2015 in review.....2016 Goals!!

Grab a cup of coffee, tea and a snack for this 2015 in review!
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January –

• Braved the cold. It was one of the coldest months we had in finishing out the winter here in Michigan.
• Still continued to work on my gains in the gym and brought a friend with me to start on her journey.
• Took a work trip to Florida and had the time of my life while meeting some amazing people.

Februrary-

• Did the hokey pokey at the McDonald’s for my breakfast with my daughter.
• My father died.

March-

• Went to the Arnold Sports Festival with my love and bought some amazing Mancakes.
• My daughter had an amazing time with spirit week at school.
• She had her 9th BIRTHDAY!
• On that same day, my car was vandalized by her father.

April-

• I PR’d with 305# on a deadlift.
• My love PR’d with a 455# deadlift.
• I started a very long, but much needed, custody battle.

May-

• Celebrated our one year dating anniversary by going to a Tigers baseball game, the Detroit Zoo and participating in shenanigans there.
• Ella started township soccer.
• Andrew had his first Loons baseball game experience while getting chosen to do a game on the field.
• Wedding planning and projects were well on their way.

June-

• Addie taught me how to make fabric flowers!
• I tore my hand doing rack pulls and wrapped it with electrical tape. #beastmode
• I also hyper extended my knee while doing a trail race with Addie!

July-

• The love and I snuck away to Mackinaw City to bring back the beach sand he proposed on for the bottom of our sand holder.
• Celebrated Fourth of July with the Bay City fireworks.

August-

• Volunteered in a Battle Frog Series race with Addie in Pennsylvania. Tried to do the course and couldn’t finish because of my knee. Had a wonderful time waiting for her to finish!
• “Went” to a Tim McGraw concert.
• Started yet another “diet”.
• Sent out wedding invitations.
• Tried a new bold lip color.

September-

• PR’d on a deadlift with 320# after the knee injury. Then again a week later PR’d with a 325#.
• I purged a lot of clothing.
• Had a wonderful Bridal Shower.

October-

• Had an amazing girl’s weekend in Chicago for my bachelorette weekend.
• Discovered Emma likes to drink out of the toilet, like a dog.
• Got a pixie cut the week before my wedding.
• GOT MARRIED!!!
• Spent a long weekend in Traverse City with my love.
• Watched a very good best friend of mine perform in Rocky as Rocky.
• Decided to stop dieting, forever.

November--

• Started crocheting again and made hats, and a blanket for my love.
• Celebrated my birthday, turning 30.
• Sewed some new projects.
• Got a new baby kitty named Jennah.

December-

• Celebrated my nephew turning 1.
• Moved in to a new home.
• Met old friends for our yearly dinner at Bennagins.
• Had a wonderful low key Christmas.
• Made a promise to never give up.
• My mother’s significant other passed away unexpectedly.

 
When I look at 2015 as a whole, it was filled with many adventures, love, heartache and repair. Some relationships I broke off because I refuse to settle for being berated, talked down to and accused of doing things that I had no control over. Other relationships, I found a strong bond with, pursued further and built strongly. It was full of heartache as my father died and I encountered another death before the year had ended. BUT as I read through what I have accomplished, the biggest accomplishment was marrying my best friend and giving up diets or the rest of my life. This doesn’t mean that I will eat out of control BUT it does mean that I will no longer be a restricted, binge eater and I can move forward in my life by repairing and closing what food has suppressed for the past 30 years of my life.
16 GOALS for 2016:

1. Become the best version of me. This will include leaving things, people, relationships, and hardships in 2015 that will not be brought up as past thing in 2016.
2. Continue not to diet and find my strength in the gym.
3. Run 10 5k’s and 2 10k’s.
4. Love myself in ALL forms and phases my body will go through.
5. Journal for 10 minutes each day, minimum.
6. Read a minimum of 3 hours each week.
7. Compete in minimum 2 Powerlifting competitions.
8. Laugh More.
9. Build a stronger relationship with my daughter.
10. Eat Well.
11. Do more DIY projects.
12. Stay organized.
13. Blog 3 times a week, at a minimum.
14. Pay off 50% or more of my debt.
15. Travel to a minimum of 3 new places with people I love.
16. Build a stronger, deeper relationship with my husband.

Life is too short to fill it with people and things that are not good for my soul. Life is also too short to sit around and wish that I had done more or went more places. 2016 I will leave a lot of things and people in 2015. I will carry my dad with me always but 2016 I will free myself of the “shoulda, woulda, coulda’s” and fill it with God’s promise that I can do all things through him.
 
HERE is to the BEST year of repairing my soul!
3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.