31 Resolutions

Your Grocery Budget Toolbox Review

January 10, 2013

Part of our journey in establishing a budget in 2013 is to assess how we spend money at the grocery store. In the fall, I won a copy of Your Grocery Budget Toolbox during an Authentic Simplicity Facebook party. I had the pleasure to meet Anne at the National Product Expo East in September and […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Cross Stitch Goals for 2013

January 9, 2013

Welcome to the second Wednesday in 31 Days of Resolutions! Last week, I posted that I wanted to get back into the rhythm of knitting and reading in order to relax and find some quiet. This week, I am setting a goal of doing this cross stitch iPhone case by the end of the winter. […]

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Composting Resolutions

January 8, 2013

I am continuing to set some gardening goals/resolutions for 2013 and next up is composting. We ordered and assembled a tumbling composter several years ago, which is similar to this one from Amazon. For the most part, we were good about keep it going and making compost. Then, Tomato arrived and it fell out of […]

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Cooking Resolutions: Menu Planning

January 7, 2013

Menu planning is something that I started doing a couple of months ago in order to help me to stay focused when I shopped at Whole Foods each week. I realized this summer that I got a little overexcited about what I saw at the farmer’s market and Whole Foods and ended up throwing fresh […]

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Writing More Blog Posts in 2013

January 5, 2013

For the next few Saturdays, I am going to be laying out my blog goals/resolutions for 2013. Today’s goal has  a few layers. My first blog goal for 2013 is to write more. I have started to hit a groove with a posting schedule between Tuesday Greens and Wordless Wednesdays and TV Free Fridays. It […]

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Learning a New Language – Self Improvement Goals in 2013

January 4, 2013

While I took French all the way through high school and part of college, I can’t say that my fluency is used on a daily basis. I can listen to conversations and understand them, but not speaking it regularly leaves me a little cautious about answering back. Conjugating verbs has fallen by the wayside just […]

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Setting Budget Goals in 2013

January 3, 2013

Budget. Yup, that’s a fun word, isn’t it? Well, Thursdays this month are going to be all about the almighty dollar. While I am not teetering on a fiscal cliff, I would like to be better about our spending. My friend, Steph on A Grande Life, is cutting back on her coffee spending. Another friend, […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Crafting and Reading Goals for 2013

January 2, 2013

I have let some of my hobbies slide by the wayside lately. Knitting and reading have been a big part of my life and I’d like to make them so again. I used to have a ton of books in our bedroom and I cleaned house the other week to get it down to one […]

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31 Days of Resolutions is Coming Soon

December 10, 2012

2013 is swiftly approaching and with it comes a fresh start and a chance to make a resolutions or goals list for the year. I’ll be taking the week in between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve off from posting in order to gear up for my challenge of posting 31 Resolutions in the 31 […]

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