GRATITUDES + BREAKTHROUGHS // APRIL 5, 2016

Gratitudes

Puppies! My parents and my baby sister Kensey both got puppies last week. My parents are now babying a female Boston Terrier that they’ve lovingly named Ziva David from hit show NCIS. Hilarious, I know! Kensey brought home a French Bulldog with an equally as amazing name God”Zilla” Ron – Zilla for short. She added Ron for my Grandpa Ron, who always accompanies my Grandma Jean on her travel adventures. He has a birthday coming up next week!

I changed my polish this week and I love the pop of color from OPI’s Lucky Lucky Lavender. I had a client meeting and can happily report I’ll be adding another couple to my 2016 calendar as well as another 2017 inquiry. I swear, I think it’s the polish.

I was able to poke around a few thrift stores on my birthday and I scooped up two new ones for my collection: Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits – Uptown Girl anyone? And Bob Dylan. I don’t know what it is about thrifting but I love quirky off the wall finds.

I took an amazing yoga class on Friday at Stafford House of Yoga. Audrey led a Candlelight Hot Flow and it was just what I needed at the end of the week. It was challenging, peaceful and I loved the glow of the quartz crystal tea-light holders. I’ll need a few for my home practice.

Breakthroughs

It’s tax time and while I have a bomb-ass CPA I was not as organized as I had originally planned for last year. I had this idea that I would stay disciplined through the year to add expenses and mileage to neatly created spreadsheet and that stopped in April of last year…right a f t e r tax time. So this past week was pure punishment as I sat on the floor organizing my receipts by date, entering values into a spreadsheet, double checking deposits and needed expenses. It was painful and I think I officially learned my lesson, I have set a reminder on my calendar for each month to input the values so that when tax time rolls around next year I won’t be as frustrated or stressed out. Also if anyone has tips or suggestions for how to stay organized and positive through all of the documentation, please share!

As always, thanks for reading. xoxo.