• Life

    Monthly Goals: February

    February 1, 2017

    January was a really great month. It had its ups and downs just like any other month, but overall it was really nice. The weather wasn’t anywhere near as cold as January usually is, which I think helped my mood out a lot. I can say going into February though that I feel like I have finally transitioned over into being used to “working from home”. It was a little bit of a bumpy ride trying to find a nice groove again, but I feel really encouraged and happy with where I’m currently at. So let’s take a look at how I did on my January goals, shall we? 🙂

    • Workout 2-3x per week – Nope, but I will keep adding this to my goals until it happens!
    • Read two books I’m kind of cheating on this one, but I am ALMOST finished with the two books, and I definitely carved out way more time to read this month than I normally do so I’m counting that as a win!
    • Spend time with God every day I need to work on staying on track on the weekends, but I’m pretty proud of myself overall. I just finished the book of Isaiah today.
    • Complete the Wife After God Devotional While I still do have a few days left, I spent almost every day in January going through this study and it’s been awesome.
    • Clean out the bedroom closet YES. I finally had the time to get to this and it has made all the difference. I talked about it in this post if you’re interested.
    • Journal more Having more time in the mornings has definitely helped me with this one.
    • Blog at least 2-3x a week Yay, I’m super happy to say that since I announced that I am blogging full-time, I have stuck to posting Monday-Friday!
    • Celebrate mine and Tommy’s birthday See post here.
    • Take more baths

    Not too bad! I will admit that I stretched a few of those to say that they were actually completed but I am really learning to give myself some grace lately and realize that not everything is going to be perfect. I’m learning to be okay with that!

    February Goals

    • Celebrate our first married Valentines Day!
    • Read two books
    • Clean out the pantry
    • Clean out our drawers
    • Finish crocheting the blanket I’m working on
    • Consistently blog Monday-Friday
    • Pray for Tommy every day
    • Create a cleaning schedule
    • Create a blogging schedule for the month
    • Workout 2-3x’s per month
    • Get used to waking up at 7 am

    I’m feeling hopeful this month. I’m a little worried about the working out goal but I really need to get into a habit of working out so there it is. Maybe this will be the lucky month that I actually stick to it. 😉 I need all of your helpful workout tips! I’m linking up with Autumn for #MonthlyGold. Come join us!

    What are your goals for February?

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  • Life,  Wedding

    Currently, February

    February 17, 2016

    Eating

    I am most excited to answer this one – Tommy and I are doing a Paleo diet this week (and hopefully will stick to it afterwards). We went shopping for everything we needed on Sunday which was SO FUN and have been faithfully sticking to it so far this week.

    breakfast
    1 banana + 2 eggs w/ onions and broccoli + water + coffee

    salads

    I’m honestly having so much fun prepping these meals, way more fun than I’ve ever had cooking before. The first picture was my breakfast on the first day and these salads and healthy snacks I prepped on Sunday night after we got back from food shopping. I’m planning on doing just a post on our Paleo journey at the end of the week so stay tuned if this is something you are interested in!

    Watching

    Currently not too much. I’m still in the middle of Gossip Girl which I love but it’s starting to get very redundant honestly. Tommy and I actually started Friday Night Lights over again because that was one of our favs.

    Wearing

    The comfiest of comfy work clothes. Since most of the building was laid off at the end of December, there isn’t really anyone here to see what I’m wearing so I’ve been very relaxed and been dressing very comfortable.

    Also! Tommy was the sweetest thing ever and bought me a long jacket that I have been needing, wanting, and wishing for all winter (because I don’t really have any nice warm ones). He surprised me on Valentine’s Day and I absolutely love it. I can’t find the exact one but it looks a lot like this:

    jacket

    Planning

    Still planning the wedding obviously. I went for my first dress fitting last night! And on Saturday we get to go to the cake tasting. We also need to do some song research and finalize the guest list this month. This month has been a lot easier and laid back in terms of planning so it’s been nice.

    Reading

    I’m currently reading both of these and I’m seriously loving Barefoot. It’s such an interesting but sad story. It has me hooked and I can’t wait to see what happens. Changes That Heal is really good too but it’s a hard read. It helps you realize things you are doing wrong so it’s not a book you can just plow through.

    Loving

    As cheesy as it may sound, I’m just loving life right now. Life has been pretty good to me lately and I’m really trying to appreciate that. God seems to have everything under control and I’m loving seeing him lay out our next steps.

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