IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD YEAR.

i am back...

i know you have heard this from me before, but now its for real...

i have resolutions and stuff to prove it...

i am really, really happy for my first 2011 post... it's mostly because that little date up top says 2011 and for the first time in my life i am very happy that a year is over. I am normally the sentimental sappy type on new years, but i have to say while there was some bright spots...

2010, you really pushed me to my limits, and i am glad to say farewell...

here's to you 2011... I have high hopes for you!

a few things i am looking forward to... resolutions if you will...

1. writing here a little more regularly. i really enjoyed getting to look back on what little i updated here the past year... so in 2011, more to come.

2. moving in. our renovation journey has been a long one and we are in the final stretch... i can't wait!

3. lots of photos. i really enjoy photography and documenting our life through pictures... maybe even a class. who knows?

4. new business. i am really looking forward to starting a new little business once i cross a few more things off my list.

5. old business. website... for real.

6. me. i need a little soul searching and me time to get my life back in order.

so stay tuned, because i have some good stuff planned.

starting with updating you on all you have missed.

(a little sneak peak from our wedding above)

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DOIN' THE B STREET SHUFFLE.

finally... i can cross something off my list!!!

we booked a band...

not just any band...

The B Street Band!!!

and they are awesome... how awesome?

i'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

this was from a few weeks ago when we went to check them out...

not sure how it happened but i ended up on stage with a tambourine... just sayin.

WELL HELLO AGAIN.

i may have been a little absent from around here lately...

but i have been a very busy little girl...

and i am in a much better mood than last time...

1. i am still working on my list

not anything is crossed off yet, but i am making progress... i promise.

2. guess who turns 30 this week... my beautiful sister!

we celebrated with a little surprise dinner party and a quick trip to paradise this week

3. we have an addition on our house

kris has been very busy working hard over there and it's so exciting to see the progress we have made. i am so lucky that he can do all this work himself and am constantly amazed with his skills.

4. i had some fun adventures babysitting little laina this week

ive had my fill of yo gabba gabba and a minor injury to the head but other than that, it was a success! she's such a little sweetie pie and i love her.

5. the store is stocked with some sweet new stuff

we still are not open everyday... but we have been getting in loads of new goodies every day... and i want it all.

wedding?

{via 100 Layer Cake}

saturday we had a wedding, which really got me thinking about my own wedding and all the stuff that i haven't gotten done!!! i feel that this week i am really going to get a move on some things that i have been putting off for a while...

i need a list and i seem to cross things off quicker knowing i have posted it here? so here goes:

1. save the dates

(because they are supposed to be sent out in a day,

according to the "books")

2. call the church and reserve an officiant

(because i think it is pretty crucial to the wedding)

3. schedule appointment to look for bridesmaids dresses

4. book a band!

5. make an inspiration board!

let's get physical...

{photo via hula seventy}

so i am not in the best physical condition... 

i am one of those fat skinny girls. you know the ones, they look slim on the outside but are in awful shape on the inside.  it's time. time to start taking a little better care of myself.  I hope that i am able to keep it up once the shop opens. actually, i hope to keep it up for a week. let's see what happens.  

my favorite ways to speed up my heart rate:

1. running

2. yoga

3. dancing

* UPDATE: still nothing... maybe when it gets nicer? maybe. *

playing hooky...

today i should be flying to vegas for magic...

however, i woke up this morning and changed my mind.  i couldn't bring my self to drive to another airport, hop on another plane, squeeze my way through the other passengers to my teeny tiny seat toward the back,  and sleep in a comfortable but only because I have been on feet for hours bed.  nope, not this time. 

instead i plan on spending the next few days 

(i should be walking for hours and hours among the many, many booths at the las vegas convention center) 

crossing things off my list...

1.  inspiration board for our house

2.  tax stuff (i know, maybe i should have gone to vegas)

3.  yoga

4.  valentine's day (it was silly... i don't recommend it)

5.  take down christmas decoration (yes, you read it right)

6.  make some changes and update the shop

7.  cook in my new martha cast iron pot

8.  laundry

9.  organize tear sheets (for now... this is a huge job)

10. blog banner

2009: My Year In Review

some of my favorite memories from 2009...

he got down on one knee...

 i learned to snowboard {sort of}...

we had a valentine's day picnic in the dark...

left all our worries behind 

and hopped on a plane to Mexico...

took up some golf...

spent another great summer with these two lovelies...

got up close and personal with stevie knicks ♥...

journeyed to ireland, where...

i kissed the blarney stone...

stormed many castles...

sang {a lot}...

and laughed so hard i cried...

watched my grandma laugh and cry in yankee stadium...

made {and sold!} lots of headbands...

spent a day arranging flowers...

for her...

became godparents...

to Laina...

roasted marshmallows and told stories...

looked on as they became husband and wife...

celebrated with friends...

set a date {10.01.10}...

thanks 2009... you were good to me!

xoxo

Welcome 2010... Nice to meet you!

i'm not really a new years kind of girl...

 I usually end up sad reflecting on the fact that another year has come and gone... however, this year as 2010 stumbles upon me I am welcoming it with open arms 2009 was very good to me and I am so excited to see 

what 2010 has to offer...

here's just a few of the things that I am looking forward to:

- saying "i do"

- dancing with my dad

- buying a house and making it a home

- not wearing shoes for a week with my family here

- celebrating another decade of my amazing sister as she turns 30!

- learning how to cook and calling my mom every 2 seconds for help

- reuniting with my lucky ladies for our sixth summer in business

-watching my grandmother become the most fabulous 

80 year old woman in the world

- hosting a holiday, any holiday

- letting Tim Burton transport me to wonderland in March!

- learning to work my new Super 8 camera and making lots of movies

-  giving the website another shot

- opening a temporary shop for the holidays here

- enjoying the little things everyday has to offer

2010 I can already tell we were made for each other!