January 2023!!

Happy new year. When I was young I remember hearing my grandparents saying that time goes faster as you get older. I thought that was so silly - everyone knows a second is the exact amount of time every single time. A minute is a minute. Guess what?? Like so many other things, they were right. 

I'm shocked that it is a new year. I am a little unprepared to be honest. Other than a new calendar I don't have a word of the year or any resolutions. Maybe not deciding any of those things is, in fact, my decision. What about you?

Our NYE "venue" #ourfamilyroom. 

We changed our plans and stayed home to enjoy snacks and champagne and to watch UGA play.

I did do a couple of 2022 "wrap ups" on IG but that's about it. It is the first year that both of my parents are gone so we did not have any holiday travel. Things felt a little different but we did some new things around home and because it was soooooo cold in the South we actually just hung out at home and read and napped. And snacked. And snacked! We decided to enjoy the slower pace. 

I do have a little room refresh that I want to start soon. Christmas decor is down but not completely cleared out of the way (I'm doing some purging.) Once I get everything completely out of every room I'm going to start my first project of 2023. It is going to be all about paint and won't involve any big ticket items. I'll be posting on my Instagram once I get started. 

Are you easing in to 2023 like me? Or do you have plans and goals in place and are ready to jump in?? 

Happy Hopeful New Year!! It's 2021!

 

I posted this picture on NYE 2020 and then realized it was only fitting to end the year with this Diana bust because I started  2020 with a picture of this Diana bust on my IG!

Here's a little recap:

(from my Instagram account)

A lot of us have joked about the arrival of 2021 saying "the bar isn't very high" for 2021. We are just glad that 2020 moved on. 

In many ways I actually think a lot of us have high expectations for 2021.

I think my take away from this past year

 (and really 2019 had some pretty tough parts for our family)

is that last line from my IG post:

Only we can make it the best one yet.

Attitude is everything. 

So let's make each day count - come what may!

Happy New Year!!

Wishing you and yours all the blessings and hope

 that comes with the start of something new!

Here's to 2019!

Love, Cooper

(and the humans here too!)