In With the New

After just barely surviving last year, I'm eager to make the most of the new year ahead of me. I'm filled with ambition-- clean closets! Host parties! Paint walls! Print photos! Lose weight! Sew clothes! I'm telling you, the fervor of spring cleaning doesn't hold a candle to the energy I expend setting goals and attempting projects each January. Here's a bit of what I have planned:

• Run a half-marathon
• Lose that last 15 pounds from pregnancy
• Paint all the main living area walls
• Paint trim
• Paint front door
• Paint kitchen table
• Paint cabinets? Maybe?
• Print photos and make a gallery along the stairs
• Double the size of my art wall {paint at least two new canvases!}
• Replace door to boy's room
• Host one party {not counting kid's birthdays}
• Sell maternity clothes and baby stuff
• Raise new batch of chickens
• Improve harvest from our garden
• Take a family vacation {San Diego?}
• Buy a pair of Eiffel Base Shell Chairs
• Sew curtains for my bedroom
• Help children sort and donate some of their toys
• Get out of debt
• Resume daily scripture study

Okay, so most of that is decor related. I can't help it. In fact, I've already started:

The paint chips on the left are ceiling colors. The ones on the right are wall colors. They kind of look purple-ish on my monitor, but trust me-- they're more of a bluish grey.

And these are for the front door. J thinks they all look the same, but pshaw to that! I see a huge difference, and have already made my selections. Guesses?


PS- The Christmas lights are coming down today. Funny, I'm always so excited to put decorations up, then am equally excited to take them down!