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BDV: 2015 Begins

Happy Friday!

It's already one week (plus a couple extra days) into 2015. How are you holding up with your resolutions? Staying strong, I greatly hope. You can do this! I believe in you!

Did I set any resolutions for myself? Some, but not in the sense that most people do. As you may know if you have read some of my past blogs, I prefer to make my yearly goals around my birthday since that's how I gauge my general success -- by my own life-year, versus calendar year. Soooo, I'm still in the stages of making those goals.

One goal I did make for the year of 2015 is to blog every day. Whew, it's not as easy as it sounds, for sure, but it's something that I feel will greatly help my business and for me to connect with you all. After all, if you're still reading my ramblings, I figure that you saw one of my daily posts. ;-)

My first nine days of 2015 in a nutshell:

No, I wasn't actually in Seattle Center, but I did want a festive picture of the explosion of fireworks! Do you recognize this as my first picture post over on Instagram. (Pst: go follow me!)

Planning is what I do: Simply Bellezza video schedule with Ernie-cat cozy at my feet.
Getting back into the groove of filming - a sneak peak of a transformation to come!  It'll take you to a whole new world. ;-)
A belated Christmas dinner with my roomies - Korean BBQ at Arirang in Edmonds, off of Hwy 99.  They bring you platters of food, and you cook it yourself. There was SO much meat!
My guilty pleasure: watching Law & Order: SVU. I love me some Olivia Benson. Cozy in bed with chai tea and M&Ms (don't judge my sweet tooth. haha)
I've been eating taco salad practically all week: ground turkey taco meat, avocado, greens, onion, corn, cilantro, salsa, tortilla chips, and a dollop of sour cream ...YUM! Not so pretty though. haha
Loving me some new candles from Bath & Body Works: Black Tie & Mahogany Teakwood. I love their masculine scents for my bedroom.
Probably the funniest thing to happen all week. A co-worker got pranked with plastic wrap covering his chair, keyboard, mouse, coffee mug, calculator... No, it wasn't me!
The biggest gummy bear I've ever seen. Someone left it in the
Commons at work, so someone decided to take it. I asked to take the pic.
And that's that! It was a long and tiring week due to a lot of stuff to be done at work and blogging every day, but I made it through and even happened to find some enjoyable moments this week. 

What was your favorite part of the week? Let me know. I'd love to hear it.

Big hugs and a joyous cheer for Friday!

Em

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