The Simplest Truth

I turned 33 this year and instead of one or two New years resolutions I am making 33 goals for myself to accomplish during my 33rd year.  Completed goals are marked out and in process goals are in blue.

1. Focus on working out consistently
2. Organize my office
3. Eat a Clean diet for the year
4. Take a Photography course
5. Simplify and Organize my calendar
6. Make all my Christmas Cards for Next year
7. Have an Apron making party with my Mom and Sister
8. Say No to some obligations
9. Read the New Testament10.Stick to my menu planning
11. Watch Gilmore Girls even though I have other things to do
12. Learn to knit
13. Open my Etsy shop
14. Redecorate our Bedroom
15. Start a Compost Bin
16. Grow a small organic garden
17. Garage Sale and Thrift shop
18. Strip and stain my small desk
19. Replace all of the pulls on our dresser
20. Recover the dining room chairs
21. Repaint the house
22. go to the beach
23. plan a European trip
24. play craps
25. read on my lunch break26. Send cards to my friends
27. Create an end of semester care package for my sisters
28. Have a game night party
29. Memorize more Scripture
30. play with my puppies31. Sleep in one day a week
32. Attend Church more regularly
33. Find a place to volunteer and become involved

I reserve the right to change these goals at anytime!

I love our tree, I guess you would say that the theme is red and silver but all of our ornaments have some sentimental meaning. My mom has given me an ornament every year of my life and now give us one as a couple. In addition Brian and I often buy ornaments when we travel or on our shopping trips during the Christmas season. My tree skirt is actually the skirt from a Bridesmaid dress that I wore in a very good friends wedding.
These ornaments are from my grandparents tree when they were a younger first married couple. I love that I am able to have them in my home.
Even the Santa has Red Raider spirit. I made the candy dish one year when all the girls in my family went to the pottery painting place.
I love my Snowman couple!


I think I will leave this sign up all winter long.
I have collected pigs since I was a tiny little girl and I have a pig in every room but this is my first Christmas pig that isn't an ornament. Just seeing him on my porch makes me smile. He was a surprise gift from Brian this year, who adds to my decorations every year.
My sisters and I have an annual Gingerbread house competition and this was mine this year. My inspiration came from Martha Stewart and the trees were time consuming!
I try to do something different every year with my mantle. I like the simplicity of the bottle brush trees and that I could use my silver candlestick collection in a different way.


To see more Christmas Decorations go to The Nester for her annual Christmas home Tour.

I bought this wreath the first Christmas that we were married. I saw it in a Pottery Barn Catalog and it was expensive. I found one similar at Michaels and with all of my coupons and everything it was affordable but still allot of money for us at the time. This wreath has been through 3 moves and hung on the door of every home we have ever lived in together. I decided this year that it was time for a new wreath but I was so sad at the thought of not having this one, I decided to rework it...I bought the supplies at Hobby Lobby and for $6.50 I have a new wreath without losing the sentimental value of my my red berry wreath


BEFORE


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AFTER (I forgot to take an after before I B hung it on the wall for me and I am too short to get it down)