• Life

    5 Things That Bring Me Joy

    September 7, 2016

    Blog-tember Day 7. I missed a day yesterday but can we all just agree that blogging every day is hard. To all you guys who haven’t missed a day – you all are the real MVPs. Anyways, today’s topic is 5 things that give me joy! Easy!

    one.

    Hearing a sermon that was exactly what my heart needed. There is nothing that gives me more joy than knowing God cares for me and meets me right where I am. These sermons encourage me like nothing else and show me that God always is there even when it feels like He isn’t.

    two.

    The beach. I seriously love sitting in the sun reading a good book, hearing the ocean break against the shore, and feeling the ocean breeze. perfection. if you need me Saturday, that’s where I’ll be.

    three.

    Following a challenging recipe and having it come out awesome, especially when my husband tells me it’s awesome ;). There’s not much more satisfying than that.

    four.

    Reading a really good book. Either one that gives you all the feels, like you can completely relate or just one that is completely unexpected and awesome. Those are always the best.

    five.

    Coffee. And that awesome productive drive you have when you drink coffee at just the right time and get all the work done.

    I could honestly go on and on. There are plenty more things that give me joy. Maybe I’ll have to write another (more extensive) blog post about all the things that bring me joy. What brings you joy?

     

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  • Life

    My Most Memorable Birthday

    September 5, 2016

    Today’s topic is not something that I would normally write about on my blog but I’m determined to stick to writing every day so here goes nothing.

    When I think of birthday’s I don’t really remember too many of them to be honest. I remember when I was younger I used to have all of my friends over for a “Sleepover Party”. These were the highlight of my winters, as I did this every year for probably a good 5 years. Every once and a while there would be a huge snow storm (because my birthday is January 22) and some friends wouldn’t be able to make it and I would get really upset. As fun as these birthdays were I don’t think I would consider them my most memorable though.

    My most memorable birthday was probably when I turned 18 I believe and my best friend and boyfriend at the time threw me a surprise birthday party. I had thought that nobody really cared about my birthday up until then because I had tried to plan something myself and all of my friends told me they were too busy. I was so upset. So me and my best friend decided we were going to just go out to eat together to celebrate and she surprised me when all of my friends were at the restaurant. I felt so special and loved that day. I don’t have any pictures from the day but I still remember how special it was.

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  • Life

    Currently: September

    September 4, 2016

    Today’s Blog-tember post is a “Currently” or what have you been up to? These are my favorite posts too!

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    Reading: I’ve gone on an accidental reading hiatus like I normally do. For some reason I can’t seem to stay consistent when it comes to reading but being on vacation has helped a lot. My mom bought the seventh Harry Potter book and I’ve been reading that. I’m still unsure of how I feel about it.
    Playing: monopoly and all the board games! That’s what vacation is for!
    Watching: Grey’s Anatomy of course! I’m trying to not watch any Netflix this vacation I think and read more. (Also part of my September goals.)
    Trying: to read more, eat better, and work out more. All the good things.
    Cooking: nothing at the moment but I do need to create our food plan and budget for this month.
    Eating:  all of the unhealthy things like chips, processed food, and more chips.
    Drinking: some awesome coffee from a small mom and pop coffee shop right down the road from our hotel.
    Calling: no one, who has time for calling people.
    Texting: also no one. I only ever text my family and they’re all here with me now 🙂
    Pinning: yummy new recipes!!
    Tweeting: nothing. I haven’t used Twitter in a good while.
    Going: to the beach today! The weather looks like it finally cleared up – I’m so excited.
    Loving: this last vacation before fall starts and spending time relaxing with my family.
    Hating: that we only have two more days 🙁
    Discovering: that not everyone loves the beach like me and it’s mind boggling.
    Thinking: about the start of fall and how excited I am for it.
    Feeling: slightly sick but hoping it will pass because I want to enjoy today.
    Hoping: that the rest of vacation we will have good weather and that time will go nice and slow.
    Listening: nothing at the moment.
    Celebrating: the possible new job that I am going to start in a few weeks and how good God is.
    Smelling: salty ocean air 🙂
    Ordering: hopefully some more cute decor for our apartment (I see some cute fall decor in our near future.)
    Thanking: God for this time I get to spend at the beach with my family.
    Considering: the new job and if it is a good fit for me despite being slightly risky.
    Starting: to look forward to fall and the crisp fall air (just as soon as we get back from this vacation!)

    So as you can see I have vacation and the beach on my mind. Sorry if that’s all I talked about lol but that’s currently what I’m up to. What is everyone else up to? This month I’ve re-found my love for blogging because of the Blog-tember Challenge, hosted by Bailey Jean. Come join us!

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  • Life

    September Goals

    September 3, 2016

    Okay, okay, I know I’m off to a bad start but I promise I had good intentions to write every day. But the beach is very tiring and distracting so I was basically set up to fail haha. But today I’m going to make up for it and do TWO days worth of posts! 🙂 (Mostly because it’s super windy, cloudy, and cold today but that’s besides the point 😉 ).

    Toady’s prompt is to: “Share a list of your current goals.” It’s been a while since I’ve shared any goals on here so I why not start back up now?

    1. No credit cards. I’ve been making monthly budgets for almost a year now and last month decided I was going to not allow myself to use my credit cards and I did really well so I decided I’m going to keep that up this month.

    2. Speaking of budgets – I want to stick to my budget this month. I usually do pretty well but I lost track of the spending on about the third week of the month. I want to try to use the envelope system and put cash in envelopes and only use that money for what it was budgeted for.

    3. Spend as much time outside in the sun while it is still warm. Tommy and I started going down the shore about a month ago and want to make up for all the time we didn’t spend at the beach and in the sun in the beginning of the summer so while we still can we plan on spending most of our free time in the sun. 🙂

    4. Spend more time with God reading His word. The past two weeks have been rough for me when it comes to being consistent with reading my bible. I want to spend more time this month being consistent with this again. I know how important it is for my sanity to do this – to remind myself daily that I am not in control of this crazy life, but that God is. I also know that this important for my sanctification because God uses this time to transform my desires into more pleasing ones to Him and I know I desperately need that as well.

    5. Less Netflix, more Reading. Enough said.

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  • Faith,  Life,  Marriage

    All About Me

    September 1, 2016

    Oh hello there. I wanted to get back into blogging so what better way than to do (read: attempt) the Blog-tember Challenge! Bailey Jean at Brave Love Blog has been hosting the #blogtemberchallenge for the past 3 years – talk about dedication. I wish I could be that disciplined. Anyways the point of the challenge is to blog every day in September. I attempted last year, but definitely didn’t touch even close to every day. Let’s see how I do this year!

    Today’s prompt is simple – introductions. So hello again, I’m Ashley Zinhobl. That’s my brandy new last name – yep I’m a newlywed. Being married is so much fun and I am learning so much. We got married on May 22 and my life is so incredibly different that I don’t even recognize it but it’s definitely a good thing.

    Speaking of different I also switched jobs in March when I got laid off of my first real job. I took a temp job after that and I foresee a post about what it’s like in the temping world in the near future. I am also just about to accept another job (but shh don’t tell anyone yet) as a Document Imaging Specialist. This is what I did at my first job and LOVED it but more on that later.

    Hmm what else to tell you.. I am a Christian and try (but fail) to live my life like Jesus did. That is actually what the point of my blog is and why it’s named Set My Heart On You. I pray that I grow closer and closer to God and that He will transform my desires into His more and more. My desire for this space is simple. It’s to share about my every day life and struggles and things that God is teaching me through those to hopefully help you to see how good He is or to help you along with your struggles as well.

    But anyways that’s the important stuff. Gotta go now, I’m off to finish packing because my husband and my family are headed to the beach for the next 5 days. (My favorite place ever.) Can’t wait to spend all the time relaxing, reading, and tanning on the beach. But don’t worry I’ll be back tomorrow with prompt two! (Or so we hope 😉 ).

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