At some point in the past years things have changed. I no longer watched my friends being young in envy. I became content in the security and love that filled my life.

It is Friday night. I am sure many of my friends are getting ready to head out on the town. Do you know where I am?

I am baking cookies with a pretty happy little boy.

and there is nothing you could say to convince me that being young and wild is better than this.

This is the best Friday night I have had in a long time.

And chocolate chip cookies are the perfect ending to a day stuck in bed with the flu.

Well, that is a good question! While I have been setting goals and making plans to start my 52 Weeks to Fabulous.

On another note…my friends have been home. Flying across country from California they were more than shocked my the change in weather.

So we have been hanging out…

and seeing “sights” I never knew exsisted…

and since one of these boys had never seen snow before…Aiden got quite the treat!

I say this is a treat because quite honestly I cringe when I am forced to walk outside. and playing in the snow? yeah…doesn’t exactly happen.

Hope your week is going fabulous! More on my 52 to Fabulous journey tomorrow.

I have a confession to make…

I am a quitter.

Every New Years I make a resolution and by February I am over it. By over it, I mean I pretend it never existed.

This year I am tackling it from a whole new angle. Linda came to me a few weeks ago about hosting a 52 weeks to fabulous. Each week there would be a new challenge. Forcing you to work on different aspects of your life. (which is good for those of us that get bored)

After reminding Linda that I am, in fact, already pretty fabulous. I decided this was a pretty cool idea. So we are tackling everything from organizing your home, spending more time with family, to better blogging.

I want to invite you to join me us in our 52 to Fabulous. Each week we will host a new challenge. (you can follow my progress, or lack of, here) Take part in every challenge or jump in when y0u feel like it.

You can find inspiration and tips on our website. Subscribe to the newsletter (we promise only on newsletter a week) and take part whenever you would like! Grab a button or follow our progress on Twitter (#52tofab)

Happy New Years!

Loving Father, Help us remember the birth of Jesus,

that we may share in the song of the angels,
the gladness of the shepherds,
and worship of the wise men.

Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world. Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting. Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings, and teach us to be merry with clear hearts.

May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children, and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake.   Amen.

I cannot believe how much has happened in the past year. Really, it seems like a decade has past since last year. I am trying to make sense of it but there really is no point.

Last February Aiden turned 3. We celebrated at Jungle Bungle and I marveled in how it was possible to have a three year old. I began working with Blissfully Domestic and broke into the world of blogging. I never would have imagined everywhere it would take me.

In may I finished my sophomore year of college. How I only have two years left is beyond me. It really does fly by.

In June Aiden and I took our first family vacation. We flew out to LA and hung on the beaches, went to Disneyland, and laid by the pool. It was an amazing trip and I am hoping to return next summer. In July I attended BlogHer in Chicago and had a blast. Obama was actually in the same hotel as me. I got to hang out at trump towers. Tour fox news. and be fancy. It was a great time!

In August everything got a bit crazy. We found out that we were going to have to move and packed our stuff up. After staying with my mom for one month. (yes I came out of that alive) Me and Aiden moved into a VERY tiny apartment closer to my school. He started at a new school himself which took some adjusting. We are enjoying our new atmosphere! I also began working with One2One Network as a project manager. I have learned so much from this position and cannot believe that I got here.

September was a crazy month! I was in school full force, adjusting to my new place, working my new job, and traveling like mad. Thanks to Sony, I was invited to fly out to LA. They put me in a hotel that I cannot even put into words how gorgeous it was. I was given cameras, stood on the red carpet, interviewed a couple of movie stars, and hung out with friends. It was the trip of a lifetime. At the end of September, I flew down to Nashville and road to Asheville for the Type A Mom conference. It was a great time. Except for the bears. and the things the altitude did to me.

In October things had finally settled down (a bit). Aiden was spiderman (much to my detest). He thought he was the scariest thing alive. I let him believe it. Mid-October I flew down to Las Vegas for yet another conference. I got to see some amazing people, party with Barbara Jones, shop with Jessica Gottlieb, and see Kim Kardashian. It was a fabulous time. Aiden also milked his first cow, road a horse, and ate his first caramel apple.

November was pretty timid. Aiden and I hang out at home most days. Memory and Candy Land take over a good portion of my life. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and spent much of November at the park and cuddling watching movies.

Here we are back in December. I refused to send Christmas cards this year so this is it. Consider it a Christmas Newsletter/Card…without the card. I hope everyone had a fabulous year and enjoys a Happy Holiday!

Sometimes I miss things.

Every once in a while I will be standing somewhere and it will hit me…

My life is really good.

Something about his way of thought just made sense to me. So today I am approaching the way in which we make decisions and the way in which we should. (according to Kant) 

 ”Kant had argued that hypothetical moral systems do not persuade people to act moral because they are concerned with the outcome as a whole and do little to instruct an individual why it is in their best interest to behave morally.”

 

“A categorical imperative then makes an unconditional requirement to behave in such a way that it is an end in and of itself rather than a justification of that end.”

So often, when we make decisions in life we focus on the end. We justify our decisions by what would have happened. We justify our decisions by what could have happened. We justify our decisions by what should have happened. In truth, the only thing we have control over is our decision. So when making a choice don’t consider the end result consider what is the best choice in that moment. For all that you can control is that moment. For all that you can control is you. Make your decisions wisely for you never know how they may end.

p.s. I could not find the specific reading I was looking for. So I have quoted Wiki Answer. Precise I know. However, these were the exact points I was looking to make. 

So, no I can’t PROVE that I met Chris Brogan.

I cannot show you that yes, I did in fact eat Caviar for the first time.

I cannot show you that I saw Kim Kardashian shopping.
(or how seeing someone so empty hurt my heart)

I only managed to savor one picture and it pretty much sums up the entire trip.

I hung out with friends. I put on pink boas. I danced the night away.

Pictured here with: Allison Worthington and Melanie Nelson.

P.S. Sitscation was a blast! It turned out to be a great conference and I have am so thankful I got the chance to work with such wonderful ladies!