2017 Weeks 14-18 / April

Exciting thing: BABIES!!!
Not for me, but surrounding me. This month, I got to meet a new baby cousin in Chicago, one of my best friends who I've known since I was 5 (and her husband, who I'm lucky enough to also call a close friend) had a baby, one of my best friends of the past 14 years asked me to take her maternity pictures (also friends with her husband, who put up with my excessive picture taking), another friend announced she is pregnant, I spent time with a bunch of friends' babies (including attending a 1st birthday party) and I have more pregnant friends. I love that so many people I love are growing their families. Keep the babies coming!!!

Little Nagging Task: Budget
Very adult, very boring. For years after college, I kept a strict budget. This time is a little different - I want to switch accounts around so everything for my house comes out of one account and all fun things come out of another. This meant averaging bills, writing down all of my fixed and variable (yet predictable) expenses, yada yada yada, boring boring boring, adult adult adult adult.

Lists (titles and highlights):

• List the ways you can cleanse your life for spring.
• Reorganize entire condo (that's an aggressive bullet)
• List your dream trips.
• Well this is THE list. Can I just write "EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!"?????
• I was fortunate enough to go on my ultimate dream trip earlier this year (picture below because I will be sharing pictures from Antarctica for the foreseeable future every chance I get)

• List your essentials.
• White cheddar popcorn
• List the difficult moments in your past that have shaped you for the better.
• A little too personal to share on a blog
• List the things that motivate you.
• Creating happiness (for those of you who have done Strengthsfinder, it won't surprise you at all that I am a Wooer)