a year of beautification!

school starts up again on january 20th. and i went a did something absolutely nuts. i always wondered if i might be crazy. the closer the spring semester gets, the more i am sure of it! i signed up for a class to train for a 10k run. i know!!! what in the world was i thinking? among those loose screws, i was hoping to find a way to force myself to change my lifestyle. i do chase a super fast crawler. i re-arrange furniture. i haul laundry all over the house. i scrub toilets. but other than that, i live a pretty sedentary lifestyle. i used to run in high school (didn't we all?) and i really enjoyed it. i am hoping with my new healthy lifestyle, there might come a new healthy figure- but that's not my top priority. i need to make time to exercise! i have made a serious effort to be mindful of my eating- what, how much, how often, and why...and so far this year i have lost 3 pounds! (only about 27 more to go! lol) also, i signed up for a "weightlifting for women" class. i am excited about both of my classes! i will have to track my weight loss on a side bar or something...maybe even pictures. accountability is a good thing!

what does all of this mean? this means i have 15 days to tackle home projects!!! today i hung a chandelier in my dining room. i have soooo much more to do. for my birthday my good friend Emily gave me one of these:

these little notebooks are comprised of lined paper and also recycled vintage papers. the front cover of mine has a vintage ad for dishes! i am going in every room of my home and making my infamous lists in my new handy dandy notebook! (you can check out her store blog here.)

my sweet mamma bought me the kitchen aid mixer for Christmas!!! woohoo! i love love love it and have wanted one for a long time. my friend krysta and i used to joke that you had to get married to get one of those, and that if neither of us were married in five years we would purchase one for each other...turns out you don't have to get married.

so for me, 2009 is going to be "a year of beautification"- of my home and myself. i'm not talking get back into those skinny jeans beauty, i'm talking that deep, everlasting beauty that comes from the inside out. that kind God talks about in His word. as for my home, there are so many long overdue projects. its time to practice some self discipline and get things done around here!!!

so much hope for 2009...