Dreams and Goals for December 2020

In typical Bekah fashion, I am crafting my December goals starting at 11 p.m. the night before this post goes up for you to read. I'm pretty sure that I start the January goal post mid-December every year and spend days and days getting the year off to a strong start. By December...well...it's all happening the night before. So here are my hastily compiled (but no less sincere) goals!

1. Address and mail Christmas cards.

Do you all remember address books? Do any of you still keep an honest-to-goodness paper address book? I had one for years and years, but I couldn't keep it in pretty order, what with people moving/getting married/getting unmarried/having babies...you know how it goes. And then I married Ryan and that alone added about 80 more entries to my book, because he has TONS of family members. So I moved to a easily edited Word document version, and it made life so happy. Until...it got to the point where we had some people in the address book that we weren't really Christmas card swappers with, but it felt mean to delete them from the list entirely. So now I have TWO Word documents. The unabridged address list and the Chirstmas card list. And somehow, someway, in the last year, both of them became an utter mess. Sometimes I updated one but not the other. Sometimes I failed to update either. And 2020 was the year a significant number of our friends moved (and we did too!) so everything was out of date everywhere. It took me a couple of hours one night to straighten out both of them, actually. So now that they are all pretty, the addresses have to move FROM the list TO the cards. Ryan is always good to help with this project, which I appreciate, but I gotta get it done. We've had the cards for a few weeks now, and the letter is complete. It's just assembly time.

2. Finish shopping and wrap all the gifts. 

Happily, I had more gifts purchased than I realized. And I did hit a good sale last night, so I got a few more. Now I have to figure out what we have, what we need, buy the rest, and wrap them all up! I usually do all the wrapping, even though in full disclosure, Ryan is a MUCH better gift wrapper than I am. His look like they should be stamped "wrapped by a professional." Mine are lucky to have the whole gift covered. I'm tellin' you. He's so talented. 

3. Work on (dare we dream to COMPLETE?) the backsplash and flooring - and more? - in Abby.

We have ordered some peel and stick backsplash for Abby's little kitchen, and we hope to get that all pieced together and applied this month. (If you're new here, Abby is our little RV. I realize not much about this point makes sense if you don't know that.) Ryan says he feels like it could be feasible to complete the flooring project in there, too. We have that purchased, but we have to install it. And maybe a couple of other small finishing projects in there? Maybe that's biting off more than we can chew, but it's good to dream.

4. Try out a mini capsule wardrobe.

This may not end up working out, but I'm going to give it a shot. I had a surge of creative spark last week and came up with an idea to try a mini capsule wardrobe for December - using a specific set of colors. (Purple, black, white, and gray.) I've gathered together the pieces I owned and am trying to see how many combinations I can come up with using what I already own. We'll see how it goes! 

5. Enjoy whatever version of the Christmas season comes to pass.

Ryan and I have moved to a Hallmark-esque town, and tonight was supposed to be the lighting of the Christmas tree. It's been cancelled - as have all other Christmas festivities. I understand and am not surprised, of course, but it does make me sad. We have a couple of things planned here at WillowBridge for our building (which is essentially our day-to-day family) but we also know any of that might have to be altered if anyone ends up in quarantine. We have no idea what family we will or will not get to see. In all of it, we know we do have a cozy home with TONS of trees. We have the ability to walk around and enjoy light displays on our own, even if there isn't any organized fanfare to go with it. We have sappy TV movies. We have more than enough to have a completely enjoyable season. And I want to enjoy it all to the fullest. 

I wish I could make more concrete goals, but being too specifically lofty in the busiest month of a pandemic year seems unwise. I want to enjoy our anniversary, whatever it ends up looking like. I want to enjoy Christmas, whatever it ends up looking like. I want to finish the year well. 

Any of you making goals for December??