January 6, 2012~Project 365

Every other Friday you can find me at my Life Group! I've been meeting up with these girls for about a year or so and so far we've done three studies together. On January 6, 2011, we began our fourth study of the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan! Let me tell you it is great! Already, God is showing me so much through this study and we're only on chapter 2 of the book! Just the forward alone by Chris Tomlin reeled me in. If you're looking for a new book to grow in your faith I really recommend this one! Sidenote: Please excuse the quality of all my pictures. I have been having to use my ancient cell phone camera.

January 5, 2012~Project 365

It was a rough first week of the new year getting back into the swing of things after having 9 days off for Christmas break from work. So, on January 5th, 2o12 I treated myself to a Starbucks Latte and cake pop! It was just what I needed that day to lift my mood. Thank God for Starbucks!

January 4, 2012~Project 365

I have never gone through a phase where I went out almost every weekend to get drunk, however, I have had my share of drunken nights and usually nothing good ever came out of those nights. So nowadays I strive to not get drunk but unwind and relax with just one or two drinks. And what's more relaxing than a glass of wine, right? Finding a sweet enough wine that I liked wasn't easy. I sampled wine after wine for months until finally a waitress at Olive Garden back in December 2011 introduced me to a delicious Moscato wine. Let me tell you, it was definitely love at first sip! I have yet to find that particular brand I had that day, so lately I have been on a quest to find some other good Moscato brands. They say it goes best with desserts but it is sweet enough to have on its own.

On January 4, 2012 I purchased a cheap bottle of Moscato wine to try. It wasn't the best but was somewhat tasty.

January 3, 2012~Project 365

On January 3, 2012, Asher got introduced to a new doggy buddy who was way bigger than him and had way bigger bones to nimble on than he had ever laid his eyes on. He managed to get his paws on one of these bones and was adorably {viciously} protecting it with all his might!

January 2, 2012~Project 365

Calendars, calendars, calendars!
Every year I seem to have way too many calendars.
I want to buy just about every calendar I see at the store and can think of at least one good {usually unnecessary} reason I could use each one.
This year, I managed to cut it down to only three calendars!
A calendar planner I will carry with me {almost} always, one that includes a cupcake recipe for each month for me to bake, and one that will help me remember everything going on in my life.
On January 2, 2012, I sat down and wrote down every important date I could remember and could copy from last year's calendar {such as birthdays and anniversaries} and all the dates I had written down just waiting to be inputted.
There's something about doing this each year that makes me feel more optimistic, organized and prepared for the new year ahead. For those very reasons I love calendars!

January 1, 2012-Project 365

Since the moment I read about Project 365, I fell in love with the idea! One whole year of your life captured in pictures is a brillant idea for a girl who is in love {obsessed} with pictures and has a hard time remembering things. Every year I have the desire to finish this project but never do. One of my goals of 2012 is to get back to my old picture taking self. I can't think of a better project to help me do just that than Project 365!

To get started, here are a few pictures for January 1, 2012!

On New Years day of 2010 I began a yearly tradition of watching the first sunrise of every year. Thankfully the fog wasn't too bad and I was able to continue this tradition and catch the first sunrise of 2012:)


This year, I added the traditon of catching the first sunset as well.

Here are a couple pictures I took right before the sunset.




And here is the first sunset of 2012:)
If you look closely you can see two kayakers. Love that!