With this new year brings lots of new changes. Lots of changes. Let me take a sip of my beverage and tell you what is going on in my life.....
1. I moved back to Iowa. I know what you are thinking...IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER? FROM FLORIDA? ARE YOU CRAZY? Yes, I believe I might be a little crazy, but here I am. Bundled up, freezing, gloomy outside, looking out the window at my brand new car ramped up a snowbank and I'm writing this by the glow of the fire in the fireplace. I'm living in Des Moines, with my cousin Paige in a super nice 2 bedroom/2 bathroom apartment. I have been here for a week now and I really do like the area that I am living in. It's West Des Moines, with lots going on here, seems to be majority my age group, and anything I could need is all within a one mile radius. So far, so good. Love being around my friends again and can't wait for the new adventures. I need to get adjusted again to the cold and the snow. I swear my blood thinned living in Florida. Suck it up! I am missing my family like crazy though and my family dog, Wrigley. Thank goodness for face time..and who ever said you couldn't face time a dog?
2. I have a dog of my own. So I am officially a "mommy." Geez do I have my hands FULL. He is a morkie...almost 4 months old. I named him "Jax"
I had gone into Petland one day (as I have always liked to do to play with the puppies) and I met Jax. Got him out of the cage and played with him and thought he was the cutest thing ever. I have always wanted a morkie. A morkie is a mix of a maltese and a yorkie. But I knew I had my upcoming big move to Iowa and quite frankly just did not want the responsibility. So I put him back in the cage and thought that was that. 3 days later I come home from work and SURPRISE! Here is this morkie! My parents thought he would help with the move and also felt I needed the responsibility. All in all, he was a good surprise. I am overwhelmed some days, as to be expected. Potty training is a bitch and I can't stand how he is chewing everything in sight, including hands and for some reason he has an obsession with noses. But when he is being calm, he is the best cuddle dog ever..and probably the cutest. He did really great on the 22 hour road trip here. And just like me, he is adjusting to the cold and being in Iowa. He doesn't quite know what to think of the snow...other than the fact he shakes to death like he has hypothermia whenever he steps into it. So Jax and I are starting this new chapter together. Is it sad I had to buy a man that will love me unconditionally? :) |
| meet Jax |
Everyone always has New Years Resolutions. Does anyone ever stick to them?! Well I came up with a few and I'm sure as hell going to try to accomplish each and every one of them.
1. Go on a date. Seems simple enough. But in my life, its really not.
2. Stop being a doormat. Already making steps to change this and am becoming better and better!
3. Lose 10 pounds. I know, everyone has a resolution to lose weight. But I'm going to. And it helps to have a roommate that is really big into Advocare and working out. And we have an awesome gym here. No reason this can't be done.
4. Blog more. I can do this, I really can. I have a friend who is doing amazing due to the blog world and it inspires me to blog more. Even if nobody reads this, it does feel good to write.
That is my list. And its a pretty decent one. I can do it!
So here is my first blog of 2013. The year that will be my year! Out with the old, and in with the new!!
