1) Read a book every month.
I very much would like to be a reader. I don't read much at all. I think I just read one book last year - YIKES! That was Safe Haven, which I very much enjoyed (especially the end) and I read it BEFORE the movie and was very glad I did. Oh, and I also read 3/4 of 50 Shades. I thought it was kind of overrated. And the year before that I read 3, but that was only because it was the Hunger Games series and that is like impossible not to love. I started this year out with Perks of Being a Wallflower, as recommended by a friend. I have not seen the movie yet. I will say that I had this resolution idea about half way thru the month, so I'm not finished. But the day isn't over yet, so there is still hope to stay on track for this one!
2) Work on a book every month.
I won't go too much into detail on this one yet, but I'll just say I had the BEST idea for a groom's gift on our wedding day this past November and I wasn't able to execute it on time. No worries- work on this said gift every month and present it in November as a first anniversary present! Sadly, I have not worked on it at all this month. I have a lot to do tonight...
3) Mini trip every month
This is one of my favorite resolution ideas! As I mentioned, 2013 was awesome for me and I'm newly married. We haven't had a proper honeymoon just yet and based on the amount of time I get off work and the fact that we can'd decide on WHERE to go. We will save the week away somewhere tropical for another time. Instead, we will do what we've always done since we started dating - mini trips! That's what we call them. Weekends away at new places, basically. It's part of how we fell in love. :) The idea is to go somewhere new every month.
November we spent a night in Charleston on our way down to Georgia, right after the wedding. Here's us at the theater where Allie and Noah had their first date in The Notebook. Stay tuned for a more detailed post about this!
December we spent the night in Baltimore when we went out for New Years. I'm counting that. We went to a Gatsby themed party and got all dressed up. Fun.
We had plans to spend a weekend in Alexandria this month, but we didn't want to miss my boy's basketball game and hubby got really sick the night we were supposed to go, so we will just have to double up one month to make up for it! I'm excited about this idea and hope we stick to it!
4) Update this blog at least once a month.
This month...check!
Nothing like cramming everything in the last day of the month!
