New Year, New Blog Post!

Hello all! I hope everybody had a wonderful holiday season! I know, it's been forever since I've posted.  It's been such a busy month! So I'm going to let you in on the exciting things that have happened in the past.. Month? Or so!

Well, I got a car! It got super bad for a while because B has to leave for work at 6:30 and my place of employment didn't open until 8.. So yeah. Yay for no longer having to wait outside in the cold or catch rides from everybody! My wonderful mother-in-law helped me pick out this completely perfect Honda Accord Hybrid! I never thought I would fall in love with a car, but I have freedom. Like, I've gotten to go grocery shopping without having to wait for Blake to be home! It's so nice. I think I'm super officially a grown-up now.

(If I had a cute picture (or any picture at all) of me sitting on the hood of my car, I would put it here.  But it's super cold outside so unless I have to go outside, I'm staying in! So just use your imagination to think of me with a nice gray Honda Accord.)

Also, Christmas was a blast! Almost my entire family made it out to my parents' house, so there were little ones running around EVERYWHERE! So of course, everyone got sick.  Then we came back out to the good ole' middle of the state for Christmas with his family!  B and I have both been sick since a couple days after Christmas, but we're finally over the hill and hopefully will both be 100% soon!

Then, there was New Year's! Because B and I are such party animals, we went all out.  When he got home from work, we put on our pjs and fell asleep on the couch watching Netflix.  So then we woke up and did shots.. of Nyquil. and passed out by 10!

Clearly a crazy NYE party.

It was GREAT.  Like I'm being serious.  we were both pretty sick so it was nice to not have to go out in the cold to watch anything drop.

BUT. We have done one stereotypical New Year thing! We made a list of family goals for 2015! I don't like resolutions.  Resolutions are made at the beginning of January and forgotten by February.  But goals are things you work on until you've accomplished them.  So these are our goals!

1. (This one has been edited out to protect the innocent)

2. Spend at least one hour of distraction-free time together each day

3. Pray together each night

4. Stick to our budget! (Basically, eat out less.)

5. Find other married couples and establish a married-people friend group

6. Take a walk together every day to get some exercise in!

I also have one personal goal: get back to blogging regularly! We'll see how that goes! 

So far, we've been doing pretty well with half of them.  But that's the beauty of goals! Even though it may take a few tries to really get into the habits we want to develop, we won't just stop because we get discouraged! 

I know we're both excited to see how 2015 goes! I hope it's a great year for all of yall too! 

XOXO, Sparklin' Kitty

(I know, I'm not gossip Girl. Whatevs ;P)