Friday No. 1

Hello friends! It has been forever since I've posted anything on here, so I decided to start back into it with a Friday post.

No. 1
I cannot believe how fast this year and this summer is going. As August nears, I definitely get more and more anxious. The biggest thing that is going on in my life right now is trying to find a teaching job. Where I live in Kentucky, it couldn't be more difficult. It seems as though you have to know someone, who knows someone, who knows someone... which can be real frustrating when I don't know too many people. I will definitely be sharing more with this journey. But please be praying for me to trust in the Lord and his goodness in my life.

No. 2
About a month ago I decided to finally start putting effort into bringing healthy back into my life. Since being married we haven't truly been caring about making sure we each the healthiest of things, or more importantly using portion control! So since it's summer and I've had more time on my hands I started to eat healthier, more controlled portions for my meals. I also started doing some workout videos that I found on YouTube since right now we can't afford to go to a gym (and I tend to feel uncomfortable working out at the gym all alone). I've found someone who I really like and am capable of doing the workouts- her name is Love Sweat Fitness. There are also other people who've been really encouraging, like Rachel from Oh Simple Joys. Rachel has also been working on her health and glorifying the Lord with how she treats her body. She has an amazing instagram and website, Whole and Free, that have been so so encouraging lately. Go show her some love :)

No. 3
On June 26th, Reese and I celebrated our 1 Year Anniversary! I cannot believe that we've already been married for a year. It truly has been an amazing, growing year for us. Reese has been so supportive of me through this year season in my life of not finding a teaching job, etc. I've always heard that the first year of marriage is hard, but for us I believe that it was so so sweet. I will definitely make a whole post about what I learned during our first year of marriage. I also need to post the rest of our wedding pictures (whoops... just a year late!)

No. 4
Speaking of our anniversary, we were able to take a little trip down to Charleston, South Carolina. It was so nice to get away. In a way, I felt like this was our first planned trip together. I know that we've had our honeymoon, but everyone goes on a honeymoon. Lol Idk, it was just so sweet and fun to plan a trip together! I can't wait to share with you all what we did and all the pictures.

Looks like I have quite a few blog posts to be writing! 

Hope you all have a fabulous, blessed weekend!

March Goals/Update on 2016 Goals

Hi friends! I hope everyone is doing well and had a great start to March! I love March. It's my birthday month (March 5th) and March Madness! I wanted to share with you all just a few of my goals for March and also give an update on how I am doing on my 2016 goals. 

March Goals

-Find a photographer to take pictures for our first year of marriage.
It's crazy that we have already been married for 8 months! In just 4 short months, a full year of marriage will have flown by... but seriously, it has gone so fast. We aren't going to be taking a huge one year anniversary trip like most people do, so I decided that what I really want to do is get pictures taken. I love having pictures of us, so I've decided to make this a priority for March!

-Make a cleaning schedule.
I hate always having so many chores to complete on the weekend, and typically they don't even get completed because all I want to do is relax. Anyone have any tips/schedules that they use for cleaning throughout the week and the month??

-Make an effort to get back into blogging.
I feel like I say this all the time. But lately I have been extremely motivated to blog and to try to make something of this space I have here. So, I will try my best!

Update on 2016 Goals

-Eat healthier: We are trying our best, this is not something that can be quickly changed. The last two weeks of February I was sick, so 1) I didn't want to cook and 2) I wanted comfort food.

-Premake lunches: I have gotten a lot better at this.  I premade my lunches on Sunday for this week. Last week I prepped for the week on Tuesday. I at least will make my lunch the night before if I do not get to it sooner.

-Read 5 books: Almost finished with book #1- Let's All Be Brave by Annie Downs.

-Get a job: About midway through January I accepted an interventionist position and started at the end of February. It has definitely been nice being in the same school everyday and having a schedule. I still will be looking for a full time teaching position for next year though. But I am beyond grateful for this job and know that it was all in the Lord's timing.

Also, I would love it if we could encourage each other on reading through the bible chronologically. It is a daunting task cause we all know that the Old Testament is just hard to get through sometimes, and it's even harder to find the motivation to read. I want to make sure that don't make excuses, because I have more than enough time to sit down and read. Anyone else need encouragement in this area? I would love for us all to work together and help one another.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful start to the new month. And I hope to see you all here soon for my next post! :)