***Goals***

Lately, a godly woman has really taught me so much about making goals and setting them so I can achieve them. In past years, I have made goals such as:
- I want to climb Mt. Kilomijaro
- I want to travel to New York for a week
- I want to do 100 sit-ups every day rain or shine
- I want to run 5 miles every day

Okay, so some of these goals just aren't attainable for me in the next year, seriously, the climbing thing, what was I thinking? I want to make goals that help me live with God and people with intentionality and help me do things that are biblical that I would never do if I didn't have a goal in mind.

Goals for me are not to produce guilt trips when I can't achieve them, rather, they are to spur me to do more than I usually would. Here are a few for this year:
- run 4 X a week for 20 mins or more, intensely.
- this summer, paint my nightstands and dresser
- make a bday calendar so I can remember!
- take 20 mins to clean up each day.
- Memorize Scripture ( 1 vs each week)
- read 2-3 theological/Christian books this year.
- eat less Doritos by only having them 2 x a week

If you need more specifics & would love how to make attainable goals, I would love to help! I think you can still live spontaneously even when having these goals. The best part of this is it is challenging and pushes me to do things I would not normally do on my own.

A White..... Thanksgiving????

So, I'm sitting here all cozy with a ramekin full of baked apples, brown sugar, and oats. It is so wonderful! I love this time of the year but I can only handle the snow before Christmas, not after, which is when most of it falls unfortunately.

I grew up in Missouri and the first snowfall could be as early as Christmas or the week before, but I NEVER remember snow as early as the week before Thanksgiving, and LOTS of it. Now I live in Ohio, up by Lake Erie, and we have the fortune of getting all the lake-effect snow.

Drew and I visited my family near Toledo, OH for 3 days, the longest we have ever stayed with them since we've been married. We slept in every day, had a Thanksgiving meal, celebrated my dad's 50th Bday, watched my baby brother play basketball and played intense rounds of Scrabble with my mom.
It was really relaxing and my mom had the place all decked out for Christmas, the tree, the 50 snowmen, candles, and kitchen towels. It was shining in its full glory.

Today Drew and I put our tree up!

Christmas is coming!!!! but first Thanksgiving!!!!!!