Hello stranger.. a fun romance novel

 I just finished this romance novel.  It was very interesting because you learn about face blindness.  Often at work I see so many people I think I have face blindness. But now I know that is not true.

I enjoyed this book, of course I love romance novels so that might be why. I’m sure I will read more by this author.

Kimberly 

Looking for a newer car.

Since our daughter got into a

Car accident we have been looking 

At used cars today find a new car for her.

The first car we looked at, 

My husband would not even drive. So that meant 

He did not like it at all.

The second car we looked at today.

We took for a drive. He liked it, we want to try 

Some other cars before making a decision.

But it was cold and sleeting outside.

So maybe we will go back next week.

Kimberly 

 

I Have a Holiday hangover! Here’s what I did Valentines week.

All last week I made Valentine’s Day 

Balloons.

Here is a photo of the balloons one of my coworkers 

Made. 

This balloon was very popular.

We sold all the ones we made. 

On Sunday I was exhausted.  I had a holiday hangover.

I did sell the most balloons in the company. We only had 38 balloons left by the end of the day. I still have to figure out how many balloons we made.

What a busy week!

Kimberly 

 

Weekly coloring pages

Here are some photos of my weekly coloring 

For the year.

This was last weeks page.

 

This is the page I’m working on. Just right for Valentine’s week. 

Kimberly 

My decluttering challenge

My office is a mess. I don’t like going in it. 

My goal this year is to get rid of all the stuff and make it into a pretty guest room. 

Kimberly. 

 

My weekly coloring pages

Here is a project I made to show 

What I colored in January.

I am feeling much more organized this year.

Here are the pages I will be coloring in February.

Kimberly 

 

Books I’ve been reading in January.

Here are the books I have been reading 

In January. 

I have finished 

The first wife, The perfect marriage,

Becoming the flow, A Cornish winter’s kiss.

I’m focusing on reading Love is murder.  It’s my holiday themed book. Some of the books are daily quote books.

Well I’m off to do some reading.

Kimberly 

 

Day date 4, Bues pond and Farmington bay bird refuge.

 

Our 4th date was to Bues pond and the Farmington bay

bird refuge. 

I love going to Bues Pond because there are wood ducks 

that stay there all year. 

They are beautiful.

It was warm for January so we got to go on

Two nice walks.

Getting photos of water birds is easier than getting photos of the little birds like chickadees and spotted towhees.

Hope you have enjoyed tea about my dates. I have been enjoying making these photo memory pages. I’m going to try to make a photo book with them.

Kimberly 

Date 3, a walk at the Provo River Delta

 

We had to stay home in the morning to get our 

old couch taken from the house. 

So we decided to go for a walk at

the Provo river delta.

It never disappoints me to walk here,

We always see birds.

It was a pretty cold day, so we did not walk the

big loop. We did see

many different birds.

I think my favorite bird of the day was the common goldeneye. 

Kimberly 

January dates, date two a drive around Utah lake.

On date two of this year we drove around 

Utah Lake. We see lots of birds and animals on

this drive.

 

Jim likes to stop at this old gas station.

He likes to look at the old cars and read 

about the people who ran the gas station.

I like stopping and taking walks.

I also like to see all the different birds.

We also saw a new bird. That was exciting for me.

I hope at some point to make a life bird photography book.

We went to the mall after our drive and bought a new couch.

Then we went to Bobby’s Burgers. 

I expected it to be different. 

The burgers were ok. But not what I expected. 

Kimberly 

January day dates. Date one Antelope island.

 

I have been enjoying making photo

Journal pages on Canva.

We went on 4 dates this month.

The first date was to Antelope island.

We bought our state park pass.

It was a nice day.

While I really love seeing birds,

It’s also fun to watch the bison and other animals.

It’s great to get out and have a weekly adventure.

Kimberly 

One month of coloring finished.

 

I have a new weekly planner,

Each week has a coloring page.

I have been able to finish each coloring page.

It’s a nice way to relax each day. 

Do you like to color?

Kimberly. 

Goodbye old car. The car wreck that finished our car.

 

Our daughter was in a car accident this Wednesday morning.

Thankfully she is doing well.  The car though is totaled. I think the person who hit her car had to be speeding. 

So I guess we really do have to find her a new car now.

The speed limit where she was driving is 35 miles an hour.

The truck that hit her had to be driving faster than that.

All the glass in the back of the car was shattered, the car was turned in the wrong direction. The tires were popped. The trunk was smashed in. 

Thankfully my daughter is ok. It was a very stressful morning.

Drive safely my friends. 

Kimberly 

One of my jobs is selling balloons.

 I work in guest services for a grocery store. One of the things I am in charge of is selling balloons.  I have been studying balloon sales for the last 9 years.  Last year they changed the company that we buy balloons from.  This was one of my struggles.  Dealing with this change and no one listening to my opinion.  My store sells the most balloons in the company.

This year I am keeping a photo journal of the balloons we display and watching how they sell. This is the way the new balloon company wants us to display our balloons. They think customers will understand that they are supposed to group all the similar balloons together to make their own bouquet of balloons. 

What I find is happening is the customers buy just one balloon from the display. 

I took these photos last week.  We reset our balloon wall, so now we have all the new companies balloons out. And we sold in the first week of setting out balloons about 8 balloons from the display areas. The nice thing is that the bigger 12.99 balloons are the ones selling. Most of our balloon sales actually happen with customers coming to guests services and ordering large balloon bouquets. Saturday is usually our busiest day for balloon sales. 

There are lots of birthday celebrations on Saturdays. 

Kimberly 

Daily sip book quote..

 I’m reading these books called the daily sip.  This quote went with my word of the year “flow”.  I’m trying hard to not think or worry about the changes that could come.  To be greatful for the present moment.  To adjust to the changes and be positive.

Kimberly 

My new year goal’s to continue last year’s goals.

 Did you make any goals for this year?  Mine are to continue with the goals I started last year.  I’m doing weight training almost every day.  I can lift 10 lb weights so I am thinking of buying adjustable dumbbells. 

I’m biking everyday. I’m so proud of myself because I can actually keep up with the trainers with the fitness program that I use. 

I’m continuing to clean and declutter my house. 

I’m continuing to do my photography and family history.

I’m bringing lunch and healthy snacks to work.

I’m still saving money.

What are your goals?

Kimberly 

First book of the year read, The perfect marriage.

 So I finished reading “The Perfect Marriage”.  I didn’t really like this book.  It is about the murder of a man’s mistress and how his life falls apart.  His wife is a lawyer and is supposed to be his best chance to not be convicted of murder. I didn’t like who ended up being the killer.  At the end of the book I felt lied to.  If you like murder stories that have a big twist at the end, and it’s impossible to use clues to actually figure out who the killer is you might like this book.  I guess I like to have clues that lead to the killer and this book didn’t have that.

What are you reading?  If you read this book did you like it?

Kimberly 

Don’t let the one ruin your day

 

The other day, at the beginning of my shift I had that angry customer. The one who needed to tell how I could do my job better.  Because they spent thousands of dollars at the store I work for, and because they are a manager of a company they felt they needed to tell me what I did wrong and how I should do it better. 

Even though the problem was not made by me, I ended up on the angry end of this persons day.  After they left, all day I told people about this one bad experience.  The rest of my day was actually really good.  But I focused on the bad moment over and over. 

Finally I thought 💭 why do I do this?  Why do I not just move on?  So I am going to work on not letting the one ruin my day. 

So the bad experience is teaching me to move on and let go. 

Do you have ways to focus on the positive of your day instead of the negative? 

Kimberly 

My word of the year is “Flow”

 

Do you choose a word of the year?  Mine is “Flow”.  Last year I felt like I was always getting annoyed at things that were changing.

This year I want to try to flow with what is happening instead of fighting against it. 

I’m going to do meditations and read books about “flow”.

Let me know what your word is.

Kimberly 

My January reading list.

Here is the list of books I’m reading so far in January.

Many of the books are daily reading books where you read just a page a day. 

One of the books is about finding “Flow”

In your life.  My word of the year is “Flow”.

The first novel that I am reading is

“The perfect marriage.”

By Jeneva Rose.  It’s a murder mystery.

I will need a nice romance book after this one.

What books are you reading?

Kimberly