26 Before 26

First of all, look at this pretty ring we have in our shop right now! I would keep it if it fit me. Somebody please snatch this up before I change my mind!!!

Secondly, my 26th birthday is in 77 days. That seems really far away but I think now just may be the perfect time to make a nice little list of 26 things I want to complete/focus on before my 26th birthday. That gives me about 2 1/2 months to do all of this and we'll see if I have when the time rolls around.

1 // Learn how to cook well and creatively. Cook more at home.

2 // Travel somewhere I have never been,

3 // Finish the crochet blanket I started last year.

4 // Start painting with oils.

5 // Lose enough weight to get to my goal weights of 160.

6 // Learn as much as I can about my job in the next two months to make me the best pastry chef I can be.

7 // Take better care of my skin/face.

8 // Get my drivers license back.

9 // Write more letters.

10 // Start a 5 year journal.

11 // Ride my bike to work everyday, or at least 5 days a week.

12 // Make ice cream

13 // Downsize my belongings

14 // Make a documentary

15 // Do everything I can to help make Doug's full time job making sunglasses!

16 // Make-over my blog!

17 // Take family portraits

18 // Read more books (thank you book club!!)

19 // Go to a berry/flower/fruit/vegetable festival

20 // Wear more dresses

21 // Wake up early and walk to get a coffee with my love before work at least once a week

22 // Make a batch of friendship bread. I haven't in a while and it's so therapeutic. (I will blog about it)

23 // Make more friends in San Diego. I am SUCH a homebody and so awkward. I think that's why I love blogging so much. The awkwardness is maybe less.. Maybe....

24 // Get my eyebrows done professionally. I have never done ANYTHING to them and I kind of want to!

25 // Go to the flower farm with my man and pick lots of pretty flowers.

26 // Make pomegranate juice from my pom tree

Some are big, some are small, some are just daily or weekly goals. I'm excited to work towards these and will be coming back to cross things off the list. Lets see how many I can do before August!

What goals do you have right now?

xo,

Beca

How to be a Winner!

Okay, so not only does that ghoul font make me laugh out loud, I woke up feeling really motivated today. I didn't sleep well, I had nightmares all night, I woke up 100 times. The dogs were on edge, which they always are when Doug is out of town. Ollie just may miss him more than I do. But I doubt it. At least we got to talk for a little bit this moring

SO back to motivation. I finally got out of bed around 8:30 after playing with the dogs and pretending to go back to sleep. I made coffee, watered my tomato, strawberry and rosemary plants, called to have my cable and internet turned back on (oops) and now, here I am, making goals, and working towards winning today!

Here are my goals. I was super inspired by Cal's May Goals and although I am setting some daily goals, and some that extend for the whole month of May.

1. Ship items for the shop! I am quickly learning that although it isn't impossible, it's really hard maintaining a shop while working 6 days a week. I adjusted our shop policies stating that we both work full time and only ship once or twice a week. I usually spend the morning of my day off walking Ollie up to the shipping supply store to get any extra boxes or packing supplies unless I am prepared and have everything at home already. I LOVE packing up items and shipping them out, but it's a full time job in itself. I wish I could hire someone to pack and ship items. That would be awesome, but for now, it's just little old me. Today, I am prepared and don't need to go to the shipping supply store. I have a few items to ship out and will make a trip to the post office this afternoon.

2. Run until I puke! Okay, not really, but kind of. I have been feeling great, 10 days without my poison in a red can. I am in serious need of new running shoes. Any suggestions??? But I've just been wearing old sneakers. And I love running. I want to get back into it. And of course, Ollie loves running too.

3. Cleaning and reorganzing the space in our house We have a lot of stuff and it really, really needs to be reorganized so that we are better utilizing the space in our home. I am going to tear this place apart and once it's beautiful and I have a camera to use again, i will share photos and creative storage ideas, since right now, sitting at my living room table, I see about 100 empty baskets and shelves that aren't being utilized.

4. Don't spend any unnecessary money! This is for the whole week. I am really trying to save money and be more thrifty. Yesterday was an exception because of my friend-date, but the rest of this week, no shopping, no eating out, no gas, no junk food, no online shopping! Nothing! I know it's totally possible to go a week without spending money and I am challenging myself to do it!

1. Get our treasures in a local shop! my buddy Chelsea inspired me to submit our designs to The Make Good in Southpark, which I just sent the email for. I stopped in there with Ainsley yesterday and it is a super cute place. I can totally envision our jewelery and sunglasses in their shop! Wish us luck!! I am also going to submit for consignment at a few other places. I'll let ya'll know how it goes!

2. Save money for trips! We have a few trips we're planning for this summer. I want to start little funds and really work at saving money and working hard so we can take a few little vacations.

3. Get my drivers license back my irresponsibility...err spaciness has caused lots of problems in my life. I know, I'm a grown up and grown ups pay speeding tickets promptly, but I'm a space case. I forget things, I don't follow through with things, I'm kind of a mess sometimes, but really working on being more responsible. At least I am really close to paying off my fine and will be back in the drivers seat asap.

4. Lose 10 pounds! I have already lost 3 pounds since I stopped drinking soda! Get out of town, right? In 10 days, that's pretty monumental! At least, to me! I figure by the end of this month, I would like to be under 170, which would be 10 pounds! Let's do this!

So, I think that's a good mix of goals. I think they're all attainable! Are you setting goals for the month? Share them with me!!

So enough blogging, it's time to take on today!

xo,

Bec

(ps. Doesn't that creepy doll look like me when I had strawberry blonde hair!! Haha, I love her!)