July Goal Planning

Wow, what a year it has been so far! I never thought when we started 2014 within 5 months I'd be living on an entirely different continent!! So, my goals from way back in January have gone a little amiss. But, never fear there is always time to get back on track..I just need to adjust a bit....so this is what I'm doing:

Health & Fitness:

• Get in more greens:
• One green smoothie per day
• One salad per day
• Complete Young & Raw 3-day high raw cleanse
• No processed sugar and very limited amounts of local honey
• Follow workout calendar
• Continue Oil Pulling and Flossing

Home:

• Get cleaning schedule sorted our for new apartment
• Mail off change of address cards
• Learn one  new cooking skill

Personal:

• Start working toward finding a great job outside the home
• Read 3 books in around the world in books challenge
• Continue with ICAD Challenge (more on this coming)
• Start gathering Christmas gifts and prepping to mail off (given we live in the Netherlands & I have some super cute gift ideas for nieces & nephews & shipping is expensive need to get this done now)

Travel

• Plan a few field trips around The Netherlands for Summer Vacation (anyone have anything that is a must see for the kiddo & I?)
• Decide which countries we want to see next, begin making itineraries & travel arrangements

So, I have just a few things on my plate for this upcoming month...can't wait to get things started! I love achieving things I set out to do, it makes me feel so accomplished. What are you working on for the month ahead? Come on over to FB  and let's discuss!

September Blog Challenge: I suddenly (almost) fell behind! Oh my!

Well, I had been doing so good with the challenge! But, sadly I got a bit of writer's block and got "busy" and fell behind. What can I say...*sigh*

So the prompt from today was challenges you've over come. I have to be honest I feel like I've let a relatively easy life. I think the biggest "challenge" I've over come is being a young parent and trying to be a mom, wife, student, and full time employee all at the same time. It wasn't easy but I managed to do all of them and be pretty darn good at all of them at the same time! It was a bit like juggling plates there for a bit, but I managed. I made the bed, so I got comfy ;)

Challenges definitely make us who we are and I couldn't have any better challenges than these two:

Love these guys!

So, what are some challenges you've faced?

Welcome September!!!

So, September. This is a time of change. School is starting back, seasons are changing (whether or not you can feel it!).

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For the month of September I am participating in a few challenges.

The first is a blogging challenge:

Fresh Start on a Budget

This is a blogging challenge that gives you a prompt to blog on each day, then you can share your link for the day! It's great if you are having a bit of writer's block, or like me are just starting a blog and need more topics to blog about! I am really looking forward to participating, she has some super cute topics to blog about listed in the challenge. If you are a blogger, or not and just want to write you should pop over and join in!

The second is a photo challenge.

Capture Your 365

This is a monthly photo challenge I just found. It appears as though they've had them each month, they give really a cute idea for a photo for the day to document your life! It's super fun and will really help me to remember each and every day! You should pop over and join too! 

The last is a fitness challenge. The details aren't set in stone just yet, but it's located here:

Get Your Sexy Back Moms

It will be a "bodacious booty" challenge to keep those buns looking quite nice. It will have a combination/variation of many of these exercises. Should be a fun one to get through September! 

I am looking to make September a month of accomplishment along with completing the last 5 weeks of Focus T25. What are you going to do to make September a great month??????