• About
    • Penny
    • Hank
    • Juju
  • Contact
  • How To Start A Blog
  • Make Money Blogging
    • How To Make $40K Your First Year Blogging
    • Making Sense Of Affiliate Marketing
    • How To Monetize A Food Blog
    • Food Blogger Pro
  • Blogging Tips
    • Blogging Resources
    • Recommended Blogging Tools
    • Blogging Tips
      • More Quick Blogging Tips
    • How To Increase Blog Traffic
      • SEO For Health Blogging
      • External SEO Tips
      • On Site SEO Tips
    • Blogging Action Plan
      • Deciding Why You Blog
      • Types of Health Blogs
      • Important WordPress Settings
      • Blog Security
      • WordPress Plugins
      • WordPress Themes
  • Shop
    • Planner Favorites
    • Fitness Favorites
    • Kitchen Tools
    • Blogging Books

A Merry Life

Healthy Living & Budgeting Blog | Health, Wealth & Everything Else

  • Budgeting
  • Finances
  • Fitness
  • Food
  • Family Life
  • YouTube

Friday Five: Cold Edition

January 3, 2014 by Mary

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details.

Happy Friday, y’all! It’s cold outside!

5 Random Thoughts

  1. Thank you for the comments and love on my weigh in post.
  2. I’m so excited about the magazine subscription giveaway! I can’t wait to see who wins!
  3. Reader Mariah pointed out that Chris Powell’s Choose More, Lose More for Life book is just $2.99 on Amazon kindle today. Should be a great read based on the reviews.
  4. Remember that tiny mention of how I freelance yesterday? Well, feel free to hire me for something.
  5. We still have our Christmas tree up. Can it stay up forever?

5 Things I’m Doing This Weekend

  1. Cleaning the house!
  2. Drinking coffee and more coffee.
  3. Reading and more reading.
  4. At least 1-2 workouts.
  5. Cooking some healthy food to get me through next week.

5 Free Ebooks Today

  1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. My favorite book ever! I read it once a year or so. :)
  2. Circle of Friends 25 One-Pot Dinners
  3. Best of Grain Free Meal Plans, Volume 1: A cook book for those following grain free diets
  4. 40 Juicing Recipes For Weight Loss and Healthy Living
  5. Believing God by Beth Moore. There are a ton of her books free today!

5 Words On My Mind

  1. Balance
  2. Grit
  3. Grind
  4. Hustle
  5. Work

5 Things I’m Looking Forward To In 2014

  1. The results of the changes I’m making.
  2. Turning 28.
  3. Fitbloggin.
  4. Meeting more readers/blogger.
  5. All the awesome things I don’t even know are coming. :)

What’s 1 word on your mind and 1 thing you are looking forward to this year?

Filed Under: Merriness


« Weigh In: Facing The Music
Life: Dogs & Happiness »

Comments

  1. Denise says

    January 3, 2014 at 10:44 am

    Simplify is my word and there are TONS of things I’m looking forward to. I know that sound kind of counter-productive when Simplify is my word HOWEVER, the things I’m looking forward to have always been just out of my reach because I’m always running like a rat on a wheel!

  2. Alicia D says

    January 3, 2014 at 12:41 pm

    Simplify must be the word/action of 2014! My friend and I were just talking about it on Christmas and we both made it our resolution without even talking about it. Must be a sign of the times.

  3. MJ says

    January 3, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    One word: Fearless

    Looking forward to losing more weight and gaining more muscle

  4. Anonymous says

    January 3, 2014 at 2:01 pm

    Why would your tree not still be up? 12 days of Christmas! Still a few more days.

    • Mary says

      January 3, 2014 at 2:47 pm

      Some people seem to take them down at the end of December. I dunno, I have no clue on the rules of how long a tree can stay up!

  5. Kim says

    January 3, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    All of our Christmas trees and decorations are still up. I had planned to take them down this weekend but things have come up and it may have to wait a little longer – oh, well I love the lights!!

  6. Angelika says

    January 3, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    Just got caught up on this post and the one before…what do they call those kind of years in football? A “rebuilding year?” That is what last year was, to set you up for the awesomness that will be 2014. Seems like I know a lot of people (myself included) that had less than stellar 2013s. Onward and Upward!

  7. Ashleigh @ Passion for Life, Love, and Health says

    January 3, 2014 at 7:54 pm

    Ooh! I’m looking forward to turning 28 this year too! And 1 word on my mind is “anticipation”. I simply can’t wait to see how 2014 turns out…I suspect it will have so much AWESOME in it. For you and me both!

  8. Denise @ Do you have that in my size??? says

    January 4, 2014 at 7:42 am

    My word for 2014 is “patience” because I have 26 pounds left until I hit my Healthy BMI range (I’ve lost 79 since February) and I’m finding it tough not to skip ahead. I’m looking forward to FitBloggin, too, because we’re going to take a whole week to road trip, starting in Raleigh and going down the coast through Wilmington, Charleston, and then into Savannah for the weekend – yay!

  9. Eating as a Path to Yoga says

    January 4, 2014 at 2:54 pm

    I love Beth Moore’s stuff!

  10. Erin Brown says

    January 5, 2014 at 6:59 am

    The word on my mind is Healthy. I am looking forward to warmer weather so I can start my C25K program again and hopefully this time, finish it! Bring on the parks and trails!

  11. Brooke: Not On a Diet says

    January 5, 2014 at 5:49 pm

    My word I’m focusing on right now is breathe. I have a super busy week ahead and I’m just trying to focus on not making it crazy for myself.

    As for what I’m looking forward to this year are many things! I’m co-leading a discussion at Fitbloggin’, there’s a trip to Florida, and my sister is getting married in October! 2014 shall be spectacular!

  12. Kristi says

    January 5, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    I love the list of what you are looking forward to! I’m looking forward to my first Fitbloggin, new knitting projects and lots of awesome workouts. The word on my mind lately is focus.

mary Welcome to my journey to improve my health, wealth, and everything in-between!
Join me as I learn and share helpful tips and tricks I find along the way.
  • Bloglovin
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • YouTube
Ebates Coupons and Cash Back

Popular Posts

weight loss gift ideas healthy chocolate protein pancake recipe how to start a blog how to make money blogging

Search

Recent Posts

  • Whole30 Reflections 1 Year Later + Recipes I’m Loving
  • 10 Reasons To Get Out Of Debt
  • July 2019 Online Income Report
  • Should You Go on Vacation While Paying Off Debt?
  • How Much YouTube Paid Me For 2 Million Views

Top Posts & Pages

  • Apartment Essentials For Single Ladies
  • Diet Tips For People With Kidney Stones
  • Baby Shower Brunch Food & Drink Ideas
  • DIY White Painted Dresser
  • The Chick-fil-A Grilled Market Salad Review
  • Chocolate Protein Oatmeal Pancake Recipe
  • 50 Fitness Motivation Quotes For Your Motivation Board
  • How to Deodorize Smelly Shoes
  • Weight Loss Motivation Quotes
  • Kale & Mozzarella Chicken Burgers (Burgers by AmyLu) Review

Categories

Disclosure!

Note: Affiliate links may pop up on the site when I'm recommending something. They are free for you to use, but they help support me by giving me a small commission of any sales. It's like leaving a tip for good service while buying something you'd purchase anyway. Thank you for supporting A Merry Life!

Copyright © 2022 · A Merry Life - Healthy Living & Weight Loss Blog. Tasteful Theme by Restored 316 Designs

A Merry Life (amerrylife.com) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Copyright © 2022 · Tasteful Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in