This birthday felt like a big one for me. It's not just another year like any other birthday. It's a 5 birthday. Those 0's and 5's are big ones, you know. And my next 0 is the big 4-0 (yikes!). haha! I really am entering a new chapter in my life. I'm done having babies (sniff sniff). I'm even done nursing (as of the day before my birthday). No longer will I be growing or feeding any mini humans. Now it's time to raise this beautiful family God has gifted us with. I love just looking at them and smiling, remembering the days when I used to wonder what my family would look like when I grew up. And now I'm looking at their sweet faces and they're mine! Such treasures they are.
Seeing as how this birthday felt like New Years Eve to me, I thought I should make some resolutions:
1) Lose 36 pounds by my 36th birthday. This will require actually getting out of the house and exercising from time to time, so I realize this is a big goal, but I'm gonna go for it. I used some of my birthday money (funny how at 35 bday money is still a thrill) to buy a heart rate monitor to help motivate me to burn some calories!
2) Let the creative juices flow. Yes, I am a creative person. I didn't used to believe this since I can't draw or paint to save my life, but I do love to create and make things, to touch beautiful fabrics, soft yarns and sticky Mod-Podge. I feel like I never have time to spend on hobbies anymore, but I must find a way! My husband did buy me a new sewing machine for my birthday, so this is definitely a step in the right direction.
3) Start a business. Just what we need around here, right? Another business? Well, my husband isn't the only entrepreneur in this family. I really do want to start a business that works with my life as a mom and a wife. Ideally, it will have something to do with resolution #2.
Well, there are several other areas of life I could make resolutions in, but I don't want get carried away to the point where I won't be able to achieve any or all of these things. I'm going to start with these three things and see how we do. So here we are, 35. I'm excited to see how we have shaped up a year from now.
"We can only be said to be ALIVE in those moments when our HEARTS are CONSCIOUS of our TREASURES". - Thorton Wilder
4 comments:
Those sound like great goals! :) Praying you reach all (or at least most) of them!
Happy Birthday Jen!!! What an awesome thing to be able to celebrate in Hawaii. You guys have an exciting year ahead, waiting to see what's going to happen. 36 will be a great year! I am so jealous of that sewing machine; I saw that same one last week and loved it. Doesn't it even have embroidery? (what were the last 2 sentences of symbols on your post - is that code?) :)
Jaimie - Your computer must not have been able to read the font of the quote I wrote, so I changed it! Funny, huh? The sewing machine does actually have some basic embroidery lettering which I still have no idea how to use. It was on sale at Costco, I really know almost nothing about it!
I'm so with you on the 35 sounds years older than 34. Why is that? Do you think our 34 years were hectic and so it aged us? Oh, well. Here we are!!! I'll make my goal with you - 36 pounds by 36. Great goal. Except mine would be way sooner... uh oh. ;)
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