Happy New Year!

Nathan and I spent our New Year's Eve evening (I had to work during the day) cooking a wonderful meal together with chocolate fondue for dessert, and watching Game of Thrones until the ball dropped. This is the second year in a row that we have had fondue on New Year's Eve and we think it is a fun tradition that we would like to continue. We are also celebrating 8 YEARS TOGETHER!!! Isn't that crazy?!?! Man, does time fly...

Before I get into the heart of my New Year's Post, I wanted to share with you my Holiday via my instagram pictures. It was a pretty relaxing and uneventful Christmas holiday, but that is what made it so nice. Follow me on instagram = emilym71815 for more pictures of daily life at King's Corner.

I wanted to start off this year on my blog with my New Year's Resolutions. Like many people out there, I am guilty of making resolutions every new year, and then not keeping them. So, I am hoping that by writing them down in the form of a blog post, I will be more accountable and keep my resolutions for at least a few months!

My first RESOLUTION: DRINK MORE WATER. For some reason, this is so hard for me! I have never been a huge water drinker. I get annoyed with how many times I have to go to the bathroom... maybe I have a small bladder or something. Anyway, I would much rather have some yummy, fruity juice than just water. My main motivation for this resolution is that I have found that I now get headaches when I am dehydrated. I don't remember getting these sorts of headaches when I was in high school and college. When I drink more water, I don't seem to get headaches as often. Water is also just really good for your health in general and I want to try to be a bit healthier in 2015. My plan to drink more water, which I actually started a few weeks ago, is to drink 5-6 cups while I am at work. In the morning I fill up my Camelbak water bottle (3 cups) and my tumbler (2 cups) and I make myself a cup of tea. I have to finish all of these containers by the time that I leave work. Then when I go home, I can drink my juice and milk and so on, but I don't have to focus on drinking water while I am at home. It has been working out great so far, so, I hope I can keep it up!

My second RESOLUTION: WORK OUT 2 HOURS EACH WEEK. This may seem a little pathetic, but I just don't have a good workout routine. I have struggled with this ever since volleyball season ended my senior year of high school. I was so used to working out in a group with my volleyball team, that it was really hard to motivate myself to work out on my own. My fiance, Nathan, is very active and is very good at motivating himself to go for runs and workout on his own. It is something that I really admire about him. I'm hoping to get better at this by setting this very flexible resolution/goal. I wanted this goal to be attainable and flexible. If I start out by only working out 2 hours a week, then I can either do two 1 hour workouts, or four 1/2 hour workouts, and so on... I liked the flexibility to start out with. I'm hoping after a few months of this routine, I can increase my time to 2.5 or 3 hours per week.

I am only making these two resolutions. I think they will both help me be a bit healthier in 2015 and help me look wonderful in my wedding dress come July!!

What are your New Year's Resolutions??