Well the newest addition to our family still hasn't made her presence. I've been hoping for an early arrival, but who doesn't want their baby to come early?! 40 weeks or more being pregnant is no fun especially when you know at 4 weeks pregnant. As you get older, time speeds up because there's so much responsibility except when you're pregnant. Then time slows down when you want it to fly by because you're excited to meet this little one, and get your body back.
I'm pretty much done with work at the shop until after the short lived maternity leave of 4 weeks after our little girl is born. I'm still drawing for upcoming pieces and might go in if I feel up to it for ongoing work. However it's all tentative in my 39th week of pregnancy since I haven't been feeling up to it. I'm booking appointments for February and on, but require a cash or Paypal deposit to hold spots.
During this time of year, everyone writes about New Years Resolutions. I'm going to follow suit. Of course the same ongoing goals apply. Lose the baby weight, exercise more, eat more healthy foods, save more money, read more, and become more organized. These are things I always aspire to do so why bother on elaborating on my blog. Two of my specific resolutions that I'm pretty excited about are:
1. Utilizing a weekly dinner meal plan. Making the haste decision at the last minute about what to cook can get us into trouble. We ending up getting take out or forgetting to use leftovers because we're too hungry to make a decision. At least if I have a plan, then I have a guide to stick with. Also it's a good idea to plan ahead on what to do with leftovers and what to put on my weekly shopping list. When you have a shopping list and stick to it, then you're more likely to buy only what's on the shopping list and avoid frivolous spending. I'll have to look at the weekly sales at Whole Foods to help my meal plan decisions in order to save more money.
2. Sketch a day. Even though I only did one on 12/30 and missed the past two days, this is an important "me" activity that I want to stick to. I suppose I can count that first one for Jan 1, and I'll have to promise myself to have make up days if I miss any. It's so difficult to find any "me" time to do these things, and at this point we still only have one child. I'm creative with my job everyday, but I deserve to draw for my own personal satisfaction. There re so many ideas in my head that it makes it difficult for me to focus on one idea once it's time for me to draw what I want.
Feel free to share some of your resolutions with me especially if we share some similar ones.
Hoepfully next time I post, it'll be to share pics of our daughter.... C'mon Baby!!
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