Spring Goals

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Today marks the first day of spring, and to celebrate the change in season I have decided to come up with a list of goals that I would like to work on and accomplish throughout the next three months. I was inspired by Kaity after watching her recent spring goals video on YouTube and simply fell in love with the idea of working on specific goals for each season. As a new season approaches I plan to share my goals here on the blog and at the end of each season I will write a wrap-up post where I share which goals I was able to work on and accomplish during the three month period and which goals I still need to work on. I'm really excited to start this journey and look forward to where it will take me, hopefully somewhere wonderful!

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Family Goals

-- To go on more adventures as a family, such as taking Chloe to the zoo, to the city to explore, and even just trips to the park. I would like for this to happen at least 2-3 times a month.

-- Sign Chloe up for a weekly gym and music class depending on the cost.

-- Plan and throw Chloe her second birthday party in June.

-- Continue to wean Chloe from breastfeeding and start the process of night weaning her the next time Mike has a three day weekend.

-- To go on more dates alone with my husband.

-- Take Chloe to story time at our local library on a weekly basis.

Health and Beauty

-- Paint my nails more often ( much more often ). A little silly I know, but it makes me feel pretty and more feminine!

-- Keep up with my hair, no more going a whole year before getting my hair done!

-- With warmer weather quickly approaching I would like to make it a priority to go on a walk with Chloe at least 4 times a week.

-- Add more smoothies, fresh squeezed juices, salads, and fruit and veggies to my diet.

-- No more pop. I don't drink pop all that often but I would love to kick it out of my diet completely!

Creative

-- It has been my dream and goal for so long to become an aspiring photographer. Just recently I purchased my first dslr camera and am completely in love with it! I am making it my mission to become a better photographer and to learn how to shoot in manual. I'm watching videos on YouTube, reading articles and books, taking pictures as often as I can, and I'm hoping in May I can take this e-course taught by Erin Wallace.

-- To continue taking portraits of Chloe for the 52 project.

-- I really enjoy writing and just recently have been feeling much more confident in my ability to write, but I still don't do it as much as I would like. My goal for this spring is to write 1 - 2 full length posts on this blog each week.

-- Find more artist to interview for my Inspiring People series. If you are an artist that would like to be featured on my blog please feel free to email me at beforeverlovely@yahoo.com, I would love to talk to you!

-- Create a Flickr account for my photography and pictures of Chloe.

My 12 In 2012

This year has gone by so quickly and I cant believe that tomorrow we will be welcoming a whole new year! I'm not usually one for new years resolutions but this year I would really like to focus on accomplishing a few goals that have been really important to me for awhile now. I got this great idea from Gretchen over at That Mama Gretchen to come up with 12 goals that I'd hope to accomplish in 2012.

So here is my 12 in 2012:

:: Faith. I've really put my relationship with Jesus on the back burner lately and I want to make it a priority to take the time to have a relationship with him. Praying, reading the bible, teaching my daughter about Jesus.

:: My relationship with Mike. It's easy for your relationship to take a backseat once you become a parent and I really want that to change. Date nights and time each day getting to know the man I love is really important to me.

:: Homemade. The sad truth is I don't cook very much but I really, really want to start. My goal is to start cooking a few homemade meals a couple times a week and work up from there.

:: Eating natural and organic. In combination to cooking and eating more homemade foods I want to also implement more organic foods into our diets.

:: Make my own cleaning products. This is something I have wanted to do for such a long time but for some reason never did it. I found a list of recipes here  for homemade cleaning products and am so excited to try them out.

:: Take better care of myself. I'm sick of looking like I just rolled out of bed all the time. I want to look pretty and feel confident in myself. Even if I'm just staying home I need to change into some "real clothes", and take the time to do my hair and makeup.

:: Exercise. It has been way to long since I have exercised and oh man do I miss it so much. My goal is to start an exercise routine even if its just going on a walk everyday.

:: Learn to crochet. I just think it would be such a fun and useful thing to know how to do!
:: Read books. Since becoming pregnant the only books I've read are about pregnancy and parenting. It's time to start learning and reading about other things that really interest me!

:: Blog more. Lately I've had major writers block and its driving me crazy. I just want to write from my heart and let go of the idea that every word has to be perfect.

:: New camera. I want to start saving up to buy a really nice slr digital camera. Right now all I have is my phone and I really miss being able to take good quality pictures.

:: Prepare for a VBAC. We are still ways off from having another baby but I'd like to start now preparing myself now for a natural VBAC.

Wish me luck!

What's your 12 in 2012? Go link up here!