1. book of mormon. i'm embarrassed to admit that i have never ever read the entire book of mormon. so with some inspiration from a new instagram account, i've started to read a little bit every day.

2. journaling. i haven't journaled in, i don't know how long. but at my second orientation for hygiene school, we got fancy journals to keep throughout the next two years. our program director is a big believer in self awareness, so once or twice a week, we have a 3-5 minute pause, then 3 minutes to journal. no one else will ever see this journal, so i'm going to start using it personally as well. my goal is to write a little bit every day. the next year and a half will probably be the hardest i've come across thus far, but i want to remember it. i also want to have something for my future kids to look back on, so that they can know me on a more personal level.

3. house maintenance! gosh this is the dumbest, hardest one. mat and i get in these kicks where we are AWESOME at keeping our house clean, then it slowly goes to crap. but i really, really want to have a nice clean home when we have kids. obviously, its going to get messy, since kids are messy. but i'd like to have a routine. so i found my ideal cleaning schedule on pinterest today, and you better believe i am implementing it starting on monday.

there are a buttload of projects going on over here. tonight mat installed a new door for our pantry/laundry room, and tomorrow he'll finish framing a window and our front door, and putting the finishing touches on our backsplash.  on top of that, our ridiculously talented friend brandon is going to build some built-in shelves/cabinets for us in our living room, and we're moving our desk to the front to make way for the future nursery. i am so excited for these upcoming changes. can we just fast forward time please? get me through this next semester, get this house all updated, and get this babe here! our lives are about to get flipped upside down, but i can not wait. the best part is knowing that mat is just as excited as i am, if not more. daddyhood looks good on him already.