It's the end of December, and I spent this month: watching my girl grow (she turned 3 months this month); fitting in as many festive activities with my family as possible; celebrating Jesse's birthday, my birthday, our anniversary, and Christmas. Needless to say, it was a hectic, but always magical month.



This month I am happy that I was able to accomplish some of my December goals.
This is a rundown of them.
★Embrace the present moment & be flexible

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I'm so happy to have made another December Daily album. When last year's December Daily was passed around during our Christmas celebration, I took great pride in documenting the memories. Becky Higgins is onto something with that "cultivating a good life and recording it" bit.
★Exercise at least 30 minutes a day (Monday through Friday)
Epic fail as my youngest brother Joshua would say. I realized this month that I am need to revamp my old exercise routine because I'm bored of it. I love Zumba and am looking into joining a gym nearby that offers classes daily. The plus side is I may enjoy other classes taught, as well.
★Track diligently
Another fail of epic portions. I exaggerate. I did track some days, but not as "diligently" as I would have liked. I'm doing better this week so far. My sister said something that struck a chord with me. "Even if I don't track, my body is faithfully tracking every thing I eat." I wish my body wasn't so diligent with the tracking. ;)
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The only thing we made were salt dough ornaments. I had read how so many had made these when they were kids, but I never did. My girls can now say they made these as kids. ;) I did make the cinnamon applesauce ones when I was a kid though (they smelled amazing). Anyway, I wanted to do some more crafting, but it was so busy this month. I was thinking it might be fun to do some Christmas crafting in the summer for our daily, fun summer activities- a "Christmas in July" kind of thing.
Well, it's New Year's Eve. I can hardly believe it. Do you have any plans? My family and I get together every year and share a meal. Close to midnight, we eat 12 grapes making a wish on each one, hold change (only silver coins) superstitiously hoping for a prosperous new year, countdown and toast to the new year. Complicated, much? Sounds crazy, but it's fun.
I hope you have a good one!
Read more about my goals for 2013 here.
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girl you did much more than i could have done with a little and three others.. i had to forgo sleep sometimes to get crafts in and then i REALLY was NOT a HAPPY mommy. I start home schooling next week and its all craziness after that. Hope J man got u a great present! happy belated birthday wishes to you …hugs
ReplyDeleteI definitely have my "I should have slept more instead of _______" moments. ;)
DeleteI really hope home schooling works out well for you!
As always, thank you for your kind comments!
Wow girlie, you freakin did SO much with 3 toddlers n a baby...you ROCK!!!
ReplyDeleteBtw your December daily looks FABULOUS!!! you're defintely super mom....I always tell myself "I'm going to craft tonight when the girls go to bed"...but that never happens, I end up fallin asleep too "sigh"!
I hear you on falling asleep when you had other things planned. I do, too! :) I sneak in moments to work on craft stuff throughout the day.
DeleteThank you for your awesome comment! :)
You've accomplished so much this past year - a new baby and a happy family! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThat's very true! :) Thank you!
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