New Year, New You

Happy Monday friends!! Gosh we had a great weekend with no plans!!! It felt good to just relax and finish cleaning up from the holidays. Aside from the Bills loss, it was a pretty great weekend. Today I am linking up with some friends over at The Blended Blog for their monthly TBB asks. A series of random questions for the month. I thought it would be fun to link up and answer these, so here we go.....

one

Not Really resolutions....more like goals or something to make an effort to do better.

Like this year it is incorporating more plant based meals into our meal plan and continue reading a minimum of 2 books a month. I read 36 books last year and shared my favorites in a post last week.
two

 I love snow in December & January.

By February I am done. And don't get me started on our snowy Easters!

three

Every year we visit Paul's parents in Florida and try to stop somewhere new and different as we make our way back home. Last year we visited Hilton Head Island and loved it.

This year we are headed to check our Jekyll Island.

four

Color for sure. I like my hair long, but love switching up the color now and then!

five
Why is this the toughest question for me?? But really this is one of my "things" for this year... to do something for me. Last month one of my best girlfriends and I went out to dinner on a random weeknight and it was just so good. We do lots of fun stuff as a family and as a couple, but I need to schedule in a little more time with my girlfriends. So I guess that is something special I want to do for me this year!

six
 It feels so dark.... and so cold... the days can seem really long.

seven

I love that fresh start feeling January brings!

eight

Usually by New Year's Day.  I love me some Christmas, but after the holiday is over and I am ready for it to come down. Our kids go back to school the day after New Year's, so I like everything to be cleaned up and put away before we get back into our school routine.

nine

 I don't diet in January, but after eating meals made up of dips and appetizers in December, my body is craving vegetables come January.

ten

Our basement. I always have really good intentions to put away my holiday decor in some neat, organized fashion, but it doesn't seem to happen that way. Every year I pull it our and say to myself, "when I put this away I am going to toss/donate what I don't use and really organize this".  So yes, I lie to myself every year, because it doesn't happen. I am just so ready to take it down, I toss it all back in the bins with no rhyme or reason. I will say that all my Christmas is in red & green bins, Fall is in orange & black bins, and Spring is in Pink bins. So I do have that going for me.

eleven

 My favorite Winter comfort food would probably be mashed potatoes. We don't have them very often, but when I make them it sure feels like a cozy meal. Add a little gravy on top....heaven.

twelve

I actually did a blog post last year about some of my guilty pleasures. I would have to say it is Starbucks coffee. I love it for a few reasons. First I love the taste of their coffee (Pike Place is my favorite), secondly I like their cups. Strange I know- but they are a comfortable fit in my hand. And last...this is where it gets more guilty... I love the look of the Starbucks cup in an outfit post.

So basic, I know, but you can show your outfit, bracelets and nail color perfectly holding that cup!
And there you have it, a bit about how I feel about some January things!
How do you feel about January? Fresh start or long & boring?
See you tomorrow, there's always room for one more at our family table.
xoxo
Genevieve