Howdy, folks.

Well, I was supposed to leave for a long weekend in New Hampshire early this morning, but with this ol’ blizzard happening, it doesn’t look like I’m going anywhere. Thanks, Nemo.

Here are 56 things you can do without spending money. This is from the website And Then We Saved, but I found it yesterday on Holly’s blog.

I love green smoothies. I’m one of those people who usually turn their noses up at new food trends, but I came around to trying a green smoothie about a year ago, and I love them. Nicole shared an awesome graphic on how to make your own, and I can’t wait to try a few of these mixes.

Sarah at Yes and Yes is doing 9 Days of Nice, which is a perfect introduction to next week (next week is Random Acts of Kindness Week). My favorites so far are: Write a note to a former teacher or mentor and also send a care package to a soldier.

While I wish Renee did not have to experience this call, it is certainly funny, so I had to share it.

Stay warm, folks. I hope you’re weekend wasn’t too messed up because of the blizzard. I wonder how much snow we will get total…

I have only one thing to share with you, the 1 Second App by Cesar Kuriyama. You have to check out his Kickstarter page so that you can see the video of his 30th year of life. They are fully funded, and you can now purchase the app directly from the Apple App Store.

I can’t even tell what perfect timing this find has been. My 365 photos in 365 days project will be ending TOMORROW. Yes, you’ve read that correctly. Today is day 364. In two days, it will be one year since I got my Lasik eye surgery. Wild, huh? I feel so blessed to have such great vision.

I plan on doing my own 1 Second video based off the app. I just put together one for 2012 (I only had about 12 videos left on my phone from 2012; I could have had so much more!) and it is so cute. I haven’t decided if it will run from 2/4/13 until 2/3/14 or if I should just try to begin now and capture all of 2013. I think that’s the route I’m going, but we shall see.

My grandmother died today. She was 101 years old, just 12 days short of her 102 birthday.

I wish I had more to share with you. I wish I had taken a few minutes to prepare a few links for this week, but unfortunately I didn’t. I don’t have much to say either. After being with my grandmother this week, and watching her pass away, I am a bit shy with words right now.

I’m grateful that she has been in my life; I’m grateful that she met Ryan and Madden, even if she didn’t get to know them in the way I would have liked. I’m grateful that she has been healthy and happy. I hope that my memere can now be with her husband, my pepere who died before I met him. I hope that the heaven my grandmother believed in exists, and she is happy there.

Following up on last week’s post which focused on goals and resolutions, I’d like to share with you something Elise wrote about the difference between goals and items on your to-do list. Her post focuses on how she strategizes different levels of goals.

The incredible Danielle LaPorte wrote a post titled Curatives for Judgement. The post title is what pulled me in: “Please read before you interact with other humans.” I’m a big believer on watching your words, actions and interactions because you never know how people interpret you. This is not to say (and quite opposite) that you should censor yourself, but it is to say that people interact or perceive things because of what’s happening in their own lives. We need to be respectful and caring in our communication.

Amy wrote a great post called Things to Remember. I agree with so many of these things, and think that we all need a reminder like this every once in a while.

Ashley Perez wrote a great post for Hello Giggles called How to be Like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in 2013. These woman are true motivators and I think they are great role models.

This week’s internet finds will be focused on the new year and goals! For 2013, I plan on sharing these letters on Saturdays. Sometimes on Fridays (in 2012), I’d find links that I wanted to share, but didn’t because I already published the post for the day. Plus, now you will have something to read on the weekends.

Check out Moments Matter Most from a newsletter I get at work by Priority Management. Daniel Stamp makes some great points about how important the moments are in our lives. Yes, we are all focusing on goals for the new year, but we really need to focus on every moment.

Sarah at Yes and Yes shares 13 Fresh Starts for a new year. The tips are practical and a really smart way to kickstart the new year. Here are two that I will be working on for 2013: Clean out your car and update your resume.

The fabulous Jenny Blake shares 13 Thought-Starters for 2013. These are questions you can ask yourself when figuring out your goals for the new year. These questions really perk your brain up and force you to look at the specifics, the things you might overlook when planning the ordinary resolutions (like weight-loss…don’t worry, it’s on my list too, but let’s pick fun goals too).

Finally Jess Lively shares her 2014 letter to her future self. I’ve always wanted to do this (and usually forget to do it every birthday). I think writing one right now will be great as I’d love to surprise myself in 2014 to see if my year went according to plan, and if my intentions for the year influenced how the year did in fact play out. I probably won’t share my letter like she did, but I do hope I will write it. If you want to write one, remember that you can go to futureme.org and schedule a date to email the letter to yourself.

Finally, and this is an awesome one, you should check out Nicole’s workbook, Why Wait? A Bullshit-Free Guide to Jump- Starting Your Goals for the New Year. I printed my copy (in black-and-white whomp whomp) on Wednesday and I’m really enjoying working my way through it.

I’ve officially posted my internet finds for you all for half of the year.

My former MFA mentor, Porochista Khakpour (who we interviewed for the first issue of Spry) wrote a great article about her feeling toward guns after the Newtown shooting. I know there are opinions all over the media about guns, mental health, etc, but this is a read that is worth your while.

I wanted to congratulate Sara on her hard work in graduate school and wish her luck as she does her student teaching in 2013!

AJ (who interviewed us on Spry pre-publication) posted some of her favorites now that Spry is live. Thanks so much for sharing, AJ.

I just wanted to say how proud I am of my friend Mike on his weight loss journey.

Patti - who has a daughter who is an “Aspie”- wrote a great post about Aspergers in light of the current media frenzy.

I really hope the world doesn’t end today (but seeing how yesterday was the 21st in Australia, I think we’re good to go).