Balance

It's here, we are sitting in our living room in our new house. We have just spent ALL day painting our kitchen         and it looks amazing. I am still in shock, like for real shock. I own my own home and I did it by myself! I'm amazed and proud and so, so happy! But also, pretty overwhelmed. There is a lot of work to be done and sooo, soooo much that I want to do to make this house our own. I want it to feel unique and very true to us. I am just so happy. So I am sitting here in my new living room blogging while watching "Happy New Year Charlie Brown" and it's an hour till 12 to begin 2013. Just what I wanted a low key New Year's Eve. 

Ok, so 2013, my word is balance. I want balance in my life, with my body, with my work and play, with alcohol, with time with my family. I want to enjoy without overindulging and I don't wanna deprive myself. I wanna go out sometimes, I wanna work out several times a week, I wanna eat Chinese once and while and not eat so much I feel like dying and then following that eat tons of other greasy foods days to follow. I wanna eat healthy foods but not to the point where I hit a block and then binge out on junk food. I wanna keep my house clean without killing myself over it. I wanna be able to relax, spend plenty of time with my doggy. I wanna feel good and excited about life and I think the way to do that is to create a balanced life! I hope I can achieve it! 

new year

It's almost time to start a new year, at the end of last year I had just learned I snagged a new job and I had just moved into a duplex with my boyfriend. Here we are at the end of 2012 and we are about to move into the house I bought. Crazy. I was just reading a post in July of this year where I was complaining about how I probably won't have a home of my own or a dog for *such* a long time. Wow, here I am with my pup of almost 4 months and a 3 bed 1/2 bath house that I'm about to move in. A house with a big backyard for my pup and our future children, a house that we could raise our kids in, a house I am extremely proud of, I am so happy about all of this change. It doesn't seem possible, I thought I was still soooo far away from that place but it turned out that I wasn't and here I am. I feel really proud of my life. I'm sure there are people who probably thought I wouldn't amount to much and maybe in their eyes I haven't. In my eyes, I have a great job that provides me a comfortable life and that allows me to learn and interact with new people and grow everyday. I have a beautiful home in a safe area with a man who loves me well and a sweet pup who we adore. I guess I'm writing this post to freeze a moment in time, where life is fresh and exciting and new chagnes are about to take place. I just wanna say that at this time I am extremely happy and grateful.