2014 One Little Word

Hi friends!  I hope you are all doing well.  We are doing pretty good.  Avery and I both had birthdays.  Parker will go back to school tomorrow and Brady on Tuesday.  Yay for school!  ;)  Other than that, it's the same old stuff around here.  

Today, I'm sharing my One Little World for 2014.  One Little Word is a concept by Ali Edwards.  You can read about it on her blog HERE.  Instead of making resolutions, I've decided to pick a word and try to work on it the best I can.  I've picked words in past years and honestly, I have no kept up with them.  Here's hoping that this year I can stick with "Accomplish."  

ac·com·plish

  [uh-kom-plish]  Show IPA

verb (used with object)

1.

to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.

Last year, my word was "Savor" and while I did try to savor as much as possible, I don't think I ever reached the potential of my OLW.  This year, I need to pull out of "I don't know what the heck I'm doing" mode and into accomplishing.  Having three kids is really hard for me.  I feel like I never know which direction is up.  This year will be about setting things in order and getting things done.  Easier said than done though.  Wish me luck as I set on my journey to "accomplish."  

New Year, New Direction, and OLW

Hi friends!  I hope you're having a great day!  We are doing ok.  I'm not getting a ton of sleep and my healing is going a little slower than I would like but everyone else is doing well.  I really need to soak in these days that Dustin has off.  It's so hard to savor these newborn moments when you're not feeling well but I'm trying.

Ok, so every couple months I get on this kick where I want to turn my blog into a lifestyle blog and then I chicken out.  I've added a couple recipes here and there.  A couple makeup/nail posts.  A couple reviews.  But every time, I always ended up coming back to cards.  When I started this blog, it was meant to be a lifestyle blog (before I even knew what that was) but it turned into a paper crafting blog.  My original intention was to blog pictures of Brady (it was only him back then), things I liked, reviews of homemade items I bought, digital projects, etc...  Then I discovered the world of design teams and all that went out the window.  This year, I'd like to take my blog back to what I originally wanted and more.

My focus has changed since I started this blog.  I still want to post creations that I make.  I do love crafting and love sharing my projects.  I still want to be on design teams.  But I also want to post recipes, reviews, money saving ideas, personal stuff, photos, and well anything I like.  After all, it is my blog and I've worked REALLY hard on getting it to where it is today.

Speaking of finally making changes, this year I'm going to focus more on the One Little Word concept from Ali Edwards.  Instead of making a bunch of resolutions, I want to focus on this one word and making myself better in this way.  My One Little Word for 2013 is ACTUALIZE.

Over the last few weeks, I've gotten fed up with how many people I've dealt with in my life who don't follow through on what they say they are going to do.  Then I took a good long look in the mirror and thought of how many times I said I was going to do something and haven't finished or even started it.  I decided that if I disliked this trait so much in other people, I need to work on it myself.

Actualize:
~Make my ideas come to fruition
~Follow through with what I tell people I'm going to do
~Finishing projects
~And who else knows where this word will take me this year.  But I intend to follow it.

And because who likes a blog post with no picture, I give you Avery smiling.  :D  Or maybe Avery with gas.

Have a great day, friends!