november goals.

after a month of working towards goals that i said out loud on the internet, i now fully grasp why people write these posts for themselves. holy crap it's so great! i felt so accomplished all month, because i had a list to cross off and was seeing progress made on things that i wanted and needed to get done. and i did good this month. why did i not do this sooner? #storyofmylife

first things first: october goals update

• finish the updates for the first year of amelia’s baby book. i am THIS.CLOSE to being done with the entire first year of her baby book, i can just taste it! i’m missing a few photos that i never printed out because i am the worst person in the world when it comes to having physical evidence of special moments. i have a photo album that i was going to make to commemorate my semester abroad and it’s sitting in our basement, piles of photos ready to go, but i’ve never gotten around to pasting them in there. so yes. this needs to happen.
• weigh myself. did it. was okay with the number, although i realized that maybe the first number that i was upset with was actually accurate, and i was ten pounds away from my pre-baby weight instead of five. BUT i've lost about five pounds since getting my nutrition and workout plan together, so....progress.
• start christmas shopping. you guys. i not only planned out what gifts i wanted to buy everyone, but i actually started BUYING some gifts. if you know me, you know how ridiculous and out of character this is. i am SO PROUD of myself.
• have a staycation with Mister Man. we did it! miracle of miracles. we managed to plan a special evening for just the two of us. it wasn't vegas, but you know what it was? it was a date at the wild hockey game, and a night at a nice hotel. it was also amazing.
• run a mile without stopping. accomplished! this was not as hard as i thought it was going to be. so now i'm wondering if running a 5K would be a more challenging goal. but then i'd have to run a 5K...

• finish the updates for the first year of amelia’s baby book. i'll get it done this month. all the photos are picked out, i just need to print them. it'll get done, i swear!
• cook three new soup recipes. i'd like to get our freezer stocked up before the weather starts to get really cold, because the winter here in the tundra brings with it a lot of treacherous driving, and sometimes, you just can't/won't go to the grocery store for dinner fixings at the last minute. you need backup. the bonus: i'll have lots of soups to share with you guys!
• go to a movie. i think that the last time i went to a movie was to see pitch perfect 2 with my mom and sister. and what i found out when i went is that movie theaters now have RECLINERS and BARS in them. i can order a cocktail and then recline while i watch a movie in the dark for three hours. this is my dream these days. so in november, i'd like to make a night of it. i'll go by myself or with Mister Man, either way this needs to happen.
• organize the basement catch-all closet. oof, this one will be a doozy. this closet is where we keep a lot of the miscellaneous stuff that you don't really have any particular place for but still use often enough to need to get to regularly. wrapping paper, ribbons, extra winter coats and boots, exercise balls, etc. i've made half-assed efforts to organize it before, but it's never stuck. this time i'll need to buy storage for wrapping stuff, and just generally make the area easier to navigate for when we need it.
• bonus: if i get motivated, run a 5K on the treadmill. i don't know, let's just see how this whole exercise thing goes. don't want to get ahead of myself.

now, this is a pretty short list, but i'm never sure how the holiday season is going to start out and don't want to get too ambitious or i feel like i'll feel bad when i fail. baby steps, right? wish me luck!

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