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Hey Guys!

As of today- the smartest and I are relocated to a brand new blog: http://lovebisforbrown.blogspot.com. I would love love love if you would join us there!

2013 Goals

A fresh year is always sort of daunting to me- I can’t ever figure out how to get to where I want to be. Some pieces are a little more evident- if I want to fit back into my shorts collection by summer, I should get up and exercise every day. Other things are a little more abstract- like figuring out how to chase your dreams, or write a novel, or be more self assured. Nevertheless, you won’t know if you succeed if you don’t know what you are attempting to succeed AT- so here are a couple of goals for 2013:

Business Goals:

-       Set up B is for Brown website

-       Implement new blog/ blog design

-       250 new etsy sales

-       15 new products in the shop

-       Blog at least 3 times per week

Personal Goals:

-       Teach Georgie to sit, stay, come, drop it and walk on a leash

-       Read more

-       Finish the “love” writing project

-       Take more photos

-       Read my Bible more consistently

-       Learn a new illustration style

-       Leave the country (not in a permanent running from the law sort of way, in a touristy visiting sort of way)

-       Utilize our gym membership to its fullest

 And, just for good measure, a sleeping puppy for your Friday:) 

2012 Goal Review

As we dash into the new year (and I do feel like we are dashing, stupid time-holiday continuum), it seems high time to review my 2012 goals and see how things went. My goals for last year were:

-        Do my hair more

-        Have 70 new Etsy Sales

-        Read the Bible more

-        Write more

-        Run 3 5Ks

-        Exercise more

-        Sew 3 things

-        Be braver

-        Enjoy the little things

-        Take better pictures

-        Launch BisforBrown

-        Be able to touch my toes

And here’s the breakdown of how thing worked out:

-        I cut all of my hair off. Which is sort of like doing it more, but really there was just less to do.

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I had 356 Etsy orders. This pretty much blows my mind, and my hope for 70 out of the water. How blessed am I?

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I consistently read the bible more for the first 4 months… and then completely fell off the wagon.

-        I started several writing projects, bits and pieces of which you have read.

-        We ran 1 5K.

-        We did exercise more…ish. We actually joined a gym in December, so here’s to a healthier 2013!

-        I sewed… one thing. I had to facetime mama artist so she could help me thread my bobbin. Maybe this year I will master the bobbin and the sewing…

-        Bravery is sort of hard to quantify. I faced my fear and quit my job, so maybe that can count as one point on the side of adventure.

-        We enjoyed all of our little moments this year- frozen yogurt dates, hunting for a swimming pool and visiting the zoo.

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Rather than learning more about my camera… I took less photos. So this one probably a mark in the “fail” column.

-        B is for Brown launched in March, so the sound of great excitement on my part. Yay!

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I can touch my knees. I am absolutely no where NEAR touching my toes. Judge me, I know I do.