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I just wanted to draw your attention to the new tab above - {our home to do list} These are projects Philip and I still want to do. Some are listed that we have already done & have the links to them. I like that it gives me an idea of what we have done and what we still have left to do.

If you notice - install butcher block counter top is still not checked off. I am going crazy! Well not really, but it is really annoying to have a kitchen island and not be able to put things on it. We are ordering the countertop this week - yahoo! So I'll have pictures soon.

Enjoy your Sunday! 

grab bag.

 sorry emily. my sister has been bugging me about blogging, but i just have had too much going on this week. but finally...we will have a weekend home! we have been out of town the last two weeks & it makes the week feel so much busier. i have a list of things i want to do like bathe lucy, but i mostly want to relax and spend time with my boo. oh and i guess watch the super bowl, but i don't really care about the game.

lucy is bugging me as i am typing...

i am also hoping to make so chili since i haven't been cooking a lot of soup lately...& this is my favorite time of year to make soup. 

i also want to try & sew like i had mentioned last post. i was playing with shipping tags & made these little gift tags. i haven't decided what i'll do with them yet though...

they may be something i list or just use myself. i also have had fun making these aged shipping tags...

i am selling those in my pipe + dream shop though. 

anyways, hope your weekend is restful + fun!

{ 2011 to do}

{2011 Perplexed Birdies Calendar by Collete Papiere}

I do not really like resolutions, but I do like goals & to do lists...so I have a few for 2011 & thought I would share. Perhaps this will help keep my accountable to doing some of them.

{1} learn to sew - I know the basics, but want to sew a pillow sham & learn how to do the basics
{2} only go to the grocery store once a week - odd goal, but I ALWAYS end up having to go several times & it takes so much time & energy.
{3} live a neater/cleaner life. okay, totally not measurable, but I have noticed that I have this cycle of my house/car/etc gets messy as I am busy during the week & then it takes me all day Saturday to clean it up. I want to figure out how to live a more organized day to day schedule where I am not letting everything pile up.
{4} read a book a month - could be a spiritual book or a book for fun, but once a month
{5} get into two more local boutiques with my button jewelry
{6} exercise 3x a week - enough said.
{7} continue to blog on a semi-daily basis
{8} journal & remember what God has done - my friend reminded me this week how important that is
{9} redecorate our master bedroom - we love the colors, but Philip wants to build a new bed with  storage & I love that idea.

...so that is a start...i'm sure there's more...

christmas to do list

...our front window decorations...

Only a week until Christmas! I love this time of year, but it always seems to come faster than I expected. I decided to make a list of things I hope to do. Is that bad? I mean I know its a break, but I always wish I had got certain things done.

• Start exercising over break {I have been meaning to get back into it & maybe having free time will help!}
• Sleep in {this will be easier for me than for Philip}
• Finish Christmas shopping before the 23rd...
• Find a new tv series to watch {Philip + I watched Grey's Anatomy from season 1 this fall and we are all caught up}
• Enjoy being with our friends & families
• Start some traditions 
• Find a refrigerator on sale so we can put it in when break is done
• Watch at least one Christmas movie
• Find some good music we both like {we have $15 to itunes...any suggestions??}

...so I realize some of them are not specific or measurable, but oh well.