After the busyness of my December, and a wonderful vacation with my family the first week of January, my body succumbed to a flu-like virus and had me down and out for the second week of January. I spent the third week of January getting my bearings back. Happily, I still managed to do a few things this month that helped keep me sane.
- I have read four books this month and I am on target for my Goodreads Reading Challenge this year. I reviewed one on January’s edition of Quick Lit. The other three, I will review during next month’s edition. I also completed one category of the Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Reading Challenge. One down, 11 more to go. I am really enjoying my lighter reading fare that I have continued this month. Staying sane.
- I have started listening to Modern Mrs. Darcy’s new podcast: What Should I Read Next. There have been four episodes all ready and I have enjoyed each one. My To Be Read list of books has grown considerably. I wonder if I may ever be a guest because I would love to hear her personalized recommendations for what I should read next. One can dream (sigh).
- I have made some progress on another one of my intentions for 2016: removing things that are not useful, beautiful, or loved. I used the Martin Luther King holiday to clean out my closet and am moving on to my books in the next week. I am excitedly working on my posts to share with you soon.
- I began training for my half marathon in April. It’s kind of cold for me to be running outside so I have been training on a treadmill. The bad news is that it is harder to run on a treadmill than outside. The good news is that it is harder to run on a treadmill than outside. I will be thrilled when I can take my training outside permanently. Although one time, I got so tired of running on the treadmill, I did take it outside in spite of the cold. But I did complete the miles for the day; very proud! Running again makes me realize that I MUST run regularly in order to stay sane.
- I participated in the Love Notes Postcard Project {14} this month, the first of four rounds this year. I LOVE this project and had the pleasure of interviewing its creator, Jennifer Belthoff. If you missed it, you can read it here. My partner, Susan, was awesome! I loved her postcards.
- My birthday was this week. Received the gorgeous flowers, pictured above, from the Hubby created by Ron and Mark of InBloom Floral Design Studios. They are amazing!
Once again, I will be linking up with Leigh Kramer and her What I’m Into Link-Up. You can check out what other folks are into here.
Let me know what you’ve been up to this New Year in the comments. I LOVE comments!
enjoy life…
shannan enjoys life! 
I’m loving Modern Mrs. Darcy’s podcast too! Two of my favorite things (books and podcasts) rolled into one; what’s not to live?!
I know! Absolutely love them. Thank you for commenting.
Happy Birthday! Also I am now off to check out the Love Notes Project!
Thank you for the sentiment. Yes, Loves Notes is great! The next round will be in April. I will announce it on my blog so look out for it, OK? Thank you for reading and commenting.
Perfect! I look forward to it!
Wasn’t the Love Notes project fun?! I’m so glad that you introduced me to it! 🙂 I’m definitely in for the next round!
I am so glad you participated and had fun! That makes me happy!
My January didn’t go as planned either – sick one week, recovering the next, vacation the next week, recovering this week. Can’t remember my last workout, but February is the new January so here we go!
& can’t wait for your closet post – I need inspiration for organizing mine 🙂
Wow! You have been busy! Great to see so much good energy in all you are doing!
PS happy belated birthday for the other day.
Thank you for those kind words TaLisa! And thanks so much for reading.
Happy birthday!
Thank you so much Cheyanne! I enjoy your blog.