Goals, Goals, Goals!

My bestie, Allie, over at A Teaspoon of Life put up her September goals on her blog. To see what she's striving for, go here. To those of you who have only recently been reading my blog, let me explain my wonderful friendship with Allie. We are sisters (sorority sisters) who realized how much we had in common only after I moved away. This means we now text, email, fb, blog, and TIU each other all the time. We talk more now than we ever did in college. This is weird and wonderful. haha.

One of our mutual interests in exercising so we can be healthy and eat delicious food. So, Allie and I became long distance workout buddies. We set goals every week and if we meet all of our goals each week for a whole month, we send each other a present in the mail. Allie is way better at goal setting than me and sets monthly goals as well as weekly goals. In order to try to live up to the awesomeness that is Allie, I'm going to throw out my goals for September, which seem to be going well so far.

Allie uses this sweet acronym for her goals. It is:

S- Specific
T- Time stamped
A- Attainable
R - Reward

So, here are my Setpember goals using Allie's sweet format.

#1 - Meet my weekly workout goals

S - Each week I set a goal of how many times I'd like to work out. So, I'd like to complete each week's goals
T - This means I'll have to work out at least 4 times a week each week.
A - This is doable because I have lots of spare time right now.
R - Not feeling as bad about not working out when we drive all the way to Nor Cal next month (4 days in the car each way)

#2 - Do every Tone It Up Challenge

S-The TIU challenges are really specific, so check in multiple times a day with TIU and do what it says
T - Set aside time each day to do said challenges
A - I'm hoping this is attainable, but it's my first month with TIU, so we'll see.
R - Staying in shape is reward enough!

#3 - Eat healthy

S - Eating health is eating lean, clean, and green. It means no fast food, no fatty comfort foods, and not over indulging on adult beverages.
T - This lasts all month
A - Will power, will power, will power
R - Enjoying myself in Sonoma next month and over indulging in vino while I'm there!

So, these are my goals and I'm hoping they go awesome!!!

P.S. Recipes will be coming soon, I've just been slacking on taking pics :D
P.S.S. If you want your booty kicked, check out the awesome shredmill work out at TIU. Go here for that.

Love List Wednesday

Lately I feel like my blog has been getting a little stale. Lots of counting down, a little bit of moving apprehension, and not a lot of recipes or running recaps. I'm not actually sure who really reads my blog, but I'm afraid I've bored everyone away. I was running out of inspiration and then I read the newest blog I've been reading (go here to check it out). It's written by a fellow AF pilot spouse that I met at our last base. I've always loved her sense of humor and her in general, but I never knew she was such a gifted writer. Reading her wonderful words has inspired me to introduce a "Love List Wednesday". To see the specific source of my inspiration, check out her Love List.

Wednesday always seems like such a bummer. The weekend is definitely over, the next weekend is far away, and routines are reaching out to choke us. So, on Wednesdays I'm going to start celebrating the things I love that make life wonderful. Thanks friend for the amazing idea!!

• Lazy Mack Moments
• Pinning wings on WM
• Mornings in pajamas
• Peppermint Mocha creamer being sold year round
• Flowers
• Dixie Chicks
• Hugs
• Bonds of Sisterhood that have nothing to do with being actually related

To illustrate my point:

Who doesn't love the squint?

The Only Thing That Stays the Same is Everything Changes - Time Marches On

Who doesn't love 90's country? "Time Marches On" By Tracy Lawrence is one of those wonderfully unforgettable songs. Time has been marching on for us here and nothing seems to stay the same.



Some of you may remember that I had a countdown going for how many days till WM graduates from UPT. The last time I was here, that count was in the 60's. As of today there are

49

days till UPT is over and WM has his wings! I cannot believe how low that number is getting. Hopefully a couple weeks sooner than that we'll find out where we're headed next.

Another thing I'm looking forward to is going to Pi Beta Phi Convention with my sisters!!! There are 

34

days till I fly to Orlando for convention and 

35

till I see some of my old collegiate friends who are arriving on Friday. Sooo excited!

I love my sisters! Can't wait to take some new pictures with you ladies!

I also turned the delightful of age of 24 this past weekend. I was delighted to find that my hubby and parents went in on a gift and bought me my very own sewing machine. I have been sewing away all week and cannot wait to keep trying new projects on it!

Yes, my new sewing machine is pink...

Some changes I'd like to broadcast to everyone are:

My friend Allie over at Cook Read Run has relocated and can now be found at A Teaspoon of Life. Everyone should go see her new site and leave her lots of love. Don't forget to tell her congrats on graduating tomorrow!!!

If you're a Pi Phi blogger, you should check out this fantastic blog that is helping all of us Pi Phi bloggers connect. Go here to check that out. I sure love my sisters!

I almost forgot, here is May 15th's Siesta Scripture verse:
"The Lord is near the brokenhearted; He delivers those who are discouraged."
Psalm 34:18 NET Bible

Such great words to remember when we experience pain and discouragement. I am so glad to know that my God delivers and is faithful.
For Beth Moore's thoughts, go here.

I think that is about everything here. Just remember - Time Marches On!

P.S. Here's a special tidbit for all my fellow 90's country music fans: