Jan 01, 2012
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Can you believe it!? 2012 already! I hope you all had a wonderful evening of celebration. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that we didn’t see the stroke of midnight. Although we did see the stroke of 1am and 4am as Madelyn has her first cold and hasn’t been sleeping well lately. Does that count for ringing in the new year? *wink*
And now it’s time for those new year’s resolutions, right? I know a lot of people don’t like making resolutions they’ll never keep, but I don’t mind that. I like to make the resolutions even though I know I won’t be able to keep all of them. It gives me something to reflect on at the end of the year. So here are my resolutions for 2012:
1. Do more blogging! I think we’re finally getting into a pretty good routine with our little one and I can feel my mojo on the way back. Plus, here I am today starting off the new year with a blog post. AND our sneak peeks start tomorrow for our January release so I’ll be here all week. YAY!
2. Exercise! Isn’t that on everyone’s list? Jon and I were the predictable “end-of-the-year need to get in shape” shoppers yesterday and we went out in search of an elliptical machine. Getting to the gym just isn’t possible these days! And I’m so excited that we got a steal of a deal and our new exercise equipment will be delivered next week!
3. Send more cards! I make a lot of cards throughout the year so it’s a mystery to me why I find it so hard to get them in the mail. I’ve decorated and filled in one of the Perpetual Occasions calendars with every occasion from birthday to anniversary and I’m going to get those cards sent… YES I AM!
4. Take more photographs! I signed up for a photography class with Maggie Holmes and I’m looking forward to figuring out how to use my digital SLR. But that’s only half the battle… I have to remember to bring my camera and actually take the pictures!
5. Start a scrapbook! For years I’ve been saying “I’ll start scrapbooking once we have a baby”…. well, now we have Madelyn and it’s time to start scrapbooking before she graduates from high school and I wonder where the years went. I’m contemplating whether I should try Becky Higgins’ Project Life or just do my own thing. Or maybe a combination of Project Life and my own thing. What do you think?
6. Win the best decorated nursery contest! OK… I know this isn’t a resolution, but I had to throw it in here because I need your help to win! *grin* I entered Madelyn’s nursery into a best-decorated contest on Facebook. All you have to do is CLICK HERE and then “Like” the photo of Madi’s nursery to vote for us. We’re about 40 votes from the lead right now. Crossing my fingers your vote will help push us over the top!
I might have gone a little crazy with Madi’s room. You all know I have that ‘creative gene’ so when we found out we were having a girl my mind went wild with possibilities! Really it’s my mom’s fault for giving me the ‘creative gene’. Can I blame her for the ‘shopping gene’ too? *wink* Jon was charged with painting the room and assembling the furniture and he did a great job! He even helped me apply the mural to the wall and painstakingly arrange each butterfly with precision. I’m sure he rolled his eyes at me about a million times throughout the process, but it was all worth it in the end. And now that we’ve welcomed Madelyn into our world I look back and giggle at my own obsession. You’ll notice the diaper bag is carefully packed and ready on the floor next to the rocker. Well in today’s reality, I’m lucky if I can find the diaper bag and even luckier if I open it to find diapers inside!
Thanks so much for stopping by today! May 2012 be a year of health and happiness! All the best to you and yours!
P.S. See you back here tomorrow morning for sneak peeks! 🙂
