NEW YEARS INSPIRATIONS

JUST SOME PHOTOS TO GET YOU IN THE NEW YEARS MOOD.

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS COMING SOON.

BOOKS I BOUGHT TODAY.

OH. MY. GAWD.

I could write like 5 posts about Todd Selby alone. He started  photographing different people in their homes and blogging about each one. But when it became more popular, he decided to choose 32 of his favorite people/homes and make a book. SO GLAD he did that! Most of the homes are really colorful and eclectic, and the people are pretty much what I want to be when I grow up. JUST. SO. COOL.

Ok, I dont really know much about this book...except that everyone loves it. AND there are two more that were written after it...so Im pretty much really behind.

This one jumped out at me right away. It's set in Savannah, Georgia and it is a non-fiction novel about a murder and the trial that went along with it. I think ile read this one first...

The best house on the block.

Ok guys, really sorry for not posting over the holidays so far. I promise that will change soon! Im not really going to try to make any excuses. But I promise I have LOTS of fun blog ideas and I have been reading lots of cool books/doing lots of new things/drawing some really cute stuff. And thats what the holidays are about right?! Well...sorta anyway. So, for now...Ile just show you this...

This little beauty (sorta) is a little house in my hometown that puts up lots and lots of lights every year. It true, that its not a spectacular as some of the huge professionally decorated houses in the city, but there is something magical about it in its own little way. The couple that live there are getting older now so the lights are getting fewer than a couple years ago. But we still love to drive by and watch the little mini helicopter and then tiny train. Everything is pretty much the same every year, which for some reason leaves a comfort...its always the first house we go by and see...

P.S. -unfortunately because a lot of the lights on the house change and blink, it seems that only about half of the lights are actually lit in this picture...but hopefully you sort of get the feeling of it all...:)

Christmas Tree! Oh Christmas Tree!

For as long as I can remember, one of my favorite parts of Christmas was decorating the tree. When I was young we always had real trees, but that stopped after my kitten climbed up to the top and knocked the whole live tree, ornaments, water, and all, to the floor. Ever since then we have had a fake tree. But I didn't really care about that, because it wasn't the tree I loved. It was the ornaments! This year, I had my own little Christmas tree, and while all the ornaments I love from my childhood are still with my mother, Jesse and I had a lot of fun picking out some new ornaments for our tree! But when I finally came home for the holidays, one for the first things I wanted to do was still put up the tree and ornaments. I love all of the ornaments and the stories that go with them so much, I decided to take some pictures to share with all of you!

And of course I had to add this too...Ralphie trying to hide in all of the wrapping from the ornaments...

And this is my little tree that I had at my apartment...

RANDOM INSPIRATIONS

This last week has been sort of rough for me. Ive been having some family problems, and I also have finals all week, not to mention that I forgot to pay a ticket and I have to run down to the county I got it in tomorrow and pay it...so needless to say, as much as I should be studying for something like that...I need some things to lift my mood. Here are some things that make me happy right now.

MY DOG

MY BOYFRIEND

CHRISTMAS

GOOD GRADES