Happy New Year!!

Hello Friends,

Wow! Where did the week go? I can't believe it's been a whole week since the craziness of Christmas and I don't know about you, but I needed that week to recover. The holidays are always a bit stressful but it was a little crazier than usual this year. But that's all over and now it's time to start fresh. I started doing my daily walks again, which I had to forgo due to painting morning, noon and night. I broke out the gardening books to plan out my garden for the spring. I have walked into my studio every day for only a minute or two to do a little cleaning up. I have been spending time with my boys doing fun things like visiting the zoo.

Boys and a friend in front of a zoo mural

It has been a nice few days of sleeping in and no stress. Now it's time to get back to reality and get cracking! I have some ideas for Valentines day so I will be posting some new things soon.

My sister and I have begun plans for our second annual "Sisters Weekend." I'm so excited because we had such a great time last year and this year will be better because we are going to the same place and now we know our way around...I think. This is the little cottage we hope to stay in for the weekend. How sweet is this? Very romantic you say? There will be no romance going on but plenty if silliness and gossiping and large amounts of chocolate:)

It's a B&B called Living Spring Farm in Adamstown, PA which is a huge antique town. The B&B is on a working farm and they have one little private cottage on the grounds that I'm hoping to reserve for us. I hate to admit it but the thing I'm not thrilled about with B&B's is that I have to eat, and talk (gasp) with strangers. The people are always very nice but I'm not very good at small talk and I would just rather not subject myself to that torture on my mini-vacation:)

Here are a few Holiday pictures I wanted to share...

New area rug for living room...

Alex ripping into gifts at a record breaking pace!


Jake opening one of MANY Star Wars goodies...
(please ignore the mess in the background. It's my temporary shipping station that I didn't get to clean up before Santa arrived)



My boys, including my nephew Cooper.

Living room tree

So what do you all have planned for tonight? Parties? A ball? Evening gowns and champagne? Well if you want to hang out in your jammies eating mozzarella sticks and nachos, playing the Wii till midnight and watching the ball drop, feel free to stop on by!

Happy New Year to all!!!!