I posted some pictures of my CO shopping treasures on sisterview.com. 

 

It was such a wonderful vacation and was good for my soul.

Today is Jake's 27th birthday.  We celebrated with friends last night hosting a Rock Band party (per the birthday boy's request).


 
Jake is one amazing (and handsome) man.  This year I have been more grateful every day for having him by my side. He has so many wonderful qualities that help compliment me and I am so thankful for that.
 
Jake is a good sport, a wonderful listener, great at researching things, reliable, kind, funny and so much more. I love getting him laughing really hard because it makes me happy.
 
He is helpful with nieces and nephews and is even obliging. (This is the "I don't really want to, but I'll smile for your picture" look).
Jake shows interest in my activities and encourages me in so many ways. He also helps balance me out and makes me think about so many things. Jake is selfless and gives so much to so many, so when he tells me he wants to do something, I jump on the opportunity as much as possible.

 
Happy Birthday, Jake! Thank you for being the wonderful man, friend, husband, son, uncle, brother that you are.  

This post is a post of randomness.

-I completed 1 quilt in 2012. 1 quilt with a backing, binding, etc. I have many quilt tops, but only 1 quilt completed. This quilt was given to my mother in law for Christmas.

 

-Logan is cold. very, very cold. 

 

- I begged Jake to let me buy him these jeans pajamas for his birthday this coming Sunday. I even told him that since the brand is "Disguise" he could get away with wearing them as jeans. Jake told me he'd pass.

 

- I decided to do Project 365 this year. The only way I will complete it is having this app that sends me a reminder and gives me a space on the calendar to put each picture.

 

-To help with my balance in 2013, I'm currently doing a resolutionary challenge that my sister is in charge of this year. It runs for 12 weeks and I get points for doing certain things each day, such as eating 7 servings of fruits & veggies, exercising, keeping a gratitude journal, etc.

- I finished my first quilt of 2013 last week. You can see the details here.

 

-My sister is hosting a quilt along and I am super excited about doing it.


It's the scrappy swoon along and you can find details here. Please join us!! My fabrics are all picked out and ready to go.

 

-Balance is key right now with all we have going on. I've picked up something extra in my schedule that I'm excited about. It has made me realize how grateful I am for mobile devices like my phone and ipad mini that helps me stay in touch and do more. 
 

This is my word for 2013. I have a lot going on and need to bring my life into balance- physically, emotionally, mentally.

My main balance focuses are becoming healthy again and scheduling my time.  Here we go, 2013. Let's do this.