Spring is Synonymous

...with motivation.

There's nothing like a good Spring day to make a person want to accomplish *something*.

A great outdoor run? Heck yes!
Doing dishes and mopping floors with windows and doors open? Sign me up.
Buying potting mix and flowers and actually INTEND to plant them? You bet!
Blogging for the first time since that bastard Old Man Winter hit? Now we're talkin'.

There's a plethora of things I want to accomplish before the humid, blistering midwest Summer hits us full force, and there are grown-up habits I really, really want to instill in myself that really have nothing to do with Spring and Summer, but everything to do with acting and fuctioning like the 26-and-a-half adult I am.

1. Plant flowers. Learn to grow plants outside and not let them die.

2. Keep the house clean. I know, I know, everyone's house becomes messy at times; our house is not large, it does not take a small army to clean, though it feels as if we have a small army living in it's quarters. I want to keep the house clean for two weeks. That is not too lofty of a goal. That also includes laundry: folding and putting away after being dried instead of leaving in a laundry basket.

3. My vehicle is ridiculous. That needs to change, asap. Clean it well, once and for all. Enough said.

4. Cook on a more regular basis. Try two new recipes a week. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just something new, different, healthy, and satisfying. (This includes attempting to make Sweet Corn Ice Cream, thanks to No Meat Athlete's website.)

5. Kick my own butt in the Lincoln Half Marathon, two weeks from yesterday. Coming up May 1st, 2011, I'll run my second half marathon. Ideally, I want to run a sub-2 hour Half. As long as I break last year's 2:06:8, I'll be a happy girl.

6. One blog a week. That is all. Running, love, planting, health, spirit, goals, accomplishments, succeeding, failing, aspirations, desires, wills, wants, time, family, friends... The list is endless.

Happy Grateful Monday.

Today, I'm grateful for such a wonderful weekend and the ability to make what I want to of this week. <3