happy new year

happy happy new year 

sweet friends!!

this year has been a year full

of love, tears, joy,

dreams, creativity & 

some disappointment. 

and i love celebrating and welcoming

in the new.

i love what new means:

 having been made or come into being

a short time ago; changed for the better; 

rejuvenated; not previously experienced or encountered

i am so excited to invite the new

into my life. even if it isn't perfect.

and i cannot wait to apply the things i 

learned and ways i grew in 2010 

throughout this upcoming new year.

but i thought reflecting on

2010 would be an important step 

in entering the new year.

and

it was so good reminding

myself of my beautiful life.

even with the pains & disappointments.

so here is a list i made

reflecting on 

my 2010

• purchased our first pet & addition to the taylor family, rudy {our pet chinchilla}
• began disregard{en}, despite fears and the unknown
• started working on pieces for disregard{en}
• blogged consistently.  most of the time.
• started working at anthropologie to potentially move toward 'prop styling'
• realized anthropologie was not going to get me where i wanted to go
• wrestled with figuring out what what & where i want to go
• found peace in the midst of that wrestling. sometimes.
• invested in some really sweet relationships
• was on a pilot for a reality show
• sold my first seven furniture pieces for disregard{en}
• started dreaming up selling pieces at the flea market with our sweet friends, the johnsons, in 2011
• found some good music
• drank some good wine
• forgave
• watched madmen, lost and friday night lights
• celebrated our first anniversary as a married couple
• reflected on our first year, set new goals, made healthy steps toward discipline within our marriage and individual lives
• befriend our neighbors
• acquired some great free furniture finds
• laughed
• was creative {sewed, glued, sanded, cut, sawed, painted, sealed and dug}
• sewed a lot of curtains and pillowcases
• re-decorated our living room. three times.
• re-decorated our guest room
• drank a lot of margaritas
• trusted
• made some delicious meals and ate them with dear friends and family
• took walks down the path near our house
• cried
• made some really great connections for disregard{en}, now i just need to follow through with them
• went to mexico, ate really good lobster, almost adopted a stray cat we named 'shakespeare'
• successfully welcomed and enjoyed a few house guests
• read 'east of eden' together
• ate a lot of mexican food
• defeated our poor drainage in the backyard. for now.
• planted vegetables and herbs in our garden
• redeemed our backyard and patio
• got my first dutch oven
• grilled on our new barbeque
• successfully deported, without killing, two squirrels {both lived in the roof of our bedroom. one even got in. twice}
• traveled to san francisco and ate our way through the city with good friends
• enjoyed time with family in newport during the summer
• drank homemade cappuccinos almost every morning
• painted the kitchen and re-tiled with free tile found on craigslist free
• drank some good beer
• survived my first holiday season working retail
• received, printed and framed our wedding photos
• celebrated marriages, birthdays, babies {not ours} and anniversaries
• baked the best buttermilk biscuits with honey butter
• spent wonderful time with our families, including a trip to kansas city & arkansas
• grew in communicating, trusting and Loving with mr. amazing

i cannot wait to incorporate

some of the experiences on this list

with some new ones.

i hope you enjoy your 

new year's eve

friends.

i cannot wait to share the beauty

of life with you in 2011.

stay tuned for some new year's

resolutions. a few personal and 

a few for 

disregard{en}.

                .jessnicole.