On the New Year...

Oh how i love the build up to New Year...

i am not talking about the parties...i don't think i have been to a 'real' New Years party since University....yes its true.

What i love about the New Year, is the week preceding up to it. On Boxing day, we have a 'pick up' day, every year i have managed to convince Don that we should either do a DIY to improve the house or tidy out something. Our first year married we updated the first house we lived in by removing an installed sink unit, a noble cause you may think but unfortunately we lacked the skill to accomplish the task correctly and a week later had to have a plumber professionally seal the exposed pipes. So, for the past couple of years it has been to tidy and organise something.

This year was the boy's turn - we decided to create somewhat of a play den for Finley. We all had been feeling a touch overwhelmed with the toys that were everywhere, now you should know that our house is considered 'cute', (that's the polite LA way of saying small), and as you can imagine we feel cluttered very easily. We created a space solely for the boy and his toys. We did have to sacrifice a 'grown up' part of our living room, the spot where i love to write and blog, but it is nice to have our sofa free from Mr Potato head. 

i am sure you can tell that we are Ikea enthusiasts...

I put a lot of effort into the week before New Year, i tend to write 3 resolutions, they are small and do able. They are precise and definitive and they nearly always are not kept. But this year it is going to be different (right?!?). Well i will certainly try to keep them.

I get my organisational crazy on, we make a special trip to find the perfect agenda, one that has plastic pockets for me to fill with those miniature recipe cards from Real Simple, one that includes both a birthday reminder calendar as well as month to view and day by day break down (particular much!?!) and also it must be spiral bound and most importantly - pretty. I also found a wonderful printable calendar to brighten up the fridge and bonus - to keep a track of everything i have planned for us in the upcoming year.

I do a little spring clean, clean out my closet, organize outfits and shoes and tell myself that i will wear something other than sweat pants during the day...getting my pretty back is one of my new resolutions. But i will post about those separately.

I guess i love the promise of a New Year, new hopes, new adventures. I feel like this week is a real 'sort your life out' kind of a moment. It makes me happy to plan what i hope to accomplish and to think of what is to come.