September in Review

Hey everyone...HAPPY FRIDAY!! Boy do I mean that. I haven't been so happy to have a weekend come along in a while.

Yesterday was October 1, and Gareth asked me how I thought my plans & intentions for the month had gone. WELL I realized that I should do a recap and review over here on the blog-aroo! So here we go.

1. Cook a completely new ethnic food, including shopping in an ethnic store-
We did this! Well, FINE, Gareth did this. He made butter chicken, shrimp curry and naan bread all from scratch for my dad's bday. Good job babe!

2. Try a new recipe at least once a month-Again, with Gareth being home I haven't cooked much at all. So I shall try this month to try out a new recipe!

3. Rediscover Edmonton-Have tourist days-We didn't have a "tourist day" persay, but we have been wandering downtown to find some photoshoot locations, and Gareth has been wandering around the farmer's fields taking lots of pics.

4. Weekend getaway/discovery trips in Alberta-This...well, this kinda happened. We went up to the lake! But alas, no discovery trips. And it won't be happening for a while I'm afraid.

5. Date nights twice a month (one for each of us!)-again, I suck! Gareth made me a wonderful candlelit dinner this month. I had "plans and intentions" for some date nights, but the weather turned to crap and I've been so busy this month. No excuse!! Maybe I will have to do 2 in October.

6. 1 photography day a month-We have been doing wonderful with this, as we have been doing lots of photoshoots. I really made this one for Gareth as this is his passion and I want him to nurture that passion and allow it to grow, and he's been taking pictures nearly every day! Good job babe.

7. Write in the blog 3 times a week minimum-I have been exceeding this! Nearly every weekday. I love it!

8. Workout minimum 3 times a week-This is the first week in ages I am only going to get to 3 days of workouts. Again, this was a crappy week for me. No excuse, but on the whole I've been doing well.

9. Try a new restaurant every other month-We don't eat out much, and last month we didn't eat out anywhere new at all, so this hasn't happened. Might not be happening for a while.

10. FINALLY go on the hot air balloon ride Gareth booked as his proposal idea-This is booked for Monday morning!! Keep your fingers crossed for us that we can go up, and we don't freeze.

11. Skydive-This is a long term kinda goal. Hasn't happened yet.

12. Don't make too many plans!! Have days to just be-Oh man, this DID NOT happen this month. I was lucky enough to play model for a friend who became a professional makeup artist (YAY Nicole!) and that took up some time. And I feel like I've been trying to catch up with people who I didn't see before the wedding because I was so busy. BUT I only have plans one day next week, which is a good-bye party for a friend, so next week looks promising to not be crazy busy.

13. Be nice to people (truly nice)...you get what you give-This is going to be a constant effort, as it shoud be for everyone. I think I'm pretty good at it though :).

14. Get published!-Welllllll...no publishing going on here yet. BUT I did land a freelance editing job! So that's pretty cool, right?!

15. Write a list of what makes me happy, and make sure I do/have one thing on that list every day-I did! I did! I need to look at it more though.

16. Read, Read, Read-Pretty good for the month. I read on the elliptical in the mornings when I go to the gym, so I haven't read much this week, because I haven't been to the gym. Back to it!

So there you have it. Not all of these goals are weekly, or even monthly. Some are for everyday. But it's nice to look at them like this and see where I need to work on things (like date night, sorry babe!).

We have some fun, exciting plans for the weekend, including...dun dun duuun...THREE photoshoots! I just love to do these as we get to hang out with fun people, be outside, go to new/different places and just generally have an awesome time. It is tiring though so we don't have too many plans for the evenings. Movies maybe?

I might be back today as I am working on a longer post. If not, you'll see it Monday!

Have a happy weekend!

Shauna xox