December Goals: Mrs.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!  I have always desired to have Christmas traditions & have made a valiant effort last year to do so.  But this year we are going ALL out.  Coach Husband is a little nervous with what I have planned.  

November Goals

file the crazy mess at school (I have all of Thanksgiving break, it will get done this month)

start Christmas cards

visit the dentist

begin Christmas shopping

participate in the thankfulness postings

start spreading the holiday cheer

Overall, I did pretty well with November goals!

December Goals

finish & send out Christmas cards

participate in 25 Small Ways (blog post coming)

get back into barre class

finish Christmas shopping

record holiday traditions

miss december [goals]

Christmas Music. Hot Chocolate. Snow (in moderation). Puffy coats. Beanies. Fireplaces. 

December just holds so much magic and happiness...and I feel like this is going to be a great one! :)

c'o: Pinterest 

I am officially not doing well at accomplishing my monthly goals... but as Emmy reassured me tonight, it's the thought that counts.

December...

1. Read 2 books 

I haven't accomplished this the last 2 months, but hey...

3rd time's a charm

2. Watch copious amounts of Christmas movies

It's basically my favorite thing and I want to take full advantage

3. Go ice skating

4. Take family pictures

5. Truly enjoy this season and bid 2014 adieu with no regrets

6. See Emmy TWICE in one month!

Merry December, y'all! :)

the mondays.

(Fair warning this is random and rambly and probably doesn't make much sense)

Source: Pinterest

Mondays.

We often give a lot of credit to the bad days or the great days, but rarely do we record the hundreds of other in-between days, which is what today was. An average, run-of-the-mill Monday, where I chose the good.

My day actually didn't start that great, I woke up 3x during a 2 hour period last night with nightmares. The disturbing, wake-up screaming, terrify the dog type dreams which caused me to turn on Netflix at 3am and watch multiple episodes of How I Met Your Mother until I fell cautiously asleep. At least they were just dreams and I was safe in my apartment. After the dark of night was gone, the clouds lifted. Maybe the dreams are what caused my day to be good - a juxtaposition, allowing me to really appreciate the mundane. The simple things like a favorite song playing on shuffle this morning, to being offered the last piece of my favorite candy, to finding the perfect Christmas gift for someone special.

Today is Monday of Thanksgiving week. Typically, Thanksgiving does not make me very reflective. Growing up, I didn't understand what the big deal was around Thanksgiving. As an adult, I try to practice gratitude thoughout the year and pride myself on not needing a sanctioned holiday to be thankful. For some reason though today it all really resonated with me... how good life can be when you take the time to notice.

Source: Pinterest

This year, 2014, I am thankful for the mundane. The 95% of days that are just there. Nothing special, nothing bad - just healthy, productive days. The days that are alone insignificant, but contribute to our overall life picture. The good hair days that build self-confidence. The drives to work that are safe and without incident. The work that earns us money to buy gifts for others. The days we are simply safe and warm, protected and full. These are the simple days that shouldn't be taken for granted.

Be thankful. In all seasons of life, give thanks.

miss november goals

photo c/o pinterest

Hi! So let's try this again. Things were a little busy during October, and I accomplished pretty much nothing on my October goals list, but maybe November will be better? It's worth a shot at least!

To Recap October:

Read a book - fail. 

Finish Walker David's birthday present 

Purchase a few more Christmas presents - fail. 

Order a 2015 planner

Do something creative with a pumpkin - fail. 

Continue #100happydays posts - fail. :( 

BUT! Happy news! I was able to cross off one of my 100 Goals... "Attend a World Series game [preferably that my team is playing in]"... I not only attended 1, but I attended 7, in what had to be the most memorable October of my life... Until next year of course! :)

Now for November:

Read 2 books
I've technically already half way there and with Thanksgiving break ahead of me, I'm feeling good about this!

Buy 5 Christmas Gifts
Continuing from last month with optimism that I'll actually have shopping time in November.

Finalize New Year's Eve plans 
Cough, with Emmy, cough, cough.

Deep clean kitchen / reorganize cabinets
I need to reorganize my cabinets to as to perfect my hot chocolate efficiency. 

Finish Piper's Christmas stocking

Workout/yoga
The last month has killed my workout schedule and I need to get back into it so I'm not a stereotypical 20-something year old girl come January.

Blog
Preferably before it's time for December goals. 

xoxo

November Goals--Mrs.

I blinked and the calendar said November.  I'm still confused as to where October went.  

Re-capping October goals

file the crazy mess at school

finishing touches on our guest bedroom

clean make-up brushes

catch up on ironing

start Christmas cards

keep attending barre classes

November Goals

file the crazy mess at school (I have all of Thanksgiving break, it will get done this month)

start Christmas cards

visit the dentist

begin Christmas shopping

participate in the thankfulness postings

start spreading the holiday cheer

What I'm Loving Monday

it's the little things that make life so much more special.



-a card from Compassion International celebrating our one-year "Sponsor-versery"

-Sonic Dr Pepper

-double date night (somehow I did not get a picture with our favorite Waco friends)

-fall carnival at school with this love-bug

-celebrating a sweet friend's upcoming marriage at her bridal shower

-binders & being organized

what are a few little things that you're loving right now?

miss October goals

Oh hello there, long time no see dear bloggity blog. After months of sweet and rarely subtle texts from Emmy urging me to blog, i am finally back. So here I sit with the windows open letting the crisp air in, a cup of piping hot Snickerdoodle tea, watching [my boys play] baseball with a sleeping dog on my blanket. October, you always treat me so nicely and this year appears to be no different. 

I wanted to join Emmy by posting monthly goals. For October...

Read a book

I go through cycles of reading nonstop and then not reading for months. Of course when I am on my reading sprees, I buy up lots of books which I never get to before my reading season ends. With the cooler weather, it's the perfect time to get lost in a new book. :)

Finish Walker David's birthday present 

My sweet friends Mallorie and David just welcomed Walker David into the world a week ago. I have a few things in progress to send him and his precious big sister - just need to finish up.

Purchase a few more Christmas presents

This is a new goal of mine this year: finish Christmas shopping early. Finishing my shopping early not only is better for me financially, it also allows more time at the end of the year for hot chocolate and Hallmark Christmas movies.

Order a 2015 planner

Emmy ordered hers. I've said 100x that I need to order mine, but keep forgetting to do it!

Do something creative with a pumpkin

I love fall. I love pumpkins (for decoration... I actually hate the pumpkin flavor). Every year I do something with a pumpkin: carve, glitter, paint, etc. I have so many fun ideas pinned, just need to find time to play!

Continue #100happydays posts

I joined the #100happydays challenge and started a tumblr to collect my posts. I'm really enjoing it and to keep it up! It's fun to find special happy moments every day and think it will be fun to go back and look at it. 

That's all I can think of right now and depending on my work schedule, may be difficult to accomplish - but that's why their goals and not requirements :)

-b