Let New Year's Eve 2015 mark the first time I took down Christmas before the new year dawned... please hold your applause...! Behold a Christmas Tree deconstructed... Also I made a smoothie for lunch that day. A healthy fruit filled drink... no Fritos in sight... And I rang in the New Year in high style...Sound asleep… Continue reading Five Steps for a Redesigned Life
I opened my first Christmas present this year almost a full 10 days before the 25th of December. Giddy with childlike anticipation, I just couldn't wait so I tore the FedEx box open to reveal a bubble mailer, ripped a hole in its plastic walls, extracted a green and red box tied with a velvet ribbon… Continue reading How to Get Ready for a Brave New Year
Let's play a game shall we? Notice anything lacking in the picture below? (other than lack of focus?? I could blame the camera but it's most likely user error...) If you said not one gift is wrapped or nestled under the tree, well you'd be exactly right. That's how we roll... and by that I… Continue reading Rejection and a Rock-n-Roll Christmas
Christmas finally showed up to our house this past Saturday in terms of decorations. In terms of holiday-like weather for Virginia, spring seems to be making a repeat performance. Seriously, the windows were open wide and I was 'glistening' as southern ladies do while I hung stockings, trimmed the tree and quoted all the lines to… Continue reading The Simple Way to Decorate for Christmas
I am a lover of light. In my list of things a house must possess, light is at the top. Natural light is best, but at the very least I want each room to have a fixture in the ceiling. So it's probably a little shocking to hear....that I'm still looking at capped off wires hanging… Continue reading How to Find the Light
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