A Thankful Heart

Y'all, my little heart is just bursting with so much love and thankfulness today that I just could not help but share with you all the two ladies that made it be this way! 

Jana Tolman Design You might have noticed that as of yesterday I have a BEAUTIFUL new blog layout, ekkkk! I just love it so, so much and cannot stop looking staring at it. If you read about my blogging goals for January, you saw that on my list I wrote: purchase a new layout. I searched and reviewed many blog designers and even made an Excel spreadsheet to compare what each designer offered in their packages. After all this, I could not have been happier to purchase my first professional layout design from Jana Tolman Design.  Jana is one of the nicest ladies you will ever work with and she was always so quick to respond to my e-mails. The vision I had in my head was made perfect by her and I am so excited the design is finally live on the blog. If y'all get to missing me you can come find me up on cloud 9 where I'll be for the next few days weeks just admiring the blog! You can also follow Jana over at her blog Life Could Be A Dream. 

A Worker at Home

I am also so thankful for Katie who blogs over at A Worker at Home. Being featured in her sponsor spotlight yesterday was such a neat feeling and will always be something I hold close to my heart as a new blogger. (You can view the post here!) She has given me so much social media love as well that I just want to give her the biggest hug in the world. Katie's little family is fixing to go from 3 to 4 as her and her husband welcome a new baby girl in just a few short weeks. I'd be lying if I didn't say I'm excited to read all about this precious little girl once she arrives! 

A Worker at Home

So to Jana and Katie, thank you both for your kind hearts and dedication to helping my little blog grow. You two don't know how thankful I am to have worked with y'all!

Goals for 2014 + Exciting News!

Raise your hand if you can believe today is the last day of 2013...well my hand is not raised! As I sit here writing this last post for the year, I am in awe at how quickly time flies when you get "old". I wish there was a way to wave a magic wand and turn 1 minute into an hour so I could celebrate more memories. 

As I look back on this year, there are no words to describe how blessed I was. 2013 brought about my student teaching semester in my dream grade (5th), I graduated from college, landed my dream job as a Traveling Leadership Consultant for my sorority, and have now completed my first 5 months of traveling the country. In 2013 I also took a chance of starting a blog after reading others blogs for months. Even though I'm still getting into the swing of "blogging world", I am so excited for what 2014 holds for both my personal life and for Southern Abundance. 

I've never been much of a "new year's resolution" setter as I'm more of a month by month goal person. So to start New Year's Eve off right, I wanted to share my top 5 personal goals and my top 5 blogging goals for January. Then at the end of the month we can all take a look back at them and see how I did! Without further ado, here are my January 2014 goals:

Now that you know my top goals for the coming month I'm excited to make the following announcement...

Starting tomorrow I will be hosting my first giveaway! YAY!!! That's all I will tell you write now but be sure to check back tomorrow for all the details!

What are your goals for 2014?