Goodbye 2012...Hello to a new year and new
resolutions. I've been really good at failing to keep my resolutions the last
few years. But this year will be different...right? At least I won't
be planning a wedding in 4.5 months again ;)
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| Hubby and I - aren't we cute?! ;) |
Dustin and I made a
hard decision together this fall, that I will not be returning to
school. Not this year anyway. I'm so excited for my opportunity to
become a stay-at-home wife and try my best to keep the house clean
and organized (after it gets to that state for the first time! Ha!).
On top of that, I feel that this is the perfect time in my life to
learn how to sit and reflect on my days and learn how to best share
it with you, my lovely reader! I really enjoyed my NaMoCroMo journey
back in 2011 and getting into a swing of daily blogging. It was a
challenge like no other!
In addition to my
plans for blogging, I am getting myself back into the swing of
designing crochet patterns! I feel like I've been successful recently
with the launch of my Pleiades Shawl in October and releasing my
first free pattern just last week.
I'm very fortunate to live just a
mile and a half up the road from my LYS here in Janesville (aka
Dragonfly Yarn Shop). Making friends with the shop owner was #1 on my
list, and it's so nice to attend the Thursday afternoon open knitting
time! I'm also planning on joining the Janesville Knitting Guild
despite the fact I crochet more than knit :) I was also pleasantly
surprised to discover that there is a SnB group that meets regularly
in town. I don't think I'll be lacking for yarn-loving friends
anytime soon!
On the home front, I
fell behind in my great plans for our apartment. Maybe going through
my first trimester of pregnancy brought this on? Yes, you read that
right! I am so pleased to share with you that Dustin and I are
expecting a little bundle of joy in about 6-1/2 months! I'm so eager
to begin crocheting little sweaters and booties galore...but I've
been making myself wait until our only (planned) ultrasound to find
out if we are expecting a little girl or a little boy. Dustin is
positive it's a boy. I haven't had any mommy-intuition as to what it
is...other than dreaming once that it was a boy. I guess we will find
out soon though! Just to go off on a little rabbit trail, I've really
be thinking about having a fun little gender reveal party when the
time comes to find out what we're having. It's just a thought
though...nothing is definite :)
Where was I? Oh
yeah. Now that I'm almost out of my first trimester (12 weeks now!)
I've noticed that my energy levels are almost back to their
pre-pregnancy levels. It's so nice to be able to mostly make it
through the days now. Especially since our apartment needs attention!
Going to school full time was really rough sometimes this fall. There
were a lot of days I didn't know how I would make it until it was
time to go home...but I did it! And pulled off a 3.875 GPA while I
was at it. Not bad, if you ask me.
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| Me and my sweet baby siblings - Joel and Annalie |
So, this is just a
bit to get you back up to speed on where I am in my life! I hope
everyone has a ton of fun celebrating the new year tonight! I myself
will be celebrating with my family...and also celebrating my awesome
little brother Joel's 9th birthday! He is such a cutie...I
remember very well spending the night at the hospital with him and my
mom 9 years ago. Where does time go?
Happy New Year!
Chelsea
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