The two-day photo shoot that I’ve been hinting about wrapped up today. Everything went soooooo smoothly {even after a small breakdown on my part just a few hours before the photographers arrived!} and I can’t wait to see the final pics. I owe you a more detailed post all about it but tonight I’m forcing myself to go to bed before midnight. HH and I have had several weeks of very late nights and very early mornings trying to get parts of the house ready for the shoot and we’re beat. I’m thoroughly enjoying fresh flowers all over the house leftover from the photo shoot.
I took a few moments the other day to nail down my 2013 resolutions and thought I’d share those with you.
Get a passport. Specifically, get my passport. Would you believe I’ve never been out of the U.S.? HH travels abroad for work quite frequently and there’s some talk about me joining him this year. I need to be ready!
Finish my design course. I’m enrolled in the Sheffield School of Interior Design. I get a lot of emails wanting to know if I’d recommend the course. The truth is, I don’t feel comfortable recommending or not recommending the course until I’ve completed it. I will say that I contacted Lauren Liess and Layla Palmer, both Sheffield grads, before enrolling and that I’m learning A LOT.
Create a gallery wall. Or two. It’s about time we got some stuff up on the walls in here and I can’t get enough of mismatched, eclectic gallery walls. FYI – I may have already started work on this resolution. And we’re only nine days into the year. Go me.
Take more pictures. Of my kids. Of my HH. Of my house. Of me. Of things that inspire me.
Be less serious. Too often I find myself approaching daily tasks, blogging, decorating and even parenting {gasp!} with a stuffy, all business attitude when what I need to do is find joy in those things.
There are other house projects we’re hoping to take on this year as well – finishing the second bathroom, fixing up the boys’ room, repainting the master bedroom, building a deck, repairing the front door, etc. – but the bolded items above take precedence.
What are your New Year’s resolutions?
P.S. Thanks to everyone who shopped my Joss & Main event! Did you know Joss & Main has an online magazine called Plume? I didn’t until last week. Check out this brutally honest Plume article which includes my tips for surviving a renovation. I’m still not sure how the author, Donna Garlough, was able to put together anything coherent from my nonsensical ramblings during the phone interview. Thanks Donna!
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image: Dana Miller for House*Tweaking
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