A Clean Slate

Happy New Year! The first days of January 2012 have been beautiful here in Scituate. Crisp air and blue skies. We spent New Year’s Day and Monday enjoying time together. A long walk in Wheelwright Park in Cohasset with the kids and Poppy and a long walk on Minot Beach.

We also spent time on New Year’s Day taking down all the Christmas decorations. Usually, I’m so sad about this but they’d been up since the day after Thanksgiving and to tell you the truth I was feeling claustrophobic in our living room. Luke also has this English superstition where they need to come down before twelfth night (January 6th) or you’ll have bad luck. I certainly don’t want to start the new year with bad luck. I do miss the fairy lights, though 🙁

Here is how the mantel looks now:

A snow globe we made, some dried hydrangea, a few wintery pinecones that we painted three years ago:

Some candles, the fabric scrap garland I moved from the banister:

Simple, crisp, clean. A blank slate. I could spend my first blog of the New Year telling you how to get organized. I could tell you all the resolutions I’m making. But I won’t. I don’t make resolutions. I will tell you that I’m so excited to start afresh and share the excitement of what will come this year. The possibilities of a whole new year: new adventures, new friendships, reconnecting with old ones, more fun times on the beach and watching my boys grow just a bit more. My fingers are crossed for a wonderful year. I’m hoping for happiness and good health in my family and in yours. Happy New Year to everyone!

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