2025: A Year in Quarters

  Quarter 1: January 1 - March 31 Complete 2 puzzles per month (6 puzzles total) Complete 30 Christmas cards for December Sort out and package up 3 Lego sets Continue on fitness and eating journey (lose 10 lbs) January 19  I’m still behind on taking my weights, measurements, and photos for the 75 Soft challenge. I’m extremely unmotivated to exercise and I’m so tired that the eating portion is NOT going as well as I had hoped. I think part of it is due to the weather, but there has to be some kind of underlying problem with my motivation, especially the food portion is something I can absolutely control better than the weather. I’ve been doing pretty good at drinking water and let me tell you how I’m killing it on the reading books portion. LOL! Anyway, I finished two books today. One was finished around 1 am and the other was finished around noon. I managed to fully complete my cross-stitch bookshelf, which was a HUGE accomplishment, especially considering that I had 77 books ...

  Quarter 1: January 1 - March 31 Complete 2 puzzles per month (6 puzzles total) Complete 30 Christmas cards for December Sort out and package up 3 Lego sets Continue on fitness and eating journey (lose 10 lbs) January 12  I’m not doing too hot on the fitness and eating journey, to be completely honest. It’s so easy to blame multiple outside factors, but I know that I’m not holding up my end of anything. I’m not going to the gym, I’m not always making the greatest food choices, and I’m doing a lot of sitting. Today I read. I read a lot because the book I’m reading is getting so good and I really want to know what happens. Since it’s a physical copy, I am sitting around, reading. Not exercising, not working on Lego or puzzles, just sitting. But sometimes, that’s what you need in life. To sit around and read.  Oh yeah, I did a weigh in this morning and put on almost two pounds. The opposite of what I said I’d do at the beginning. Ugh. January 13 Back to work today for a ful...

  Quarter 1: January 1 - March 31 Complete 2 puzzles per month (6 puzzles total) Complete 30 Christmas cards for December Sort out and package up 3 Lego sets Continue on fitness and eating journey (lose 10 lbs) January 5  It snowed, so that means I have to make cinnamon rolls. I’m not really feeling it right now, so we’ll see how this goes.  Nothing much to report except snow. So. much. snow. January 6  We got a snow day today! Granted, it was announced last night, because of the massive amounts of snow. Many local businesses are also closed due to the snow and slick conditions. We had about ⅛ of an inch of ice before the snow actually hit, plus the bitter cold is making the ice melt not as effective. I’m glad so many businesses and schools made the call to keep as many people safe as possible, as well as giving those running the plows less traffic to deal with. I hope all of those who had to get out are safe. January 7  Snow day, again! I swear, Mother Nature h...

  Quarter 1: January 1 - March 31 Complete 2 puzzles per month (6 puzzles total) Complete 30 Christmas cards for December Sort out and package up 3 Lego sets Continue on fitness and eating journey (lose 10 lbs) January 1:  Being that we just got home from New Mexico, I spent most of today sleeping. While we were traveling and in New Mexico, I did not sleep the greatest, so being at home in my bed was what my body decided it needed upon returning. I was afraid that if I slept a lot today I wouldn’t be able to go to sleep tonight, but here it is, like 10 pm and I’m tired. So, off to bed I go. January 2:  Today, I am working on an adorable puzzle my sister gave me for Christmas. It’s a mini-puzzle of a bookshelf with some cats on it. The pieces are smaller than a Cheez-It! They’re also kind of tricky, as some pieces fit in the wrong places. But, I finished it, so I have ⅙ of the puzzles done that I plan on doing this month!  I am also preparing to complete another round...