it's the first of january...

and i haven't even said merry Christmas!  wowsers!  my last post was the 15th of december, and i had plans to blog on til AT LEAST Christmas eve, but the hustle and bustle of december got the best of me...as always!  i love it though.  even w/ the overwhelmingness of it all, i love the shopping, baking, parties, wrapping, decorating, eating, gathering, yada, yada, yada...it is the most wonderful time of the year on my calendar :)  and honestly, i was a little bummed it was all over...until now.  i rung in the new year til the wee hours of the morning w/ the hubs and old friends listening to live music :)  and today (as i drove 2.5 hours to pick up the girls) as the sun was shining, w/ a grande cinammon dolce latte, and the best 90s country music blaring on the radio, i thought of 2012 and all the new beginnings this year will bring!  and i was getting very excited at the thought of de-Christmasing the house and lightening everything up w/ spring decor!  i was so ready to grab the girls and come back home and kick off 2012, but then the energy level winded down on the 2.5 hour car trip home, ha!  so, i just wanted to say hello! and i will catch you back here tomorrow w/ some more blog love and talk of what's to come!  until then...

merry Christmas and happy new year from mr. & mrs. dandy!