HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'm going to start by saying that I don't make New Years's Resolutions. I stopped years ago; they are set-ups for failure. I feel bad about myself - and that leads nowhere good. I prefer to look at a new year as sort of a blank canvas that I can make into anything that I want. I have thought a lot about it in the past few weeks as I have continued with the massive clean-out adventure I've undertaken. The way I want this year's image to look is like a splendiferous, streamlined existence for our empty nest. After all, my long-range goal is to have the project finished by the end of this year.

That being said, I've been lazy about clearing and cleaning as well as about blogging lately. I have cleaned out and organized some drawers and small cupboards, but nothing major. I think that my next project will need to be the "Family Room." This room is the hub of relaxation in our house. Like the dining room table, the family room tends to collect things. 



I don't know how it happens (well that's a little bit of a fib). Mostly, I know how it happens, but it's never intentional. I take a magazine or two back to peruse while watching TV, I don't get to it as quickly as planned and one thing leads to another, or in this case, one magazine adds to the stack. Although there are a lot of things in the room that we don't need, many of these I am not ready to part with (high school yearbooks). This will be a tougher one. I also have lower "standards' for the family room. By it's very nature, it's a place to let our hair down, relax and have fun. It feels okay to have a lot of our favorite things surrounding us. So although the extra magazines (and yes more of those horrid catalogs) will be cleared out, it will remain homey with a lived-in quality.