And however the rest of that song goes....
This is that time of year that bloggers across the world wide interwebs take the time to look back at their year and summarize what's happened on the blog or summarize a series of significant bloggy and/or personal events. I guess i'm much the same.
Actually, it's not just bloggers that do this. With the year ticking up one more notch, I think it's human nature to think about the year in review and try to make some sort of sweeping generalization or judgement of whether it was "good" or "bad". I think that's a bit unfair to good old 2013...it was a long 365 days. Too much happened to summarize in a few snappy paragraphs. I'll do my best to hit a few hghlights (some of which were mentioned, some are new).
We did a lot in Sarah's Big Girl bedroom - check out a few of the posts here:
And the biggie is that we did a full-on down-to-the-studs renovation of our kitchen.
So one thing I've come to see is that I didn't do a lot in 2013. Less than half the posts when compared to 2012 (my first full year of blogging). I should fix that (do I sense a resolution there??). There are a few reasons - the biggest reason was the kitchen. In a small house like ours, a huge kitchen renovation like we did was so disrupting, that it was difficult to even think about anything else, let alone DO something about it . Pretty much no matter where I went, I was facing evidence of the destruction/or construction that was going on. So other projects were untouched and or dining room (a.k.a. my craft space) was cluttered and messy. I'll say this, no other project has had such a positive impact on our day-to-day life than our kitchen reno has, and it's only been done for a few months. Baking Christmas cookies in there was FANTASTIC.
Now that all the excuses are out of the way, I'll say that 2013 was a great year. We've had tons of fun, completed off the BIGGEST project on our house so far, potty trained the 3 year old. To do's for 2014 include addressing our ugly stairwell, maybe the basement, and getting healthier. Plus, I want to do more crafty things, smaller decor and organizational projects. I hope to have closer to 100 posts in 2014. About 2 every week if all goes well.
I'd like to take a moment to wish everyone a very happy Happy HAPPY New Year. I hope 2014 brings joyful moments, fun projects, and fabulous memories. I hope for health and happiness for me & my family and for you and yours!
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