The Paper Pod

February Goals: Crafty

Before I jump in on my goals to tackle this month, let’s recap how I did last month!

January definitely tested me. We had a small house fire (caution, be careful with gas torches), we both spent a week sick, we lost some siding off our house when it was windy like crazy, and unfortunately some close people passed away. There will always be highs and lows in life- and thankfully January blessed us with some of those too! I ran my first race with my husband, scored not one but FOUR invitation orders, had a handful of awesome date nights with friends, and I tackled my monthly goals head on!

January goals:

1. Organize the closets. Done!
2. Design a daily schedule. Done! Accept I’m still working on following it ;)
3. Run 15 miles (total, not at once). I ran 13, and finished the last two miles this morning
4. Wear more lipstick. I’ve worn lipstick at least once a week, that’s more than last month!

January goals for Lilly Pea/The Paper Pod

1. One new listing a week. I think I missed the week I was sick but I know I listed three new designs and relisted a ton!
2. Site updates: New profile picture & reorganize tabs, headers, and tags. Check, check, check and check. Awesome!

Most of my February goals are all crafty, or at least feel pretty crafty to me. Here’s what I want to accomplish

My goals for February:

1. Finish the gym makeover.
2. Complete the 1^st year photo book of Adam and I (only 5 years later..)

Goals for Fitness

1. Run 20 miles- and make at least one of them a 5miler.
2. Take on fABruary as I’m calling it.

Goals for For LPD/Paper Pod

1. Complete the custom orders I have due
2. One new listing a week.
3. Consider adding a “races” tab to the top..

 How was your January? Did complete any goals? What do you hope to accomplish this month?

Hazelnut Donuts

I was busy Pinning one day when I came across this recipe for baked chocolate donuts. Drooled on the keyboard a little too. Kidding!  But I did run to Target later to pick up a donut pan.

Turns out we didn’t have all the ingredients we needed so we improvised a little bit.

I only used half whole wheat flour and used white for the rest.

For the frosting we substituted the heavy whipping cream for our fat free hazelnut creamer. We also didn’t have any bittersweet chocolate so I used dark chocolate chips instead. This combination made for a killer frosting. For realz.

And I didn’t have chocolate sprinkles, so I hand shaved Hershey kisses. They weren’t the same as that candy crunch. Actually I’m not even sure they were noticeable. 

Over baked the first batch and I think our wheat flour has gone bad (is that possible?) but overall we thought they were good. We can’t wait to bake another batch!