Karrieon

I had the pleasure of being a briesmaid in my best friend’s wedding last week. I got to hold a beautiful bouquet filled with wonderful fall colors. Now those flowers have been sitting in my kitchen all week reminding me of my friend and the wonderful wedding we had last weekend as well as the great adventure she is about to take as a wife and step-mother. And at $60 a bouquet these are the most exspensive set of flowers I have used for this goal.

I sent a card to my grandma last weekend (which was in the middle of a lot of wedding festivities, and I am very proud of myself for remembering). Then this afternoon I just put a card in the mail for one of my good friend’s 30th birthday. I am having dinner with her tonight, but it will be more of a surprise to get a card in the mail tomorrow!

Unfortunately the only birthday card I had on the list to send in December was my grandmother who passed away earlier this year. So in a bittersweet way, I get to cross this off my list early. It has been a fair amount of work. It helps that I marked all the dates on my calendar and bought all the cards ahead of time. But I think that it had brought some joy into people’s lives. And more joy in this world is always a good thing. I hope you keep this up next year!

I have been getting up earlier for over six weeks now. So I am moving this to the accomplished category. It was easier this week because (thanks to the time change) it is sunny when I get up in the morning. The combination of having a warm house, sun shining on me and warm coffee waiting for me has really helped. I used to get up around 8:25 and now I have moved it back to 8:10. I would love to see that pushed back to 8:00 some time. But I would need to find a way to fill that free time with something more motivating than sleep. For now though, this goal is accomplished!