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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.
