Weekly Wishes || 3.

I'm just going to brag a little bit but LOOK AT THESE GOALS!!! Seriously, ya'll.. if you're feeling like you need to get more done, I really encourage you to start making lists. and if that just doesn't do it, join this linkup. Just knowing that all these other cool cats who are linking up are cheering me on and holding me accountable to get my stuff together and accomplish really does make all the difference. To you ladies who have been commenting and doing the encouraging- you're really making the difference. I know these aren't like LIFE ALTERING lists, but you know what? being on top of your lists makes you feel accomplished, and that makes me feel happy and less stressed, and I KNOW my family feels that too. So thank you! This is what happened with last week's list:

-Finish my current chapter and rock the test (for real) -done BOOM!

-Send out finished orders & Giveaway CD -done

-Finish mobile order -done

-make 4/10 dreamcatchers -done

-send out thank you's to those who gave to our Hatch My House fund. - done!

first thing I did was knock out that chapter and test. and I totally Aced it. First time. thank you, thank you. I was hoping I could get a little ahead of my game and get through the next chapter as well.. You know, to impress you guys- but I didn't. and that's okay, because I think probably if I had, one of these other goals wouldn't have been met, and those were all very important to do this week. 

The only thing more time consuming than sending out wedding invitations, is sending out the thank you's for your wedding. Do not get me wrong, I am not complaining. We have a BAZILLION going out,and that means we are a blessed x A BAZILLION. I am officially halfway through now that I've got everyone who donated to our Hatch My House fund. (an incredible way of registering for money if you're like us, and have everything you need already.. by the way) You can see this post if you're interested in learning more about that. 

The last things I did were finish up my orders, and send them out with the winner of the NIght Night's album giveaway, and all that was accomplished by Saturday morning. done and done. 

I even started a new book, last night. Dreamy. 

Here are the wishes for this week: 

- Study 3 nights this week (Finding time to study is really difficult when you're running a business, chasing a toddler, and your husband goes to school in the evenings as well.) 
- Plan meals for next week
- bake cookies for Fern's Valentines Day party-done
- Mentally prepare for a new (surprise) hair color. see this post for more details on that, and to vote
- Try a new food
- Find my planner (did I mention I lost this? I am OUTSIDE MY MIND right now. I don't even know what month it is anymore. I can't function this way.) -done (THANK. GOODNESS)
- Find last minute Valentines Day cards for Fern's party. - done

Reminiscing over the past five years

 2009

So, I guess when you get married- you're technically suppose to stop "celebrating" your dating anniversary, but I do just want to acknowledge it. Because it's a big deal. Tristan and I just celebrated our fifth anniversary of the day he asked me to be his girlfriend yesterday. We didn't really DO anything to celebrate, but it's a sweet day to just talk to each other and reminisce about the last five years. My favorite part of dating anniversaries is asking Tristan to tell me the story of him asking me. Every year. I'll keep doing it forever and ever, because I want him to have it down PAT to tell to Fern when she's older. I like the parts he puts in about how we'd been hanging out for a long time before and were basically dating already, but he was still so nervous to ask me. I also like the part he puts in about asking me "officially" over text, and me turning him down, and telling him he needed to ask me in person. atta girl. pat my own back. ;) Reminiscing is so much fun. I was just listening to John Tesh the other day (who I get MOST of my life advice from) and he was just talking about how great reminiscing about the good times with your significant other helps you get over the hard times so much faster, and helps grow and strengthen your relationship. It's so true. Five years of great memories is such a wonderful thing to go back and remember together. Laughing at silly things that happened. It's like going back and re-living that great time together. I'm so excited for next year, and 10 years.. AND WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES!  anniversaries are so great.

2013

The Creative Collective: Create a new playlist

I love the concept of the new link up I've joined, The Creative Collective. Every month there's a new challenge to get you to stretch your creativity, and that's something I very much need sometimes. (most times) On the date given, you link your post up with everyone elses, that way you can go and see what everyone else did for the challenge as well.

I know "make a new playlist" doesn't sound like it should stretch one's creativity very much- but this is something I've been craving, and wanting to do for ... years? Yeah. I'd go ahead and say years. I honestly listening to the same music I listened to in High School and the years just after. All good music, I mean... Everybody loves Sufjan,  Eisley, Copeland & Amos Lee classics... but I have no idea what new music is even out there. I have been in a rut for years, putting off this surge of creativity consistently. This very post has enabled me to sit down for the day, find a new band I like, and put it on that radio station. Saving every song I really liked, I made a new playlist. How bout that. It's perfect for when I'm working on orders. <3

Weekly Wishes || 2.

I totally rocked my list from last week FYI. I totally owe it to the weekly link up. I so kept wanting to take a nap, but I knew that I had to come back and not only report to you guys, but also link up to the ladies involved in this particular linkup, and I just couldn't slack. Here's what my list from last week looked like:

|| Finish my current chapter & rock the test
|| Have a coffee date with the girls of "the circle" -done
|| make 2 custom orders from the new "birth announcement" line in the shoppe done
|| take product photos -done
|| make time for a night out with an old friend -done
|| finish the book I've been reading for months. -done

Whiskey Cake

I actually went to Whiskey cake twice this week. Once to catch up with a good friend, and then the very next night to celebrate my best friend's birthday. I wasn't even mad about it, and yes.. I did have the whiskey cake both nights. 

I also knocked that book out that I've been sluggishly reading for the past few months. It was "The Silence of Bonaventure" by Rita Leganski. It was a really endearing book. I really enjoyed it. It probably wouldn't make my top faves, but I'm glad I read it. It was a sweet story with southern charm of the bayou. 

Oh, and those two orders I had to get done, I did three. Which I'm pretty proud of, because those paintings are pretty time consuming. I like the details. 

I didn't finish my chapter. But I did make headway. It's a really long chapter, so I'm going easy on myself with the failure of that, but I'm totally knocking it out number one priority this week. 

Speaking of which, this week my list looks like this:

-Finish my current chapter and rock the test (for real) -done BOOM!

-Send out finished orders & Giveaway CD -done

-Finish mobile order

-make 4/10 dreamcatchers

-send out thank you's to those who gave to our Hatch My House fund. - done!

Pick my hair color.

A weekend post! whaaaaat? :)

This month I am so excited to introduce to you a good friend, and talented hair dresser Jordyn. Jordyn is a fantastic hairdresser. For you locals, she's recently set up shop at Scissortale Salon on Hudson, downtown. Jordyn and I have been talking these last couple of weeks about what we could do to show off her mad hair skills, and we came up with the perfect solution. MY HAIR. But we want it to be a bit interactive. SO. Jordyn is going to give me a cut and color at the end of the month, and you get to decide what color I go. I figure, this is the last time before I start my career as a realtor that I can really let go and just do whatever, so we're not holding back. I totally trust Jordyn to make me look fabulous, which is why I am totally in on this project!

Below are the hair color options, and under that you can actually take part in THE pole that decides the future of my hair. And.. it's totally anonymous, so if you pick a color that looks absolutely horrible next to the skin on my face, I won't know it was you, and therefore will not hunt you down and dye your hair a similarly incompatible hair color for your the skin on YOUR face. :) so, you're safe there. 

I realize these color names are not the legit names, but I'm not the hairdresser here- so they're just a reference point. 

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