AUGUST | GOALS

It's that time again, time for monthly goals! I was kinda sad to see July go to be honest, the end of our "wedding month" as I like to call it, and the end of summer schedules for almost everyone since school starts back around the beginning of August. Although I am getting a little more excited each day for fall...which is weird for me, since I would love for it to be summer 95% of the year lol. I think it's because I know that we will still have warm weather until late September/early October.

Here are my July goals:

1. Celebrate 365 days of sweet, sweet marriage with my handsome HUSBAND!

You can read all about how we celebrated 1 year of marriage in Cookeville/at home here!

2. Have 1 year anniversary pictures made. 

We did! I have only shared two on here, but the rest are coming tomorrow!

3. Do a 6 months update on being in our home.

Definitely didn't do this one, but working on it still!

4. Get a treadmill workout nailed down!

We are enjoying our treadmill and loving the fact that we don't have to run/walk in the heat and humidity!

5. Try 3 new recipes & share.

We tried three new ones, but I only shared one so far! No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream.

6. Create a Christmas binder.

DONE! So glad I made one and I plan on sharing it soon! You can never be too prepared lol.

7. DO VIDEO TOUR.

Nope. Too busy and then we started more painting this past weekend. Maybe this month??

1. Do video tour

I still definitely want to do this one so we can look back on it one day and see all the changes. Pictures are great but and actual video would be fun to do!

2. Do a 6 month update on being in our home.

I still want to do this one too!

3. Go through our guest bedroom closets and pull out all of the totes and decorations and organize it all. 

We moved in our home back in January so we just put all holiday decorations in guest bedroom closets. Well next month I'll be decorating for fall and then Christmas will follow shortly after that so I need to go through and organize all of that so it's not a big mess when it does come time to decorate!

4. Finish painting the whole downstairs of our home.

We are getting somewhat close to this and I would LOVE to finish the downstairs this month! So far we have the first coat on the kitchen, dining room, and the study, which I love, but we need to get the second coat on those and do the hallway, powder room, entryway, and living room!

5. Start Christmas shopping.

Not for everyone, but if I see a good deal on something I want to grab it!

6. Go to the pool a few more times this month!

I have used our neighborhood pool a good bit this summer, and LOVE it being less than two minutes from our house. I know they will more than likely close it after Labor Day Weekend so I need to take advantage of it this month!

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AUGUST | GOALS

JUNE | GOALS

Although I didn't mark everything off like I wanted to we still accomplished a lot this past month.

Here are my May goals.

1. Work on my office. I am going to mark this on off. However, it is still a work in progress, and probably will be for the next couple of years, we got a lot done in there! One Saturday I went in there and just cleaned the whole room out. It did look like this...

Matthew got my computer, desk, and chair all set up and we got Matthew's twin bed from his college apartment set up in there for guests! 

2. Yard sale prep. I am going to mark this one off, because I have a few totes full of stuff for the yard sale that our neighborhood hosted, but the morning of the yard sale we woke up and it was raining and no one was participating! So although we didn't have a yard sale I went though our stuff and decided on what we need to get rid of. Now to just get it to Goodwill ;) 

3. Create a 'House to-do list'. We did this and these past few weeks we have been marking things off. We still have a lot to do but it will all happen over time!

4. Video Tour. I didn't even attempt this one. Once we got the paint we started painting and our house has looked like a construction zone for the past couple of weeks. Seriously, painters tape, drop cloths, you name it. Once we get all of that up I will attempt to make a video!

5. Landscaping. We took out one bush and plan on taking the other one down as well. We also found these beautiful planter at Target and placed them on each side of our front door. I absolutely love pulling up and seeing them each day.

6. Print pictures. Didn't attempt this one either. Painting kinda took over this past month for 'house projects.'

1. Continue painting. I'm not going to say finish because I know that's a lot to get done. I would like to finish the dining room, do the second (& hopefully final) coat on the study and kitchen. Then I would LOVE to start on our living room...that will be tricky since we have so much furniture in there. 

2. Try 3 new meals. One new meal each week. There are so many recipes I want to try!

3. Keep nails manicured. I know this was a goal a couple of months ago, but I need to keep it up!

4. Take advantage of our neighborhood pool! It has been open and I haven't been there yet. So crazy of me! I'm just ready to get some vitamin d.

5. Video Tour. Hopefully I'll get to it this month!!

6. Get ready for my girls trip and nail down all the details. Our girls trip is this month and I am so excited! We met a couple of weeks ago to discuss our trip but we need to have dinner again soon to nail down all the details of what we want to do and see. If you missed it, we're going to Hilton Head for a long weekend. It's our first time there so if you have any tips and "must see/do" activities please let me know!

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MAY | GOALS

I still don't know how it's already May...or almost the middle of May. Beyond crazy to me!

Here are my April goals:

1.) Work on my office. Didn't even touch it! So a big fat no on this one. 

2.) Host our group of friends from Cookeville for the weekend. We did and we had the best time with everyone! You can read all about that weekend here. I love having our friends over and can't wait for our next dinner party!

3.) Yard Sale prep. Nope. We are hoping to get to that this Saturday morning!

4.) Become more active. I'm marking this one off halfway, because we have been attempting to become more active, I'm hoping this month we can get in a routine of walking every night after dinner! Our Fitbits have motivated us to walk more throughout the day to get our steps in lol.

5.) Find healthier meals to incorporate into our meal roundup. I wouldn't say that we have been eating really unhealthy, but we've been watching our portions and trying to eat more grilled meats! I've been taking salads for lunch and eating a lot of fruit.

6.) Keep my nails manicured. I didn't do too hot on this one either. We've been so busy I haven't really had time to sit down long enough to paint my nails and let them dry. 

I was able to cross off 3 out of 6 on my April goals. Not terrible, but I'm hoping to cross more off in May!

1. Work on my office. I am determined this will happen this month!! It will also help with goal #2! At least get it cleaned out and organized. Decorating it and getting to how I have

2. Yard sale prep. After we moved in we just kind put the rest of our totes in the 3rd guest bedroom which will serve as my office. I need to clean my office and make a pile of things we don't need anymore! I also need to go through other rooms and purge!

3. Create a 'House to-do list'. Matthew and I have an idea of what all we want done to the house and have talked about it multiple times, but we want to write it all down and then start getting estimates so we can know what to save for, and see what we can do ourselves. I'm really excited about this!

4. Video Tour. I really want to record a video tour of our house. Just as it is right now. I wish I would have done this before we moved in, but things moved so quickly! I want to always remember what it looked like before we start doing some changes and upgrades. I'm a sucker for before and after pictures so having a video will be even better. 

5. Landscaping. We have decided on holding off on planting much this year, but I want to tear out some bushes that we have. They are large and in charge....aaaand gotta go! I also want to find two planters to put on each side of our front door and plant something pretty in them. My dad just got us some peony bulbs and two small hostess plants to plant this year and I'm so excited about them. I've even had a dream about them the other night lol. 

6. Print pictures. This is goal will be one that will be done over time, but we at least want to get started on it. The only wedding pictures we have printed are the ones of us with our grandmothers, and we gave those to them as Christmas presents. So we want to get some wedding pictures printed, put in frames, and hung up! 

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APRIL | GOALS

I really enjoy writing out my monthly goals each month and I love checking them off even more! I think I did pretty decent on my March goals. I accomplished a good bit and what I didn't get to I'm hoping to work on this month.

Here are my March goals:

1. Celebrate Matthew's birthday!!!! I think we can check this one off! We ended the week celebrating his birthday and on into the weekend. It was a great time with friends and family, and I just loved celebrating him! I posted all about his birthday celebrations here.

2. Get outside more. I'm going to mark this one off, too! We have gone on a few walks and have had some patio dinners. I foresee many patio dinners this summer :)

3. Do a deep spring cleaning. I really wanted to designate a whole day to deep cleaning and purging, but our schedules just didn't allow that in March, but I did deep clean and purge in spurts. March is smack dab in the middle of Matthew's busy season and with him working almost every Saturday morning that has given me plenty of time to get some deep cleaning in. It's crazy how much I enjoy a quiet Saturday morning getting to clean our house lol. 

4. Keep on meal planning & share how I do it. Yesss. I had been putting this off for too long, but I finally shared it and you can read all about that here!

6. Finish our coffee bar. Didn't even think about our coffee bar...oops!

7. Drink more water. A big fat YES on this one! I am so proud of not only myself, but my husband on this one too!!!!! I have replaced that can of coke at dinner for water each night and so has he. We both drink anywhere from 6-8 cups of water a day, and to be honest, that's probably a conservative number. This might be normal or average for others but for us this is new :)

8. Create a cleaning schedule, and stick to it! I created a cleaning schedule and I have been sticking to it pretty well! It has helped a lot and so far I am loving it. Hopefully I'll get around to sharing it soon.

1.) Work on my office.

One of our empty guest bedrooms is going to serve as my office. Our plans are to have a twin bed or day bed in there so we can still have an extra place for people to sleep if needed, but my desk and craft/calligraphy supplies will also be housed in there as well. I am go excited to decorate and organize that room! Right now it is holding the rest of our unpacked boxes, it's not that many, but it's definitely not organized like I want it to be. I have repinned a ton of ideas on Pinterest over the years and you can see all my ideas below.
Follow Shelby 's board GIRL CAVE on Pinterest.        

2.) Host our group of friends from Cookeville for the weekend.
That is THIS weekend and I am just so excited I can't stand it. If everyone is able to come we should have 7 friends coming and staying with us!! It will definitely be a full house, but we are thrilled!

3.) Yard Sale prep.
Our neighbor told us about the neighborhood yard sale that our neighborhood hosts every year and we are pumped to go through our stuff and sell anything we don't use or need anymore! I am also anxious to walk around and check out the yard sale myself! ;)

4.) Become more active.

We found a crazy good deal on Fitbits a little bit ago, and decided to finally join the Fitbit club, so I am hoping that will motivate us to become more active. Now that it's actually starting to warm up I'm hoping to get in a routine of walking and maybe we can find some tennis courts near our house to play on. Matthew loves tennis and played all through high school, I on the other hand am awful, so I think it would be fun to at least try to play together. If anything get some tennis lessons in from Matthew lol.

5.) Find healthier meals to incorporate into our meal roundup. 
Hoping grilling season will help out with this! Since we are trying to cut out as much sodium as possible we have been using Mrs. Dash's seasonings and I checked out their website the other day and they have a ton of recipes on there! I'm excited to comb through them and pick out a few good ones for us to try. I really want to clean up our diet. I came across this picture on Pinterest and I love it.

On their website they explain it even more. I love it!

6.) Keep my nails manicured.

This should have been a goal for 2016, but I didn't think about it when I was making those out. In an effort to keep from annoying my husband to no end I am trying very hard to break my habit of picking at my nails. Matthew hates the sound of me picking at my nails, and I hate the way they look. So I have been keeping them painted and that has really helped! For the most part I stopped picking at them back in February, and I have been taking care of them. It takes a little bit and I can't really do anything after I paint them until they are completely dry and that aggravates me, but I'm working on it! Now that it's spring I've been breaking out my spring nail polish and it makes me so excited for warmer weather! 

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GOALS | NOVEMBER

I almost forgot about my November goals. I still can't believe I am making November goals already!! November and December will be busy months with the holidays. I hope that we are able to relax a little and enjoy our time together and with our families!

Here are October's goals:

- Clean out our closet and get our fall clothes out!

A big ole CHECK!

-Organize our kitchen cabinets

Another big ole CHECK

-Finish dining room chairs

Another big ole CHECK (seriously, it felt so good finishing these!)

-Get our mums from Cookeville and take pictures of all our fall decorations to blog about!

We missed our usual mums in Cookeville, but still got some beautiful mums from my BIL's wedding! 

-Finish Wedding posts...hope y'all aren't tired of them yet ;)

Completely failed on this one.

-Go on a weekend trip (I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!)

We had the best weekend in Gatlinburg! Bears, puppies, good food, and quality time with my husband...could not have asked for a better trip!

-Try some new recipes

We have tried some new recipes! Every recipe that we try that I get from Pinterest I pin it to a new board called, "Pinned it, did it" with my honest review. That way I can go back and find it if I want to make it again! 

-Check some things off of our Fall Bucket List!

We have checked off quite a few things, but have a few more to do!

1.  Host Friendsgiving. It is this Saturday and I am working on centerpieces + making sure we have everything else ready to go. I am so excited, and the weather is looking to be cool, but sunny with no rain...perfect!!!

2.  Create a cleaning schedule and stick to it! I feel with the time change we have literally gone to bed right after we eat dinner. And with that happening our apartment has suffered during the week and we are left with a lot of cleaning on the weekend, which is the exact opposite of what we want to do during our free time. So as we are adjusting to the time change I am hoping we'll get back on track. 

3.  Plan a couple of fun/cheap Christmas date ideas! This will be our first married Christmas together and I want to enjoy every second of this fun time of the year together, and maybe start some of our own traditions! 

4.  Try some new recipes. I have really enjoyed my time in the kitchen since we've been married. I love trying new recipes and using all of our new appliances! So I want to try even more new recipes.

5.  Share with y'all how we meal plan. The way we meal plan might not work for everyone, but if I can help another newlywed wife out I'll do it! I remember searching the internet before we got married to find THE best way to meal plan for us. I wanted to start off our marriage eating at home, to save money and to use our new appliances we had been gifted! I read many blog posts and eventually ended up pulling a little bit from all over to create the way we have been using. The first couple of weeks were kinda bumpy on our meal planning as we were still unpacking my stuff and settling into our routine, but we eventually got into a routine that we really like! 

6.  Finish Christmas shopping. I would love to have all of our Christmas shopping finished by the end of this month, but I don't know if that will happen. So we have given ourselves a deadline of December 12th, to have at least everything ordered! 

7.  Decorate for Christmas! And last but not least, decorate our apartment for Christmas! The Saturday after Thanksgiving we are going to put on comfy, cozy clothes and spend the day decorating for Christmas and watching Christmas movies. This is one of my FAVORITE days of the year and I am so excited to spend it with my Matthew! Also, Matthew has requested that there be sausage balls that morning, so I'll be making sausage balls for breakfast! :)

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GOALS | NOVEMBER

October Goals

September was a good month! I feel like we got a lot accomplished, and I am so excited about October. October is always an exciting month and the beginning of the best three months! So many fun events and family gatherings towards the end of the year. I just love it!

1. Continue working on our apartment.

          - Putting up a shelf over the washer and dryer in laundry room (more                 storage!)

          - Style our accent tables

          - Plate wall (y'all I am SO excited about this I can't even stand it)

          - Decorate the wall behind our couch

          - Decorate the wall behind our bed

          - Decorate wall in the hallway

Although we didn't check all these off we did some other things. Like our table and chairs! We have kind of put a hold on the bigger decorating ideas because we really aren't sure how long we'll be in our apartment. Our lease is up after the new year so we don't want to put a ton of holes in our walls and have all these decorations that just fit this place. So we are just waiting for now.

2. No social media after we get into bed.

I would say we were some what better at this. If we are on our phones it's usually watching a YouTube video together or looking at a house together.

3. Do at least one chore a day.

We started off really good with this and then the end of the month got really busy.

4. All of the major cleaning and big loads of laundry finished by Thursday night. 

5. Show my support through actions.

6. Go on a date!

So fun!

- Clean out our closet and get our fall clothes out!

-Organize our kitchen cabinets

-Finish dining room chairs

-Get our mums from Cookeville and take pictures of all our fall decorations to blog about!

-Finish Wedding posts...hope y'all aren't tired of them yet ;)

-Go on a weekend trip (I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!)

-Try some new recipes

-Check some things off of our Fall Bucket List!

and just because this is one of my favorite pictures of us :)

Happy Friday, friends! :) 

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February Goals

I didn't make January goals so we'll just go straight into February goals! I have quite a few so I am going to break them up in categories. Health and Fitness Goals 1. Continue working out 4-5 days a week. 2. Cut out bread (unless it's apart of my cheat meal ;) )...this will be hard 3. Drink 64oz of water a day 4. Lose 8lbs this month!! (2lbs a week) 5. Add more weights during my workouts Wedding Planning Goals
1. Ask my bridesmaids...I have taken way too long on this!! 2. Finalize guest list (a final count and addresses) 3. Finish designing our invitations  4. Order invitations...might wait until March to do this. 5. DRESS SHOPPING! I have an appt on February 15th and 21st! 6. Look into getting our passports.... ;) 7. Plan when to do our engagement pictures with our photographer. 8. Find someone in Cookeville to do my hair & makeup for our wedding day. Personal Goals 1. Work on addressing TWO of my friends wedding invites in calligraphy, so excited! 2. Declutter my apartment. Sell stuff, donate stuff, throw away stuff. 3. Continue documenting our engagement in my journal  4. Really enjoy these last few months in Cookeville  

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December goals

Because I'm always late about posting my goals... ;)     November goals   - Start blogging more  I think I did pretty well until last week ;) -Work on Christmas shopping  I have almost everything finished, just need to grab a couple of things online! -Continue working hard on something that I have coming up! YES I can't wait to share with y'all what I have been up to! -DOLLYWOOD  We went. We conquered. I didn't throw up ;) We had a lot of fun! You can read about it here -SOC formal   Formal was a lot of fun. Getting dressed up, Christmas decorations, best friends and good food. Couldn't ask for a better night! You can read about it here! -Enjoy the moment  We have been just going with the flow. We usually don't have plans we just hang out with friends each night at the SOC house. It's a joy to be with your best friends all the time.     December goals   Celebrate Matthew It's graduation week...he graduates in FOUR days! He picked up his cap and gown a few weeks ago and it came with that pretty hood ;) He took his last final yesterday and has 2 more papers and then he is DONE (for this semester). He actually has to take one online class next semester but they are letting him walk in the December graduation since he is starting work next month. Which is great because his twin brother, Nathan, is graduating this Saturday as well. I am so glad they get to walk together one last time! We are going to dinner Friday night and maybe a movie, to celebrate just the two of us. Saturday after graduation we will celebrate with our families!   Completely finish Christmas shopping and wrap everything I have a couple of things I need to order online and then I am completely finished! Now I just need to wrap everything. I found some wrapping paper and boxes that I bought last year that I had forgotten about...score!   Take pictures of my apartment decorated for Christmas and share I blog a lot for myself, selfish? Maybe. but I want to be able to come back here and remember the small things that I blogged about. Even now I go back and look at some of my first posts and love it. I mean a lot has happened since I started blogging. I also blog for friends and family that don't live close. It's a great way to share what's going on. And we ALL know how much I love my little apartment so of course I want to share it with you, especially now that it's decorated for Christmas :)   Purge I promised myself when I moved out of my old apartment that I wouldn't keep as much stuff and sale/donate throughout the year, so that when it comes time to move again I don't spend DAYS packing stuff that I don't even need. Well, I need to sale/donate some stuff now lol. I honestly don't know how I end up with all this stuff but it has got to go! I love my little one bedroom apartment but I can't wait to have more storage space one day. Seriously, I have extra dishes up under my bed because I don't have a lot of  cabinet space lol working with what I have!   Enjoy this time of the year It's so easy to get caught up in the busy day to day activities with this time of the year but I want to slow down and enjoy it. Everyone is leaving throughout this week to go home for Christmas break and won't be back until the middle of January so that means all SOC activities are basically over after this week until we start getting ready for next semester. We already have the schedule for next semester planned and it's just as full as this semester. So I am wanting to really take advantage of some down time. Watch all the Christmas movies that we can, drive around and look at Christmas lights and just enjoy the last few weeks Matthew has here in Cookeville. We made a Cookeville bucket list at the beginning of this semester and we haven't been able to cross much of it off so maybe we can work on that lol.   Share what I have been working on I shared last month that I have been working on something for awhile now and this month I get to share it with y'all! I am so excited I just can't stand it!!     Since it's so late to share monthly goals I have already read most of y'all's lol. Happy Tuesday!   4 days until Matthew's graduation 16 days until Christmas Day 23 days until the New Year!

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November Goals

I haven't made goals in a couple of months. I've let this little blog of mine be put on the back burner since the semester started back in August and to be honest, I miss it! Hopefully I can get back in the groove of things and stat blogging more than once or twice a week.     - Start blogging more (obviously) ;)   -Work on Christmas shopping I have already picked up a few things for some family members but I really need to get on this and FINISH by November 15th (a previous goal was to have it all finished by November 15th)   -Continue working hard on something that I have coming up! I can't wait to share with y'all what I have been working on almost every single day. I have been researching and jotting down any ideas that come to mind. I have never done anything like this so I am pretty excited but definitely nervous at the same time.   -DOLLYWOOD In one of my posts last week I mentioned about a surprise for Matthew and how I was giving him hints all week about what we were going to do. Well, the weather stepped in and messed up our plans and we had to cancel last minute. I had already given him all his hints because I needed to know what his opinion on going would be, with the weather. We all decided that ultimately it just would be safe and almost miserable. I am SO glad we decided not to go to Dollywood this past Saturday. Gatlinburg ended up getting 22 inches up in the mountains, and Pigeon Forge, where Dollywood is located got snow as well. Not as much but still, who wants to ride a roller coaster with snow hitting them in the face?? So everyone is good to go this weekend!! I am SO excited and the weather is supposed to be better ;)   -SOC formal I am beyond excited for this. This is the first year the SOC has ever done one of these and I am all excited. I was kinda bummed that I only got to go to one prom and that was my senior year of high school. Most of my friends went to prom their junior and senior year, and went to multiple formals. Even in college a lot of my friends go to sorority formals and since I'm not in one I was afraid I would never be able to get in a pretty dress and attend something like a formal. When I found out we were doing one I was THRILLED. It's this month in a couple of weeks and I found my dress this past weekend while I was home. It's going to be very low key and nothing too fancy but all the girls have decided to wear formal dresses.   -Enjoy the moment I get so caught up with being busy and always on the go that I forget to just enjoy what we are doing, where we are at, and who we are with. Time is moving SO SO fast. In just 40 days Matthew is going to graduate and be moving away from Cookeville. Everything is going to change. Sure, he will still come and visit often, because I am going to stay here, all of our friends are here and the SOC is here, but we both know it's going to be different. So I just want to really enjoy this last little bit and cross off some things from our Cookeville bucket list we made awhile ago. Now excuse me while I go cry wahhh :(     and because I don't like posts without any pictures... My sister went to a masquerade ball this past weekend and I got to help her get ready! I did her hair and makeup. She wore my dress from my senior prom! Seeing it out again brought back all the memories from prom, so many great memories!

  It feels good making some goals again. Happy Monday, friends!! Make today a good one!

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November Goals

August goals

 

 

-Drink more water I have been a little better about this. I usually only have one coke per day and I drink a lot of water during the days at work.   -Join the gym Planet Fitness just opened up here, I have read plenty of things about how Planet Fitness is a joke of a gym (hence: they hand out pizza and bagels) but 1.) I obviously am not going to the gym to eat unhealthy food  2.) It is one of the cheapest gyms in Cookeville so yes I will pick there to workout!   -Workout 3-4 times a week   -Finish decorating my apartment I am SO close to being finished! I just have a few more projects I need to tackle this month.   -Make a wreath for my front door Well, first I need to learn how to. I have watched countless videos on how to make a burlap wreath and I still just can't get it to look right but I am determined to learn how.   -Save money     HAPPY FRIDAY!!

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August goals

June goals

My May goals went pretty well..

1. -PACK, PACK, PACK and PACK some more.

Took forever but finally got everything packed and UNPACKED! Read here and here

2. -Celebrate FOUR years with Matthew

you can read that here

3. -Eat healthier, drink even more water

I haven't eaten out as much and I've been drinking more water. BOOM.

4. -Finish getting everything for my new apt.

I have everything that I need, now to just to decorate :)

5. -Start meal planning 

We have been doing so well the past few weeks!!

 

 

 

- Run

I hate running, with a passion but I am determined to like it (or at least not hate it.) I don't want to run a 5k (anytime soon) but I would like to run 2-3 times a week. I know some weeks are busier than others but I think I can do 2-3 times a week. I have found THE perfect place to run as well, my work parking lot. It is well lit at night and away from the road so no one can see me practically dying running.

 

- Drink even more water

I usually drink one coke in the morning and then I drink water the rest of the day. Matthew's brother, Nathan & his girlfriend, bought me a Camelbak water bottle for my birthday and I love it! I usually drink 2 bottles a day but I want to drink 3-4 and then more once I get off.

 

-Decorate my apartment!

I have bought a few things so far but there is plenty more that I want to get! I also want to make a few things I have found on Pinterest!

 

-Organize my apartment, even more

I have organized it a lot already, I spent ALL last Saturday unpacking and putting things where they go. There are a few other areas I would like to organize a little better though.

 

-Cook more meals and continue to meal plan

Like I said up there, we have been doing really well on this one but I want to continue to do so. I also want to try a couple of new recipes!

 

-Create a cleaning schedule

I hate having a messy apartment, all dishes have to be out of the sink and the counters have to be clean before I can sleep. I have found a few cleaning schedules I like but I am going to tweak them a little to fit my lil apartment!

 

-Vacation

Finally, after two years, we are going to the beach for vacation this year. I am beyond excited to be going back to Destin, Florida with my family!

In 23 days I will be here for a whole week

Unfortunately, Matthew won't be able to go. He will be studying and taking the 2nd part of the CPA exam while we are on vacation so I'll be sure to send him plenty of pictures of the beach!! We are going to be there on July 4th, which I am even more excited about. Usually when we go we leave a couple of days before the 4th and miss out on all the events they have planned, I can't wait to watch fireworks on the beach! I honestly don't want to do anything there but relax with a good book all day and not worry about anything. 

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June goals

{May Goals}

May is one of my favorite months of the year! It's the month Matthew and I started dating, it's the beginning of summer and warmer days after a l-o-n-g cold winter and everything is just better in the sun, and we get a paid day off (thank the Lord)   I didn't do so well on my April goals other than drink more water! So we'll move right on to my May goals!   -PACK, PACK, PACK and PACK some more. I have literally packed nothing so far, I did however put my winter clothes up and bring out my summer clothes this past weekend. I have been buying things for my new apt and in both corners of my living room right now is big ole boxes. There is also a corner in Matthew's bedroom stacked high of things for my new apt.   -Celebrate FOUR years with Matthew I honestly can't believe we have been dating almost 4 years but then again it feels like I have known him all my life. I could talk all day about how I have the most thoughtful boyfriend in the world, but y'all still just wouldn't get it. I am SO excited to celebrate our anniversary in a few weeks, I have been planning out a few little things so hopefully they will work out.   -Eat healthier, drink even more water I feel like this is always on my list of goals and I always fail at it but I am determined to start eating better and not to eat out as much. Getting a new apt and being able to cook at the same place every night should help with this!   -Finish getting everything for my new apt. Matthew made a list on Wunderlist for me, it included everything I needed for my new apt. We have been able to mark off A LOT so far and got everything for reasonable prices!! I am SO excited to move into my new apt in a few days and get everything settled and organized!   -Start meal planning For the whole week and actually follow it! Matthew and I will "meal plan" right now and then when it comes down to it we decide it would just be easier to grab something because it's Tech night and we can get that discount and eat it on the way to an intramural game or wherever we have to go that night. I REALLY want to start using my new crock pot I received at Christmas...I just took it out of the box. Plus if we cook dinner then we will have leftovers and I won't be stopping by Burger King on my lunch break 2+ times a week.   and because I don't like posts without pictures...this was last week at Matthew's last intramural softball game! They won the championship!! :)

       What are your May goals? 

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{May Goals}

April goals

I have been slacking on my monthly goals so far this year but here are my April ones!!   -Continue eating healthy Matthew and I are both trying to loose some weight. We are doing workout videos and watching what we eat. Smaller portions, more water, less fast food. We are no where near what we want to be but we are getting there. The weather is FINALLY warming up so we are going to go to a nearby park and run! Plus it's staying daylight longer so we have more time once I get off!   -Start packing things up in ole Apt D I am moving out of my apt soon, when our lease is up and I am moving into a new one with my best friend, Olivia. We are SO excited and I can't wait to get to decorating!! The two girls I live with now are moving as well. One is moving back home and one is moving in with other friends!   -Make some crafts With a new apt comes new crafts!!!! I will have my own bathroom so I am excited to decorate this one as well. Remember when I redid the bathroom at the apt I am in now? One of my most viewed posts!   and because I think every post should have at least 1 picture in it...

Hoping to get back down to this size!!!!

 

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F E B R U A R Y goals

 

 

.   Thank goodness January is OVER. It is my least favorite month of the year and to be honest it is just a depressing month lol. Now that it's over that means one month closer to spring & summer and you won't hear me complaining about that!! I didn't write out January goals so I am just going to jump right into my goals for February!   1. Keep up with daily Bible reading. Matthew and I have started a daily Bible reading and by the end of the year we will have read all of it! I want to get in a routine of reading before bed instead of laying there scrolling through my Instagram and Facebook feed. I have done pretty well the past couple of weeks but there are some nights where I have my phone in hand listening to the news.   2. Be a servant, every single day One of my goals for 2014 is to be a servant of Christ, every day. Whether it means helping with the SOC or helping someone at work, I want to be a servant.   3. Workout more This is still a struggle for us. After working all day I am not in any mood to go workout but we have done better since the beginning of the new year. We still don't have a routine down but we are s-l-o-w-l-y getting there!!   4. Celebrate Valentine's day I love Valentine's day, some don't but I won't turn down a day to celebrate! Even though we have already exchanged our Valentine's day gifts we are going to go to dinner on Valentine's when I get off (Matthew actually made the reservations a little later because he knew I would want to freshen up a little after I got off lol) at a local place we both love here. I am still trying to decide on what I want to wear that night!!  What are your plans for Valentine's Day?   P.S. I got a new phone case & it looks just like that up there and I am OBSESSED.

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