New Years Day Tradition 2011

Here is our trip from new years day 2011! Once again I wanted to see the mountains! So we filled up the car with gas and headed back to Arkansas! This time I had some idea of which way to go! North!!

Here is us before we left. {no I do not have a giant bruise on my forehead it was the shadow of G's hat!}

See! Lol

We headed north on Scenic Byway 7. We crossed over this lake. It was beautiful! I only got one cruddy shot because we were driving... fast...

Then we ended up in Hot Springs, Arkansas! Here are some of the pics!

I wish they were open! Pancakes sounded soooo good!

Of course my gear-head hubby liked this building because it had the Chevy Bowtie symbol... Can you find it?

They even had cute little park benches set up for playing chess or checkers. How cute is that?!?!

The town was soooo beautiful! I think everyone should visit! We ate at a cute little mom and pop restaurant called Grandma's Kitchen! It was really good home cooked food! I can't wait to go back another time! After we left there we took the long road home and continued up through the mountains, over to Fort Smith, Arkansas and back down through Oklahoma! Once again we traveled three states and over 550 miles in one day! We absolutely love our new found tradition and can't wait for next year to find some new wonderful towns! (No we don't always wait a year... Sometimes we just get the itch and go! Feel free to go whenever the time feels right!) How was your new years day?

Top 5 Projects of 2010

I've only been blogging since mid-November but here are my top 5 post for this year!



Rosette Ornaments

God's Pocket

Pottery Barn Inspired Outdoor Decor

SK's To-Do List

Cardboard Wreath

Thank you all for your continued support! I love hearing from you all! Here's to 2011 being even better than 2010!

And here are my New Years Resolution!

1. Get Organized
2. Repaint the living room and dining room walls
3. Touch-up paint the ENTIRE house
4. Pay off my credit cards! (They are currently in the freezer in a cup of ice so that I can't use them!)
5. Update the kitchen coutnertops
6. Paint the front and back doors of the house (I'm thinking Red)

That's it for now but I'm sure the list will keep growing... That doesn't include all the crafts I want to get done!

1. Make slipcovers for the couches
2. Update our Bedroom
3. Make Curtains
4. Update/ Finish the Sunroom

Sarah's First of the Month Project will be posted on Monday!!! Y'all stay tuned it's a great idea for New Years!!!

This post is not for the faint of heart...

WARNING!

The following post may disgust you! It may embarrass you to know me! Or we could all become closer because I'm being honest :-)
(P.S. Welcome to all of my new followers!!! Please don't be scared off yet!)

The following is pictures of my house RIGHT now...

Kitchen

Dining Room

Guest Bathroom

Not too bad right?

Well let's see what's behind door number 1!

"linen" closet

Want to know why you've never seen the computer room?

Yeah, Mr. G says this is his "shed"... Not anymore sucka!

Master Bedroom

(My Side) Okay I won't lie... I moved my tea glass from the night before :-)

(His Side)

Closet

I know! Gross right?!?! Okay so it's not dirty... There's just crapola EVERYWHERE! It's quite a hot mess right now! This is what happens when you start to clean and all you really do is systematically move things out of sight... (from guest anyway) You don't actually put them where they go! So what is my New Years Resolution? Clean and organize my ENTIRE home (in 21 days to be exact)! How am I going to do that?!?! With the help of A Bowl Full of Lemons! Yup I'm taking the plunge! Wish me luck!!! Lord knows I need it!

New Years Day Tradition

Sadly I can't show you all what I've been working on because one of my readers is getting it for CHRISTMAS!!!  :-(  I appreciate that my family supports my blog but sometimes it stinks because I want to show you all my wonderful crafts... Sooooooooo today I will share with you the hubs and my New Years Day holiday tradition!

Okay so last year was our FIRST year doing this but whatev! It's a new tradition... that we're sticking too!

So last year on New Years Day we got up kinda early (like 8 or 9) WHAT?!?!?! THAT'S EARLY FOR A 20 SOMETHING!

Anyways.... We filled up the car with gas and got to driving! We had no destination in mind! We just got in and took off east! I wanted to see the mountains! So we hopped on I-30 and headed to Arkansas! Well since I had never been to Arkansas before and I thought that since their slogan is "The Natural State"  once we crossed the border it would be like

BAM MOUNTAINS!

Well.... That's not the case... So we kept driving a little further... and a little further... and a little further... I kept saying "okay just over this hill we'll see mountains." or "Just around this curve and we'll see them" Yeah... Didn't happen. So Mr. G got the BRIGHT idea "Let's go to Louisiana!" So what do we do? We turn south! Onto some little 2 lane highway that took us to Louisiana. And guess what?!?!

It was a b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l drive! We came through a bunch of cute towns that were not "interstate highway" towns with Wal-Mart's and Target's and Applebee's and T.G.I.F's... They were quaint towns with mom and pop shops and bakeries! Just what I LOVE! So here are some pics from our drive.

{isn't it beautiful?}

{this WAS a road... it's not a lake or pond}

 {The picture does not do this sunset justice}

Mapquest

This was our drive. Over 500 Miles and 3 States! In ONE day! We had a great time! I don't think we listened to the radio once during that drive. We talked, re-connected, laughed, reminisced, and had fun. This year we plan to do it again! Do we know where we will end up? No. Will we find cute towns and two lane highways to travel? Absolutely. Will we fall in love all over again as we discover new places together? Without a doubt...

This year start a new family tradition! Fill up the car with gas and go! You never know what you may find!