Thursday, January 9, 2014

New Year's Goals

OH my goodness! I haven’t posted since November?! Things have been pretty crazy around here!
Since my last post, Thanksgiving and Christmas have come and gone and we are well into the New Year! We spent Thanksgiving with my family and Christmas with Alex’s. It was a lovely time and a very busy couple of months! As nice as it was to see everyone and spend lots of time with family, I am glad to be home and getting back to our normal routine. This week was the first full week back to work after the break we took for Christmas and it’s been rough! I’m definitely ready for the weekend.
Since we’ve been home, we haven’t had too much going on other than getting our lives back in order from traveling so much. Getting back into all the routines has been challenging (work, chores, cooking, etc..). I decided I wanted to learn how to knit a couple days ago and went and bought myself some knitting needles! As you can tell, things have been pretty low key!

Starting on January 15th, I will be starting the Advocare 24 Day Challenge! A coworker is also starting that day so we can keep each other accountable through the process. The 24 Day Challenge is a great kick start to a healthier way of life and I personally know many people who have had great success with it! Check out the link here for more info! (This is not a sales pitch – I do not sell or distribute Advocare products. I’m just an excited costumer!)

In preparing to do the challenge, I wanted to do some online research and read some real reviews from REAL people who completed the challenge and what their thoughts/results are. Even though my search results brought up many pages of sites to look through, I really didn’t find a lot of what I was looking for as far as reviews. This led me to decide that throughout my process of the challenge, I will post updates here!

Alex and I decided to set some goals for our year. It was really nice to chat about that on New Years Day when we were driving down the coast back to our little town from the Bay Area. Some of our goals include:

Reading more books (at least 10!) – me
Exercising  at least 4 days a week – him
Going on one vacation! – us
Write letters to our future babies – us

It was so nice to get back on the same page about where we’re headed and what our goals are… there are definitely more of them, but this is just a taste. We want to be more Kingdom minded and focusing on good things this year! This year will be one of transitions with him finishing up his Master’s Degree and beginning to work full time! One thing that is so evident to us is that time keeps moving forward, even when we don’t! Reconvening on where our life is headed was a breath of fresh air!

I am also participating in the Carabox exchange through Wifessionals! It has connected me to two very lovely ladies who live in CA and getting to know them has been so fun. I can’t wait to put a box together and to receive one! I’m really starting to take a lot of joy in the blogging community and all it has to offer as far as support and other women who are in the same phase of life! And let me just say, Kaitlyn over at Wifessionals is a wonderful lady! It's because of her blog that I really started to grasp what the blogging world has to offer. It's really a joy to read her posts.

How was everyone else’s  holiday season? I would love to hear about it! I will also take any and all 24 Day Challenge advice! January 15th is approaching quickly!

Look out for a post of pictures soon from Thanksgiving and Christmas, and also look out for updates on the challenge!

xoxo







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