All Moved In

Hi! Sorry that I haven’t posted in over a week. I have spent the majority of the past week unpacking and trying to overcome a little cold. My sister came to visit us and helped me organize my closet and bathroom. She was blessed with all of the organizing genetics between the two of us. I’m working on it though! I spent almost a whole day unpacking and organizing the kitchen so that it would be just right. An unorganized kitchen takes some of the fun out of cooking and baking.

I got one of the new iPhone’s for my birthday, so someone has been playing around with Instagram a little too much. Here are some of my favorite things from this past week:

Our first homemade dinner in our new house.

Layla all comfy cozy on the couch.

My sister, Blake and I went out for coffee Sunday morning at Sister's Coffee Company. Americano and espresso beans for the house.

I asked Blake what he wanted for his birthday dessert. He wanted chocolate chip cookies. No surprise there!

Driving into town to run some errands. Layla had to help drive - like always!

My at-home gym. "Newlyweds" is on the TV and I am so happy with this little set-up.

Zevia Root Beef Float that satisfied my sweet tooth.

I’ll try to take some photos of the beautiful scenery to share. It looks a lot different from where I grew up on the Oregon coast or even the Portland area. It’s more “high dessert” like over here. There isn’t as much greenery as the western part of the state, but it rains a lot less. I love it over here and already feel so at home.

Since I had a lot of free time while up in Alaska this past month, I thought about how I should structure this blog. When I started blogging (about two years ago) I just wanted to share my recipes, fitness and health ideas. Blogging eventually lead me back to school to study nutrition. I became so busy between work and studying, that I chose to take some time away from the blog. When I started blogging again, I felt an obligation to write a new post each day. Sometimes, this isn’t possible and I start to feel bad because I want to provide you with fresh, daily content.

When I gave myself permission to take a step back and not worry about posting new content, I felt a bit of relief. I also started to wonder if it was worth continuing the blog? When you write a blog and post your photos online, you are putting yourself out there. You are giving others a chance to judge or mock you. You are sharing parts of yourself or life that you could chose to hide away and protect from other people’s view. Parts of who you are become exposed for anyone to view. But, on the flip side, you can learn and share helpful information that could be useful to others. You might inspire someone to try something new or possibly bring a little joy and positivity to someone else’s day. If you stay true to who you are and post about what you love, I believe that the good will outweigh any possible negativity.

Since I have decided to continue blogging and sharing parts of my life with you, I am struggling with exactly what parts to share. I tend to be inspired and excited by many different things:

• Cooking and baking
• Exercise
• Healthy lifestyle choices
• Positive personal development
• Spirituality
• Graphic design and crafts
• and so much more!

It’s hard to decide exactly what to focus on writing about, when I have so many interests. Should I focus on one genre or should I write about whatever comes to mind that day?

If you enjoy reading my blog and want to see more than just random, rambling posts like todays, please let me know what you enjoy reading about the most. I know that this is my blog and I can write about anything I want, but it’s helpful to know what you want to read about. Please leave a comment below of what you would like to see more of on the blog. Thank you!

I’m off to finish a very special project that I have been working on. I’ll be back tomorrow to share it with you. Hint: it involves the holidays and will help keep you away from the loads of cookies and candies that magically appear this time of the year.

Much love,

Kilee