New savings plan.

SO, many of you have asked me about our new savings plan... It is really quite simple & works better than I expected. I am a girl that LOVES sales, discounts, coupons! The other night at dinner Jason suggested "why don't everytime we buy something on sale or with a coupon, the money we would have saved, lets put that into our savings account." When he 1st suggested it I was not impressed, thinking $5 here & there was not going to account for anything, but I went ahead and went along with it. Boy was I wrong! With things like Groupon, restaurant.com, the savings is adding up quickly. I also really like being able to see what I have saved and it motivates me to shop smarter! Even though some days pass & nothing goes in savings other days the savings are rolling in. I am really enjoying it. There it is, simple, but it works!

Finally a resolution...

Happy New Year! Wait it is January 14th! (is it sad that I had to look & see what the date was? haa!)  Yes, I know I am very late on getting to this, but the important thing is that I am doing it now. It is a big deal every year for me to make new years resolutions. It really has nothing to do with the New Year- I just have found that it is a great way for me to reflect & figure out what I want to do with this year I have been given. Too often we just go through life with no passion, no enjoyment, no mojo (did I really just type that?!)
guess so!
forgive me, it is late!
We just take life for granted & it passes us by. I decided somewhere between college & childbirth that I was not going to be one of these people to say... Oh I wish I would have... So to help me accomplish that goal, I make other goals. Yes, I have lists for my lists! :) Oh you are learning way to much about me.

So here are my resolutions/goals for the year (thus far):
#1-- I WILL dedicate a minimum of 20 minutes 5 days a week to something I enjoy (reading, working out, creating...) I will take care of me.
#2-- I WILL have a 6 pack by the summer. It is time I see my abs!
#3-- I WILL take a self defense class, in hopes that it will help with my own nightmares
#4-- I WILL be the person to say "hello" first, because I love when people do it to me.
#5-- I WILL invest in making new healthy friendships
#6-- I WILL simplify & organize our house
#7-- I have promised to not color/highlight my hair for an entire year! AHHH. this is the hardest of all! I am not 30 yet & I can see grey! I will embrace my 30's ;)
#8-- I WILL be content in all things (carries over from last year!)
#9-- I WILL not cut my hair so that I can give it to Locks of Love
#10-- I WILL take every moment possible to teach my child how to love, be confident, and grateful for the world & people around her
#11-- I will drink more water & less coffee

ok, this is my list, a little funny, a little weird, but very serious! I am sure that I will need encouragement along the way, so I give you permission to check my drawers! I love setting goals & accomplishing them. So... Here is to a New Year!

Jason Courtney's Top 12!

Tell me why you love me... I truly have one of the great men on earth to share my life with. I know it sounds cliche or cheesy but I have adpoted the lyrics "When God made you he must have been thinking about me". There are a lot of ladies out there that would love to have or know what it is to have a piece of him, baaahahaaa- too bad, he is mine!

My man has been going through some really tough stuff lately & unlike me he doesn't like to put it out there for the world to read (that is only therapeutic for me, it stresses him out) So sorry you readers, no gory details! But I know he could use a little pick me up. We have what some might call an on going joke between us- at random times he will ask me, "Why do you love me?" I always, always laugh & say you are so silly, that is for me to know. Not really sure how or why is started but its been this way for a long time. He is a man of verbal affirmations, however this is one of the hardest things for me because I am not so verbal--- have I mentioned that we are completely night & day. A funny fact about us: in our pre-marital counseling we had to do all these personality test on every one of them he would score a 10 & I scored 0, or visa versa- we knew immediately that we were the perfect balance for each other or we were going to kill each other. haa good thing the 1st part was true!

I figured that it was about time that I sat down & actually told this man why I love him, no why I adore him!

Top 12 Reasons I adore you, Jason Courtney:
#12-- You take time every day to dance with Karly, even when you are in a hurry, you stop for her.
#11-- You put up with all my whims & life changes
#10-- You actually think I am funny & laugh at my humor
#9-- You are driven & succeed at everything you put to hands to
#8-- You make it known that I am #1 in your life
#7-- You have patience with me & allow me to grow
#6-- You will get me cherry pies at 10pm, when I just NEED one
#5-- You are committed to being a one woman man (not just physically but also in your head & heart)
#4-- You push me & don't let me give up
#3-- You work your tail off so that I can savor these precious years with our child
#2-- You are committed to raising a Godly home
#1-- You are a man of integrity

I could probably make a list of a 100 reasons I love you- but theses are the things that mean the most to me. I had to make 12 (10 just was not enough, I couldn't cut anything out!) :)
Love you Big Daddy! This one is all for you!

So long 2010...

Well, I am very ready to put 2010 behind me. It came & thank God is gone. It was a rough year! Sometimes you just have those years that you think can one more thing go wrong & then it does- well that was 2010 for me! It doesn't really seem like a new year to me yet in fact I feel like we are still cleaning up from the mess 2010 left behind! But I know it is just a matter of time & we will be at a new beginning. Every year I am one of those dorks who makes resolutions, the thing is I take mine serious. I am a very goal oriented person. In fact Jason reminded me the other day how I love to set goal & accomplish them & then I never have a desire to do whatever it was again- I just check it off my list & move on! I love to try new things & say I've done that once in my life... But so far I have not come up with anything for this year. Nothing is jumping out at me or inspiring me. rather odd. So I am still thinking & reflecting on what my goal will be for this year- what can I accomplish, what will inspire me to be a better person, or what would just be fun???? hum.... yep, still got nothing in mind! Honestly, I feel like right now is time for me to sit on the sidelines. I am watching all the plays around me & I am still part of the team, but it just isn't time for me to play. It is time for me to watch & learn. I have felt for awhile now that there are going to be some big doors opening for me but I am just not sure in what direction. Jason & I have had so many life changes this past year that I am really not sure what to expect this year. I feel like this year may be a year of learning & building relationships. 2010 I lost a lot of really close friendships so this year for me may be about leaving the past behind & moving forward into new meaningful friendships. who knows, a part of me would love to pack up & move somewhere crazy, to leave all behind & go to africa or something- IDK, I mean we are impulsive enough to do something like that but we have to see what God wants. Whatever is in store I am open & up for it, but until then I will patiently sit on the sidelines & encourage my team!