Happy New Year!

Well 2013 has gone and 2014 is here whether I am ready for it or not. On Dec. 31st I turned 27, which I have realized is a pretty uneventful age to turn. I had a pretty good day shopping with Sam, eating out with my family and playing games until the clocked turned midnight and another year was gone. We had a pretty low key night and since I was still recovering from being sick for the whole month I was ok with it. Of course with the new year comes reflection as well as making plans for the new year.

I would say 2013 was a pretty good year, not without it's challenges though. Here are some of the highlights for me:

• Moving into John and Bethany's house and inheriting 3 crazy cats, thus making us cat people.
• Planting my very first garden
• Celebrating our first wedding anniversary
• Finding Nala and having our very first pet
• Traveling to Boston to visit John and Bethany
• Running (mostly) a half marathon
• Helping Matt and Debi move to Seattle
• Moving to a new house

Last year Sam and I set a few goals, some of which we kept, some partly kept, and some hardly at all. We have set some goals for the new year:

1. Run a triathlon together
2. Attend the temple at least once a month
3. Do a 52 week savings challenge
4. We did not set too many because even though at the new year I feel a lot of ambition I don't want to be unrealistic.

Here are my personal goals for 2014:

1. Go to the dentist (yes that is a big goal for me)
2. Finish menu plans I started
3. Make a wedding album
4. Related to #3, I want to organize our photos
5. Start an etsy business
6. Have a booth at my local farmer's market this summer.

I wanted my goals to be things I have deeply wanted to do, which probably seem ridiculous to others but are important to me. I wanted them to be realistic and not your typical "New Years" resolutions. Of course I want to loose weight, or be a better person, but I think those can be obtained better through more specific goals. My hope for this new year is to be settled in a new place and to organize my life in a way that I have been wanting to for a while now. Happy New Year!