September to Remember

Initially we wanted to do a vacation to Europe this September in honor of our 2nd year anniversary
(hence views of Amalfi coast in my Art Journaling ~ the location of our Honeymoon),
Instead we our focusing on making our new house a HOME.

September will always be a month to remember, as my husband and I were married in September. This month we are celebrating our 2nd year wedding anniversary. (Really, we were married in February & September, so technically we've been married 2.5 years....BUT...who's counting) :)

One of my favorite pictures from our September wedding

To add to the excitement of this month, we also moved into our 1st home together in a new city (as you know I've been writing a bit about moving to Louisville). So, it would seem for me the past few years, September is a month of transition, new beginnings and celebrations.

Just in the short week and half that we've been living in Louisville, I've learned that my main focus over the next month(s) will be patience. Patience with myself, with the process of owning a home, fixing things, purchasing big items, meeting people, finding work, building a community.....oh, the list goes on. Nothing happens overnight. Just like one can not walk into a yoga class for the first time and expect to be able to do every yoga pose on Day 1; what we can count on is mistakes, falling, learning, growing and building upon a solid foundation.

So, I wish to mindfully and with patience work through September's goals (which will likely be my goals for the next several months):

• Begin working with the exercises in the book The Artist's Way ~ discovering your creative self

• Explore Louisville's creative shopping options for perfect new/vintage home items
• Antique stores
• Resale Shops
• Yard/Garage Sales

• Visit Yoga Studios ~ At least one a week to explore the Yoga cOMmunity and introduce myself

• Seek Yoga Teaching Opportunities

• Organize & Decorate our house to make it our HOME
• Create Stained Glass windows for our living room
• Paint the Basement floor

• Buy a car -- We did yesterday!

• Embrace the beauty of Louisville through grounding walks (aka: train for Disney Half Marathon)

• One form of Exercise daily
• Yoga
• Leisurely Bike around the city on my new~vintage bike
• Walk/Running

It's never too late to set goals for your month....it truly does help to ground me in what is realistic to accomplish and helps to focus my efforts during my days and evenings. Have you set your goals yet?