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Monday, January 2, 2012

My First Blog/Happy New Years!

Hello to those of you that will read me! This is my first experience with a blog...so, I hope I will continue to use this as a means of keeping family and friends up to date with our lives as well as just a place for me to share about anything!
I will start with what has been going on for us:
 Tosh: I just started my new job, in the mother/baby unit at IU Health Arnett hospital. Same hospital, just transferred to baby land. I have finally got started on the road to getting where I ultimately want to be, the NICU. I'm also hoping it will guide in the right direction/help me decide about going back to school to get my master's degree. We shall see! I am also still coaching all-star cheerleading for Cheer Alliance Indiana (formerly Cheer Express, we are now part of a larger gym family!). I help coach two teams this year, our youth level 1 team, ages 5-12 and our junior level 2 team, ages 7-14.

Trav: Trav recently took a delivery driver position at Lowe's. He is excited for the change of pace and for being out of the lumber department. He also recently finished his on-line classes and earned a bachelors degree in criminal justice with a minor in history.  So now the job search can begin for a job in the criminal justice field!

I also wanted to share some of my New Year's Resolutions:
1) Get healthier. Lose weight, eat healthier, drink less pop (goal: Stop drinking pop altogether) and more water, get back on track with working out (and stop wasting money by using our gym membership!) *Keep myself accountable for this*
2) Be smarter with our finances. We have been doing very well with saving, but now to focus on paying off our debt. (Stop wasting money...use our gym memberships!) Use more coupons, take our lunch to work, stop eating out so much!
3) Find a church. We will stop putting this off...we did go to one church with some co-workers of mine and enjoyed it but also want to check out some others, too. We need to get on track with our faith. *Any suggestions of churches in the West Lafayette area that you enjoy would be helpful!*

Those are my three big ones for now. And just in general, pay it forward and be mindful of other people, I don't know what their situation is...they may have it worse than I do. Enjoy the little things, and enjoy the life I have. For being 25 & 26, we have a great life. A house, two cars that run pretty well, and the ability to buy what we need as well as things we want. We shouldn't complain, as lots of people/families cannot do this. Let's all work on being more thankful for what we have! I hope to keep myself accountable by blogging about my experiences with keeping up with my resolutions! Especially the getting healthier and finding a church/my faith!

Bella