We had a Merry Little Christmas!!

Sorry, this is a bit late, and out of order as far as the postings go.

Well we are aware that Christmas has come and gone, decorations are stored away and your house now looks empty! lol I wanted to let you all know what the hubby got me for Christmas that I'm so excited about! A new camera!!!..not just any camera..a Canon Rebel XS!! Woohoo!! We have been needing a new camera and now we have one!!Hopefully long enough for me to figure it out, because it has so many features it will make your head spin!

I cant wait to go on a vacation so that I can take great photos now!

(Hubby, if your reading, be thinking of our next vacay!! =) A second trip to Hawaii would be a good one! (Wink, WINK!)

In the meantime, here are some photos we took over the Christmas holiday.

We had a WHITE Christmas this year, and oh how beautiful it was!! Hope your Christmas was very merry as well!

Me and my niece Kenzi

My sweet Charlie

A Country Christmas (near Great Aunt's Home)

Birds Nest from the Spring

No Resolutions this year! It's TO DO's for the year!

OK, first off.. I don't make resolutions because I don't know anyone who has ever made one and actually kept it through the year, and I hate the feeling of defeat!!

With that said, I'm making a TO-DO list for this year. Its a bit of everything that I would love to see accomplished this year. Hopefully I am not reaching too high, we will see..

keep fingers crossed!

Here go's nothing:

In Our Home:

• I want to get our upstairs loft finished. See my post The Loft for what design direction I'm going for.       (Big item!, this includes basically a whole new room in our home, flooring, sheet rock, the works!)
• Install pendant fixtures over our kitchen bar
• Paint front door
• Organize Pantry click here for update!
• Purchase rug for Master Bedroom
• Reupholster Wing Back Chairs in Master Bedroom
• Stencil or decorative paint the Laundry Room and Master Bathroom
• Build an Arbor off of our back patio

*Wish List*

• New Light fixtures for Dining Room and Breakfast Area, Bathrooms, Bedrooms
• New Outdoor Lounge Furniture, I would love some Chaises, and a Sectional and tables!                                                                                                                                                      (Now you know why these are on a Wish List! ;)

All above was for my Home, Now here's a list for myself:

• Running/Exercising needs to be more often
• Continue to sew, and learn more tricks of the trade.
• Continue to be creative
• Save money for a very nice vacay.

Ha! Not a very ambitious list at all right? Ha!



The Hubs Office

Ok, I must give props to the hubby. When he first told me that he and his brother had found an office space I was a bit weary. I was not so sure they were "looking at all their options".

So  low and behold, they go out and do it anyway(of course!) But to be perfectly honest, the place is perfect for them! I was so excited to dress it up a bit, so I did the following:

So, I went out and purchased some rugs, desk accessories, made my own art(because HVAC art is not so readily available!) and I will be doing some accent painting as well!
I'll post some before and afters soon!