's coming along :) not quite in the final stages just yet though....

-Order prints for office - this has not been done...

-Exercise a minimum of 4 days a week (and plan the days out) - yes! although this last week has been a little hard to find motivation.

-Start reading (again) Power of the Praying Wife - yes, mostly I'm just focusing on the prayer side of it though.

-Clean out office (again) - this didn't get done. oops.

-finish hanging gallery wall (I finished the one in the living room last year, but decided I wanted one in our bedroom as well, so I need to finish hanging the frames in there) - it's not finished, I'm not really tall enough to reach the empty places left...

March Goals

-Work on the rebranding (getting it ready to finalize)

-Find some glasses! (I need new glasses with my new prescription, it's a long story but I've been trying to find some since the end of January!)

-Exercise a minimum of 4 days a week

-Plan a trip to visit some family

-Mail packages/birthday things

Do you have any goals for this month?

february goals

we are already into our second month of 2016! This is CRAZY! January went by pretty quickly. I spent most of the month slowly preparing myself for the deployment, finding routine and trying to get right. I cleaned house a lot with my extra hours at night, but somehow I feel like I didn't really get anywhere... At the end of the month D got to come home for a few days before he leaves. It was such a wonderful weekend, but it went by much much too quickly! We had a couple snowdays and took a drive to Tahoe on one of the cloudy snow days - such a beautiful drive!! The photo above is from that day. The shadowy figures in the middle left is a man playing fetch with his dog, who ran from the car straight into the water! It was freezing, but I don't think he cared one bit, because boy was he having a blast!!

January Goals

-Work on the branding side of things - I got a little ways into this.

-Start budget - woops. next month

-Clean out office - yes, although it's a mess again... not nearly as bad - mostly just papers I need to file/shred

-Find a good cleaning schedule (this has been on my goals list for years... sigh) - I haven't written it down for me just yet, but I did find one!

-Take down all of the Christmas decorations - check! (except for the christmas lights, I haven't decided if I want to take them down yet... they are white icicle lights... maybe when it warms up)

February Goals

-Continue rebranding (getting it ready to finalize)

-Order prints for office

-Exercise a minimum of 4 days a week (and plan the days out)

-Start reading (again) Power of the Praying Wife

-Clean out office (again)

-finish hanging gallery wall (I finished the one in the living room last year, but decided I wanted one in our bedroom as well, so I need to finish hanging the frames in there)

What are your goals this month?

that one time I got a perm

Years ago (2007), I decided to get a perm... I had wanted one since I was a little girl so I thought it was about time... My mother in love is a hair dresser, so she did the perm, only she had to do it three (THREE) times before it even took, and even then it wasn't all that curly, more like wavy as you can see above... it was only that wavy if I had a ton of mousse in my hair...  I have a super sensitive head and it knotted so easily with the perm so I was always in pain when I had to comb it! In the last picture (awe how cute!) you can see how it was barely even wavy without product in it.

2016 & January Goals

Happy New Year!!! (That was our Christmas card picture for 2015 - I found a 2 person sweater and it was magic! Yes, those are unicorns!!) I can't believe we are in the year 2016 already!! It sounds so futuristic! It's so crazy to think that my 10 year high school reunion was 2 years ago... 16 years ago I started high school... I'm almost 30 (which means I'm almost 60!!)

I haven't been around regularly since about August... Last year we learned that Derek would be deploying early in 2016.. so towards the end of the year I got pretty stressed out with all that was going on. And in the spirit of being authentic and transparent I will share a bit... We have been trying to get pregnant for almost 6 years. I've dealt with a lot of anger towards God and jealousy of friends/family about it and to be honest it's not gone. I don't open up about my struggle with it very often, not even to my best friend (she knows it all, but I just don't talk about it). But in September we saw a fertility specialist and did our first round of treatments. Sadly it didn't work, and then we missed our chance in October because we were out of country, and then we missed November because Derek was out of town for training the whole month, and we chose not to even try in December because of the upcoming deployment... so with all of that, and adding in a busy peak season at work, family visiting, Thanksgiving and Christmas and the deployment.... I haven't been around for much...

And as much as I hate deployments and being separated from Derek for so long, I am excited for this year and to tackle my goals!

Looking back at my word for 2015 and the habits I wanted to adapt I think I did quite well! My word was brave, I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and I think I did that quite a bit! I met new people and I wasn't afraid to start conversations, I tried new recipes & food, I tried new activities and pushed myself on old activities, I even let go of a relationship that I held onto for so long and when I look back, I miss the good times, but I see that it was a difficult (not bad, but difficult for me and apparently them too) relationship for the most part and I feel at peace and I truly hope they do too!

My word for 2016 is...

In all areas from simplicity in my daily beauty routine, to simply being and listening. I am excited to work this into my life this year.

2016 Goals

-Get a few new tattoos (EEEK! I can't wait)

-Travel to visit family & friends (I also can't wait for this!)

-Re-brand/launch GAP & my Etsy (and maybe TFL too :))

-Find healthy foods that I love!

-Rock out!

January Goals

-Work on the branding side of things

-Start budget

-Clean out office

-Find a good cleaning schedule (this has been on my goals list for years... sigh)
-Take down all of the Christmas decorations

I'm keeping it light since we are almost halfway through the month already.

Do you have any goals this month?

november goals

Holy macaroni!! How is it November!? October sure was busy and November is proving to be busy as well! We had our first snow the other day, it didn't stick though... but last night.... it snowed and stuck!! I heard it last night as I was getting ready for bed, it sounded like rain/tiny hail hitting the sky light in our bathroom (Phoebe heard it and was so confused, she had no idea where it was coming from!). When I heard it, I went out front to see, and it was amazing! I quickly grabbed my phone to snap some photos, above is one that I got last night of the snow falling... Isn't it just beautiful!! It looks like glitter!! Sadly, by morning most of it had melted.

My October goals list was short because we were out of town for about half of the month - if you didn't read in my last post, you missed that we went to New Zealand and Fiji, but before that I was out of town for one of my best friend's wedding, and a concert before that!

October Goals

-Clean house - done! although everything was just moved from the main living area into the office or the guest room :/ 

-Finish dresser - oh. my. goodness. Y'all!!! It's done, and i love it!! There is a blog post coming for that soon!

-Exercise 4 times a week - I didn't get this one in, but while we were gone we did do hiking and our bungalow in NZ was on a super steep hill.. 

-Drink 8 glasses of water a day (I know I should drink more, but let's just start here) - I didn't get this either :/ it will forever be on my goal list..

On to this month:

November Goals

-Decorate for Christmas (this is already done - I always decorate on Nov 1-, but it was on my list for this month)

-Clean out the guest room

-Clean out the office

-Get our Christmas cards written and addressed, ready to be sent out in December

-Hop back on with #fitgirlsguide 

-Start our Christmas shopping

-Read "A Severe Mercy" with Derek

ch.ch.changes

Hey friends! As you may have noticed the past few months I've been scarce around these parts. I've been busy busy busy with projects around the house, projects for one of my best friend's wedding, and time traveling with Derek (we went to New Zealand -20 hours ahead- and Fiji -19 hours ahead of me here at home-). In all of this I've been working on some changes (some small, some big) to a few things (My photography and Etsy and this here friendly blog). I'm really excited about everything to come and I can't wait to share everything with you!

Above is an image I snapped while driving around New Zealand. We went to the north island and these beautiful rolling green hills are everywhere, usually covered in polka dots of cows or sheep or both. It was ridiculously beautiful there and we both can't wait to go back someday! Don't worry, I will be posting about the trip!

October Goals

Y'all!! I have been going crazy! I'm not sure if I told you about how busy the rest of the year was going to be (starting in August) but the craziness has not let me down! September was full of doctor's appointments, projects, work, chores, and lots of early mornings!

I set my goals for September pretty light as I knew it was going to be a busy month...

September Goals

-Decorate the house for Autumn - yes! Although we have a lot less autumn decorations than I thought.

-Work on time management - I've been working on it, not sure if I'm there yet, but I've been making brain dump lists and boy has that helped me! 

-Go to the doctor's - check!

-Get prints ready to order - I have some pictures set aside, but not all

-Send out birthday gifts - Check!!!

-Work on dresser -yes! Y'all we are so close!

-Go to Pottery classes - I can't tell you how much we have enjoyed our classes!! Derek is a pro at throwing on the wheel! Some day we would love to own our own wheel and kiln!

-Practice cello - sadly this has not gotten as much attention as I want it to. I did practice, but not nearly enough

October Goals

-Clean house

-Finish dresser

-Exercise 4 times a week

-Drink 8 glasses of water a day (I know I should drink more, but let's just start here)

That's it folks I have a bit too much going on to commit to anything else at the moment, so I'm keeping it light again!

How are you? Have you set goals this month?