Resolution Update

With the start of a new year, comes the opportunity to reflect.  One year ago, Josh and I made some goals or resolutions.  I thought it would be fun to see how they went.

• Find our first "home" where we will stay for more than a year

We did find a great place to live, but with cutting a few corners and saving extra money, it looks like we might be able to purchase a home shortly.  We are planning to speak with a realtor and get pre-approved for a mortgage as soon as possible.

• Manage to move in the least stressful way possible

We did a pretty good job of this, but I do have some advice for myself for the next move.  Just wait and do everything in one day.  We made many trips over the course of a few weeks (using our cars) which made the process seem so much worse.  I think it would have been better to just load everything in the moving truck instead of making it such a drawn-out process.

• Get a puppy

Done.  Avery is a full-fledged part of our family!

• Start saving to buy a house

As I said before, we are well on our way to this.

• Start saving for a "big" trip

We are also doing this.  We are planning to go to Hawaii this fall and hoping to go to Europe the year after.

• Go to Florida, Duluth, and Chicago

Made it to Florida, but not to Duluth or Chicago.

• Go to "the lake" at least 5 times this summer

Unfortunately, we did not make it up this many times.  I would say there's always next year, but with another move coming, I'm not sure it will work!

• Graduate and get a job!

Woohoo! Made it :)

• Run a 10k in the end of April

To date, I have just not been able to get into running.  Josh and I joined the YMCA recently, so I'm hoping that will help.  So far, I have tried fitness yoga and zumba.  And it sounds like I might be attempting a 5k again in April...

• Continue to grow my hair out

I did cut my hair back in August.  It was super cute, but I have noticed that I am not very creative when my hair is shorter so I tend to get bored.  Combined with the weddings I have coming up, I decided to start growing it out again.

Overall, not super great results, but everything worked out great for us!  Can't wait for another exciting year!