It has been a MINUTE since I've done an actual personal, from the heart, "here's where we've been" post on Nosh and Nurture and I feel like I need to bring a lot of that back.

Since becoming a mother of two, I feel like I am trying to relearn who I am, or maybe I'm just getting to know the woman I'm growing into. Either way, it's been a lot of adjusting and prayer and self discovery. 

This year has been spent healing and loving so hard and so big.

In 2021 we lost our beloved mother-in-law to the virus. My husband was also very sick and there has been a lot of healing that's needed to take place. My parents are also very ill and it's been a season of struggle co-existing with joy.

We are trying to grasp every opportunity and live life to the fullest. With our two sweet bundles of pure light and joy, it's been easy to focus on the goodness and what we are grateful for. God was so right when He said children are the greatest blessing. 

In the world of babes, we are still homeschooling, LOVING Masterbooks for most subjects and The Good and the Beautiful for math.

Greyson graduated Kindergarten and is now in 1st grade and is still the BEST kitchen helper. He plays piano beautifully, is so smart, is reading and is a whiz at math already and he just joined his first soccer team! #SoccerMomWhatUp.

Lexi is as smart as her brother, 19 months old and can count to ten, knows her colors, talks up a storm and sings her ABCs. I'm actually mind blown at what she knows just by listening to him. I adore my sweet princess and still can't believe most days that I get to be a girl mom too.  

On the work front, honestly things slowed down SO, SO much through the pandemic. Having a TV show (something you dreamed of forever) come out the same month a pandemic takes over the world is  not ideal.

Not even a little bit. We couldn't travel to do the press tour and though viewership started off so strong and the reviews were so humbling and so, so sweet, viewership dwindled and we were left looking for a new home for the show. 

Luckily,  we have found one and I have an amazing producer and co-creator that has unwavering belief in me and us and our projects and we are in the baby stages of creating something new and exciting to bring to our audience and I'm so looking forward to pouring back into my passions and showing my kids that it's important for them to follow their dreams and do the things that bring glory to God and helps others.  

I'm hoping you all will stick around to see what's next. 

I would love to know what all of you have been up to? I've missed the personal connection here on the blog. IG has been my home for all of our conversations, and I love that, but this is the place that feels like home. My little space to share me and our little family and home and mission and I'd love to talk to more of you that stop by to hang out amongst it all. 

Share in the comments below your favorite memory of your 2022 this year. I'd love to know! 

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• Get all my guest posts in, edited and scheduled for my maternity leave.  - NOT SO MUCH. 
  Not fully accomplished. Got the posts in! But haven't edited or scheduled them yet. 
• Continue to hit blogging number goals! - ACCOMPLISHED!
  This I did! Even with less time spent here, it continues to grow and I'm so happy! 
• Rock my nutrition seminars and speaking gigs this month! - ACCOMPLISHED!
  They went so well and I wasn't very nervous at all! I guess all those years singing on stages does help with the whole public speaking thing ;) Excited to do more after baby arrives. 
• Add nutrition packages to the site. - NOT SO MUCH. 
  Yeah, I need to get on this. 
• Complete all deadlines without stress. - ACCOMPLISHED! 
  I did hit all deadlines. There was a little stress when I had a deadline at 6am on a Holiday morning, but I've been pretty blissed out this month as we await the arrival of Baby P! 

• Extend grace &care to myself and nap if I need to. Baby is coming soon! - ACCOMPLISHED-ISH.
  I have been napping but not nearly enough as I probably should be in my third trimester. Running
  two magazines and my own business, I'm starting to look forward to my maternity leave. 
• Prenatal Yoga a minimum of 2x a week, Cardio a minimum of 3x a week. - NOT SO MUCH. 
  Yeah. No. We have been taking walks when it's not over 110 degrees outside, and I've been cleaning
  and nesting like crazy which wears me out to no end. But I need to up the Yoga for both the fitness and relaxation aspects for the birth. 
• Get a lot more work done on the nursery!​ - ACCOMPLISHED!
  YES! We have ALL the furniture. I did all the laundry and put all the baby clothes and shower gifts away, returned all the doubles we recieved and Mr. Charming is doing the wainscoting as I type this then he will paint! It's almost done! 
• ​Get a cute dress to wear to my baby shower - ACCOMPLISHED! 
  This was probably the hardest goal to hit this month, but after 10 stores, many almost-meltdowns in fitting rooms and on the verge of giving up, I found a dusty blue maxi dress that I fell in love with. The biggest win? The guy couldn't locate the price, it was the last one and he sold it to me for $10! SCORE! I was. no joke, going to spend upwards of $100-$200 to find a dress I felt pretty in. haha!
• Get in lots of date night / friend time before third trimester exhaustion takes me down.
  We had a lovely BBQ night with our neighbors for Memorial Day and spent lots of time with one of our best friends before he moved north for the summer. I also got to see some of my best friends in the world for the baby shower and my sister, who I haven't seen in 17 years, came to stay with us the weekend of the shower! My heart is so full. 

• Hit all deadlines for all three jobs. 
• Start tapering off end of June at work to prepare for maternity leave. 
• Get all maternity blog posts scheduled for July, August and September. 
• ​Create 2016/2017 goals for when I'm back to work so I'm ready to go!  
• Map out some YouTube Video ideas for after maternity leave. 

• Finish home projects that need to be done before I hit my ninth month. 
• Find a pediatrician! 
• Pack our hospital bags for Baby P's arrival. 
• ​Prenatal yoga 2-3x per week leading up to baby's birth day. 
• Celebrate my birthday! 

What are YOUR June Goals? Share in the comments below!

 
Goals are an important part of life. They help keep you focused, organized and driven towards both large and small accomplishments. I've seen many bloggers, creatives and others in the online field sharing their monthly goals for accountability and to inspire others to take action and keep track of goals as well.

As a nutritionist, one of the main components of my business is helping people create, achieve and surpass their goals. Below you will find my Personal and Business goals for April. 

Now that I've moved into full-time working my blog & brand from home, people started sending me a lot of questions regarding tips, my schedule and how I work different aspects of my journalistic career along with my travel and my blog. While this blog doesn't serve as a marketing or blog branding blog, it is about whole living & balance, and being able to work from home came from the Lord's provisions, preparation, balance and working on my health. 

I decided to start a small series on how I balance working from home and running my growing brand that I have fallen head over heels in love with. Below I've included the blog tasks I focus on each day, as well as the other tasks I have on that given day. With school & finals and multiple journalistic & coaching endeavors, its important to keep a structured layout that doesn't get boring. 

Sunday 

Sunday is primarily a day off for Mr. Charming and I to enjoy church & family, but Sunday evenings I do write out my editorial calendar / class schedule / writing deadlines for the week before we go to sleep.

Monday

Monday is catch-up day. I answer all comments on the blog from the week before and I connect with the blogging & Christian community. I spend a couple of hours in the blog groups catching up with others and loving on their works as well. 

My Other Daily Tasks Today: All social media management for our magazine, Runway, which takes most of my day, as well as meal planning for our week & housework. 

Tuesday

I post my latest Tickle Me Tuesday post and prep one other post for the blog. I also participate in many Twitter chats today to connect more with community and study the business of blogging. 

My Other Daily Tasks Today: School in the A.M for Nutrition, Conference call & social media for my songwriting and music works with Universal in the P.M., housework

Wednesday

Wednesday is dedicated to Wanderlust. I catch up with travel clients and finalize bookings on up-coming trips and reviews. 

My Other Daily Tasks Today: I usually submit to more freelance clients or work on freelance projects & do housework. I also make menus and meal plans for new nutrition clients and work on my nutrition branding materials. 

Thursday

Thursday is the day I get my Hootsuite plugged in for the week and catch up on my pins. I also do a blog clean-up if it needs it. 

My Other Daily Tasks Today: School in the A.M. for nutrition, Holy Yoga, housework and I try to plan a dinner with a girlfriend on Thursday nights since Mr. Charming is in school. 

Friday 

Along with my Fitness Friday series, I write two more posts to go out for the week or the following week. I also seek out new organic cafes to review for Zomato.  

My Other Daily Tasks Today: I assist Mr. Charming in photo editing on his weeks photo shoots, grocery shopping, housework.

Saturday 

We travel most weekends, but when we are home on a Saturday, I do a quick social media check in and then its date day with Mr. Charming! It's not healthy to work ALL the time! 

What I enjoy is the diversity. Growing up as an entertainer through my teens and twenties, my schedule was ever changing from shows and touring different cities to auditions and shoots. As an adult, I still love the different & I love consistently mixing it up. 

I would love to know your weekly schedule tips! Also, if there is something you'd like to see in this series, leave it in the comment below. 

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