Tuesday, January 8, 2013

2013: It's a New Year

So the holidays were kind of insane around these parts. Let me lay it all out:
22nd - Baking day
23rd - Dad's side of the family Christmas
24th - Christmas eve at the Grandparents
25th - Christmas... Our house, parent's houses and parentage's house.
26th - My Grandpa's birthday and shooting with my padre-in-law and brothers-in-law
27th - Sort of Christmas at Janice's and the boys went camping while the girls played.
28th - Olivia's birthday.
29th - Joe's birthday.
30th - My mother's birthday.
31st - New Years Eve
1st - New Years
4th - My birthday!

Also, the King whisked me away from here and took me to St. Augustine for my birthday. While in St. Augustine  my face went slack which later we found out was Bell's Palsy. More on that trip and everything else later. I guess this was to show why I have been AWOL lately.
On that topic, I think this would be the perfect time to get into my goals/resolutions for this year.

For my birthday, my mom printed my blog into a book. It was such an amazing and thoughtful gift. As I was looking through it I realized how much my blog was not about me and my husband and our life together. It was more about link ups, guest posts and sponsors. Not so much this year. One of my biggest goals is to make my blog about me and my husband. I will still have sponsors, but this blog will not be about them or about me promoting myself to have more readers. It will be about my wonderful life I have been so BLESSED to have.

One of my other goals is to prioritize my time. Unfortunately I have to work 40 hours a week to get by in life, but those other hours, I have control over. After work, most of my time should be devoted to my husband and our marriage  my spiritual relationship with my Savior and Father in Heaven, me (i.e. time to relax and take care of my body), my family and then my friends.

No more will I be spending my extra time trying to make time for my friends, but making it less time with my husband. No more sitting around the house when I could be out walking or running. No more just going to bed saying, I'll say my prayers or read my scriptures tomorrow. These are the things that will make me most happy and have my life be more fulfilled and worthwhile. They are what matter. This blog will be devoted to that.

An actual resolution that I have is to walk between 30 minutes to one hour. And my favorite resolution are to read 30 - 40 books. I'll blog about that list later this week too :)

Speaking of books, the January book for The Book Club is The Other Boleyn Girl. We will be linking up on Thursday, the 31st and the Book Club google hangout is on Tuesday, the 29th.
Also, please vote for the February book below.
Can;t wait to start a new year with you all. What are you goals for 2013?
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10 comments:

  1. Anna @ The Things I'm LearningJanuary 8, 2013 at 3:53 PM

    It sounds like you had a great Christmas! Something Borrowed is a great book!

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    1. UnknownJanuary 25, 2013 at 2:16 PM

      I've read it before, but I'm really excited to reread it! You should join us since you have already read it!

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  2. Eloquent ObiJanuary 8, 2013 at 5:30 PM

    Yea! You are back! Glad you are doing better! Happy New Year to you and cannot wait to hear about "all things bright and beautiful" about you and the hubby! Blessings my dear! --Obi My blog: http://myeloquentrambles.blogspot.com/

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    1. UnknownJanuary 25, 2013 at 2:16 PM

      LOVE YOU!!! Thanks for stopping by. I need to go over to your blog. I didn't even know you blogged!!!

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  3. RadiantKristenJanuary 9, 2013 at 12:19 AM

    My goodness, girl, you had a very busy last month! I hope that now that things are settling down, you can recover quickly and be back to your usual self. Also, I love your goals for the new year! You can do it =)

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    1. UnknownJanuary 25, 2013 at 2:18 PM

      Thanks Kristen. I LOVE your little post it notes. I want to do something like that too. Really makes your remember your self worth. I think you are incredible and am so happy to know you. My life is so much more blessed for it!

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  4. Myers FamilyJanuary 9, 2013 at 12:43 AM

    I would like to refer you to my cousins blog at http://stay-at-homeforhim.blogspot.com she is still working through her Bell's Palsy. Check out her blog to see what she has and is going through.

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    1. UnknownJanuary 25, 2013 at 2:18 PM

      Thanks! I checked it out. SO MUCH GOOD STUFF and she is gorgeous!

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  5. NildaJanuary 20, 2013 at 10:21 PM

    Those are such awesome goals! I'm trying to maintain that balance and spend time with the people I care about too.

    Can't wait to read more! Glad you popping up on my reader again!

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    1. UnknownJanuary 25, 2013 at 2:19 PM

      Thanks hun. It's nice to know I was missed :) So excited to start living my life for what I rally live for and to blog more about that!

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Love Kaylee

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