Happy New Year!

Hello Friends! Happy 2014!!! I hope you all rang in the new year with those you love and had a good time doing it! It was pretty quiet around the Weatherspoon household, we turned on Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve just in time to see the ball drop. We popped open a bottle of Moet and toasted to the new year. I must say that 2013 was amazing for us, but I know 2014 will be even better as we watch our little girl grow.

So, last year I made a few resolutions (or revolutions as the kid says in the AT&T commercial - LOL!) and now is time for me to see if I accomplished them:

1. Be an awesome wife - mission accomplished!
2. Be a fantastic friend - mission accomplished!
3. Blog More - I would like to post at least twice per week. - I think I did pretty good with this one
4. Read More - I think I only read 2-3 books this year and that's just not right. So, I would like to read at least 6 books next year. - Didn't quite meet this one, I think I read 3 books last year
5. Work on my photography skills. If that means taking a photography class or looking up a bunch of videos on YouTube, I would like to see my pictures look better on the blog. - this will be better in 2014, I'll share why soon!
6. Open my Etsy shop. This is a BIG goal for 2013, I've discussed this at length with friends and now I just need to do it! - didn't even come close to accomplishing this one!
7. Sell my cards and other papercrafts at a local Farmer's Market. I've heard that this is a great way to get started with selling crafts on a local level. - mission not accomplished!
8. Continue to exercise at least 3-4 times per week (and hopefully drop a few pounds in the process!) - I did great with this one. I gained 16lbs during my pregnancy and so far I've lost 25lbs. I started going back to the gym (I was just doing the treadmill at home) so hopefully I will see lots of progress with this one.
9. Mail more cards. Isn't it funny, I make so many cards throughout the year and mail so few of them! I would really like to start mailing just because cards to friends and family just to let them know how much I love them. - I did better, but still need to work on this!

I must say that I think I did pretty darn good! This year, I really don't have a list of resolutions because this year my main priority is to be a good mommy and continue being a loving wife! Of course I will still craft my little heart out, but the most important thing for me is family.

Will you have any New Year's Resolutions? If so, I wish you much success and remember don't get so caught up on the small stuff, set reasonable goals so you can celebrate often!

Have a great start to the new year and thanks so much for stopping by!
Carol 

Girl Talk

 

Hello Friends! I hope your holidays have been fabulous and you've had a chance to spend some quality time with friends and family. We had a very nice Christmas, we hosted the family at our house this year and we had an amazing time! The food was great, the company was wonderful, and Santa was good to us! :-) My husband decided to rent an old school popcorn popper for Christmas and it was a HIT! The family absolutely loved it and the popcorn was delicious! So delicious in fact, my husband decided we needed to buy one! We should have it on Thursday, LOL!! I'll be sure to post of picture when it arrives.

 

So, it's almost the New Year (isn't that amazing!) time sure does seem to fly! Will any of you be making New Year's Resolutions? I usually do, but I can never find where I wrote them to determine if  I actually succeeded with my goals! Now that I have a blog, I can look back at the resolutions I write today and figure out if I met my goals (not quite sure if that's a good thing!). So, without further ado, here are my resoultions for 2013:

 

1. Be an awesome wife
2. Be a fantastic friend
3. Blog More - I would like to post at least twice per week.
4. Read More - I think I only read 2-3 books this year and that's just not right. So, I would like to read at least 6 books next year.
5. Work on my photography skills. If that means taking a photography class or looking up a bunch of videos on YouTube, I would like to see my pictures look better on the blog.
6. Open my Etsy shop. This is a BIG goal for 2013, I've discussed this at length with friends and now I just need to do it!
7. Sell my cards and other papercrafts at a local Farmer's Market. I've heard that this is a great way to get started with selling crafts on a local level.
8. Continue to exercise at least 3-4 times per week (and hopefully drop a few pounds in the process!)
9. Mail more cards. Isn't it funny, I make so many cards throughout the year and mail so few of them! I would really like to start mailing just because cards to friends and family just to let them know how much I love them.

I think that's a decent list! I have a couple of other personal resolutions but I think I'll write those down in my journal. :-)

 

And last but not least, today's card is just a cute little card that can be sent to a girlfriend to let her know you're thiking about her and want to get together. If you remember, I absolultey love that coffee cup stamp, it's truly one of my faves! Well, I hope you all enjoyed today's post and hopefully you all have some fun plans to bring in the New Year! I'll chat with you all next year!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol