28 Things Before 28: A Revisit

Every year I begin with a new list of things I want to accomplish for the next year. I am a list maker and love stuff like this. I pretty much eat it up. This year was no different. Granted, I didn't cross off as many as I would have hoped, but I knew that throwing in a pregnancy and a baby would probably make life interesting. Oh boy, it has been interesting! The highlighted points are what I didn't fully accomplish. I have been working on my new list and will be posting it tomorrow on my birthday. 28 was a good year. A lot of changes occurred when I was 28. I still can't believe how quickly I am making my way to 30. 

1. Buy more vinyl: #1   We bought one record. At least we bought one. 

2. Have a baby (Duh) 

3. Become reacquainted with my camera. 

4. Pay off all credit card debt (we are well on our way!) 3 down. 

5. Go to the Drive-In or to a movie all by myself 

6. Bake a pie

7. Have a garage sale  We bought a new AC unit for our window with our earnings. Hallelujah. 

8. Rejoin a gym/New workout regime 

9. Read the Dark Tower Series

10. Lose the baby weight...slowly getting there. 

11. Decorate the nursery 

12. Photo booth pics with my honey

13. Hang out with other moms  Not as much as I would like, but I haven't done really bad with this. 

14. Hire someone to clean my house for a change.  I did, for one glorious month and then realized we are way too poor. 

15. Have a weekend away. Ha ha ha ha. That's laughable. 

16. IKEA Trip

17. 3 Day Juice Cleanse

18. Splurge on a package of bliss appointment here. 

19. Make a bunch of frozen meals before baby's arrival

20. Cook a recipe from a new cookbook. 

21. Try taking a class and incorporating Doterra Oils into our life

22. Do the Whole 30

23. Sip and Paint  See the post HERE. 

24. Send out Christmas cards

25. Take an online course of some sort.   I took this one and am in the process of taking this one. So great. 

26. Make a photography website

27. Take better care of my skin- new routine  I've been using these products since I became prego. I just switched over to these in June....Doterra's Skin Line. I am in love. 

28.  See a concert. (not including any gig we are involved in.) 

Bullet Journaling: How I Organize My Chaos

I am currently on maternity leave. My life is chaotic now and will be even more so once I have to return back to work. (Notice how I said "have to?" I haven't quite come to terms yet with returning back to real life in a month of so....baby steps.)

I am an organizer by default and I have been writing in journals for as long as I can remember. There's a box out the garage now that is full of my scribbles all the way back to grade school. It's been a part of my life for a very long time. I like to document. I like to make lists. I like to check of the little boxes once a task is completely and move on to the next. I like to be able to look back and see what I've gone through and how I got on the other side of all of it. I like to see what has been accomplished and what still needs to be worked on. 

About a month ago, I stumbled across Bullet Journaling. I believe I first heard about it here or on this podcast. Probably both. I had to learn more. 

I've been using Moleskine notebooks for a few years now. These pens are also my jam. I have horrible (note: REALLY BAD) handwriting and these pens help a little. I'll take what I can get. I guess it works to my advantage sometimes. If I don't want people reading my notebooks, they can't even if they try because they can't read my scribbles. It's my secret skill: bad handwriting. 

I am slightly obsessed with this way of note taking and to-do list making. (That rhymed.) I have been making my lists daily this way for about a month now and plan to continue doing this for a long time. I usually begin my day by making a cup of coffee and some breakfast (after feeding the little one) and then sit down to make my list for the day. 

Learn all about Bullet Journaling here. You will learn about having an index, a monthly calendar, monthly tasks, and daily tasks. There are certain symbols for certain things. There are ways to make sure you don't lose any points in the process, even if you fail to accomplish that task on that given day. 

I love this stuff. I do. I'm slightly obsessed and I don't care who knows it! 

Baby Marin's Wish List

It's no secret that there are a million baby things to buy in this world. Some of them you need, some of them you want. I find myself enjoying dressing my child more than myself. Most of my days are spent in yoga pants while on maternity leave. 

Baby Marin's Current Wish List: 

(which really means, here is a bunch of stuff mom wants to get her) 

1. Baby Jives Silver Star Cloud Mobile
2. Little Hip Squeaks Onyx Strip Tunic Dress
3. Hello Apparel Onesie 
4. Comotomo Bottles 
5. Freshly Picked Baby Moccasins
6. Little Hip Squeaks Cozy Romper  

November Goals

It's been a few months since I've posted my goals for the month. With the holidays swiftly upon us and my favorite time of year right around the corner, I figured some goal making would be a good idea. I need something to keep me in line in the midst of busyness and chaos. 

Organize my song writing situation. 

I have songs recorded on my phone, verses scribbled in notebooks and on napkins. I keep losing songs because I fail to put them down on paper. I don't want those to slip through my fingers so easily. 

30 Day Shred 

We got out of our gym membership due to lack of finances and Mexico will be here before we know it. I need Jillian Michaels to whip me into shape. 

Finish my Christmas shopping

I'm about half way there. 

Do an outfit post on this here blog

 I was going to take photos today of my work outfit but then our lovely cat ripped a big hole in my tights. Whatever good intentions I might have had to grab my camera swiftly disappeared. 

Hello November. You are my favorite time of year.