January update!

First of all...is it already February?! Wasn't it just Christmas? Time sure is flying by!

Anyways. I thought a fantastic way to keep up with my goals is to keep track of how I am doing each month. And somehow we are already done with the first month!

So here they are:
1. Exercise at least twice a week. I have actually been really good about this one! (Minus the week I was sick at the beginning of January.) Josh and I have been waking up to go to the gym before work/school-that means waking up at 5:30 every day!! ahhhh! And I have a new workout buddy! Ashley and I have been working out together after work a few times each week. It is so much more more fun to suffer with a friend by your side.

2. Be a better homemaker. This one is tricky because it's not an all or nothing kind of thing. But I have been so much better at cleaning up around our home, planning out meals, and actually finishing laundry the same day I start it! (The clothes are washed and folded. But for some reason it takes a while for me to actually take them upstairs to put them away!)

3. No more soda! Unless I have a stomach ache! I am so proud of myself for this one! When I was making the rules for this one I was not too strict. My grandma makes this delicious grape juice with 7 Up in it-which I am allowing myself to drink. And I told Josh that I was allowed to have Root Beer Floats. I am allowing myself those because I don't love them. So if we happen to have them at a party that would totally be okay. So I had one this month! But no Sodalicious...no Sprite (not even when my stomach was hurting!)

4. Learn how to use my Canon Rebel. I didn't get to use my camera tooo much this month. But we did take it when we went out our drive yesterday, and when we went to the Ice Castles in Midway for our anniversary. These were super fun (especially the Ice Castles) with my camera because I got to play around with the lighting to get some pretty awesome pictures!

This doesn't show how awesome the Ice Castles really are. I just think it's a funny picture:)

Wish me luck this month!

Audrey

Go me!

I have always enjoyed working out. It never really mattered what I was doing as long as I was active. Hiking, running, Zumba classes, weights...I love it all! I usually love one thing for a couple months then I move on to the next thing that I love.
I was say into running for a good 7 months. In that time I ran 3 half marathons and was training for a full marathon. The only reason I stopped was because my back completely gave out on me... But I hope to get back into it once I can stand outside for more than 4 minutes without freezing my butt off :)

Lately I have been into this workout program that is slowly killing me. The program is set up for a Monday-Wednesday-Friday workout with cardio for the other days. You think that would be easy, right? Somehow it is so easy to skip one of those 3 days of workout.
It's rough. I'm in at work at 7:45 and get home anytime between 5:30 and 6:30. I get home, I make dinner, then I get lazy and don't want to move for the rest of the night!

The other day at work a couple of us (who are all trying to do the same workout program) decided we should do the workouts together!
We have done this twice this week already and had made an awesome plan for the weeks to come!

I am so excited to not only be working out again, but to be able to do it with my friends!
I am sore, but I am loving it!

This is Ash and I after we survived our first workout together. Can you tell we were exhausted?

Audrey Jo

Goals for 2016

I have never been too into making goals for the year. I think this is because I always forget about them or want to change them...or whatever other excuse I have at the moment.

So I decided to write them down. And if people are reading them it makes me more accountable to reach them, right? Sure!

Here goes nothing!

1. Exercise at least twice a week. This sounds like the easiest goal ever. But it has been so hard for me, especially in these freezing cold winter months! I also want to get back into running

2. Be a better homemaker. I want to be more adventurous with my cooking and actually clean up the dishes after dinner. I want to clean up a little before I go to bed, it really isn't that hard but my bed is just so much more appealing!

3. No more soda! Unless I have a stomach ache! Sprite is my go-to when I have a stomach ache that won't go away. I'm not ready to let go of that quite yet! This means no more Sodalicious runs at work...

4. Learn how to use my Canon Rebel. I am obsessed with this camera and I have only had it for a week! I just want to learn tricks to make it even more fun to use!

There ya have it! My goals for this year!

Do you have any goals?

Audrey Jo