New Year's Resolutions

I, just like everyone else in the world, can't believe how fast this past year went. I felt like I was in a time warp with the fast forward button pushed.

Last year, I told you that I don't make resolutions but goals. I did fairly well on this list and decided to keep the trend going.

Last year's List

1. Get published (Haskell Interiors was published in the Signature Kitchens and Baths as the National First Place Winner for Transitional Kitchens)
2. Finish the bonus room - we are 90% there.
3. Backsplash in the kitchen - didn't get to this one!
4. Wallpaper the Powder Bath- didn't get this one done either
5. Window Treatments for our Master Bath- Nope, not this one 
6. Hang Art-- I finally bit the bullet and put holes in my walls. There is still plenty to do, but much progress has been made!
7. Furniture--Many new pieces made it into our home this past year, but like in #6, we still need plenty more!
8. Screened-in porch--yeah, didn't happen
9. Backyard--yeah right
10. Make a headboard--again, nope

So now that I look at it, I didn't get much on this list accomplished. I did update my list here- and have done much better on this one!

New Years 2012 ToDo List
1. House projects to ACTUALLY be completed (see upcoming post)

2. Get published AGAIN

3. Loose Weight-- I am down 20 lbs from delivery weight-woo hoo! But looking to loose about 30 more this next year!

And look like this again...

4. Create Brodie a play area along with craft area.

5. Paint more

Michelle Armas Painting

6. Give sewing another try

Trina Turk Designs

7. Go to some type of Interior Design Conference

8. Get organized-- I try...

A girl can dream, right?

9. Work on a LEED project

10. Become a Licensed Interior Designer

eeek!

Here's hoping I do better on this year's list than last years!

Wow What a Year

So here is a "little" recap of this past year. Man has soo much changed!

New Years Bash 

(now known as the farewell party to our adolescence) ha!

 

We are the Champions!

Auburn wins the National Championship and we roll our own "Toomers"

"Snowmageddon" 

We almost had a whole week off because of the snow!

"Finished" the Bonus Room

Just in time for the Superbowl

Valentine's Day

We got a BIG surprise...

Homeshow 2011
We won first place in the show.

April 27th Tornado

We are so thankful and fortunate that we had no damage.

Gender Reveal Party

We found out that Baby B is in fact a Boy!

We had a couple of Baby Showers

Went to the Season Opener

Finished the Nursery

Brodie is Here!

First Halloween

Thanksgiving

Brodie got Meningitis

Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year!

There are some exciting things in the works and will have a big announcement at the end of the month!

Hope you had a wonderful 2011 and have an even better 2012!!

The Christmas Tree that Almost Wasn't

So.... it's been an interesting year. The Christmas Tree did not disappoint either.

We went to find a tree on a Saturday night. We quickly chose one because of it being such a cold night.

Greg forgot that it was on the roof and brought it "into the house" before we had planned. Thankfully tree nor house was damaged, ha!

Once inside, we realized that the trunk was quite crooked~ we spun and spun and spun the tree until the crookedness was least noticeable. Greg worked on the lights for several nights. We ran out of lights half-way up the tree and it took 8 stores and 2 nights of searching before we found enough to finish the tree. I quickly threw decorations on it and we went to bed WAY past our bedtime.

The next morning we got this adorable shot of Mr. Brodie

too bad I didn't hold out and get this for our Christmas card!


All said and done, there are 3,500 lights on the front side of our tree along with all of the ornaments. --Recipe for disaster.

I get a frantic phone call from Greg. He had the day off and was taking care of Brodie.

Greg: "I need help".
Me: "Oh God, what?"
Greg: "I am holding the tree up. Brodie is on the couch. I can't get to my cell phone. Call one of our neighbors to come help me."
Me: "Ok"

(I call our closet friends to help out- unfortunately, they were not at home. My phone was reset a couple of weeks ago and I lost most of my phone numbers. I had no other immediate neighbors numbers. Thankfully our photographer lives 3 houses up and I gave her a call.)

I call Greg back.

Me: "Brittney is on her way down."
Greg: "Good, (Brodie screaming in the background) Brodie is hungry and the milk is on the stove. Good news is...only one ornament broke."

Long Story Short, I came home to a half-naked tree. I finally reworked everything and here is the final product.

 Hopefully your tree decoration was not as eventful as ours.  What does your tree look like?

Merry Christmas!

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

May you have a blessed Christmas! Enjoy time with your family and friends, but most of all remember the reason for the season!

Feelin' Crafty

With all the crafts I find myself doing this time of year, I NEED a room like this.

 

 

 

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