Here's to 2012! Happy New Year!

As we say goodbye to 2011 and look forward to 2012 with anticipation and excitement about what lies ahead in the new year, I wanted to thank each and everyone one of you for your readership, your comments, suggestions and positive encouragement since I embarked on this new creative undertaking.  It has been such a wonderful gift to be able to share my ideas and inspiration with you all and I look forward to continuing the conversation in 2012!  Before I sign-off until the New Year, I thought I would share some of my goals for 2012 with the hopes that you will take a few minutes to consider your own:

Things I'd like to do in 2012:

Wear SPF everyday and report back to my concerned colleagues who lectured me about this last month.

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Reinstate an annual girls trip to Palm Springs that my best girlfriends and I use to do once a year.  Weddings, babies, work and life have prevented us from getting together the last couple years, but I'm making a rezzy for 2012!

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Prove that the renewal of my New Yorker subscription was not a waste of money. After a 2 year lapse (since I had my daughter), I've re-upped and received my first issue yesterday.

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Visit the Brimfield Antique Show for the first time with my mom and sister (who most recently went with Peter Dunham!)

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Take some self-imposed breaks from my iphone (which is even harder since I discovered the world of twitter), especially on the weekends.  There is nothing I need to read about on gmail, twitter or facebook that can't wait a few hours!

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Connect with other bloggers in the Los Angeles area and try to help start our own quarterly meet-up.

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Put a few weekend getaways on the calendar for my husband and I.  There probably won't be any trips abroad this year, but I'd like to take a long, slow drive up Highway 1 and just meander.

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Finish the many home projects I've started. Specifically turning our study into a playroom and redoing several bathrooms with fabulous wallpaper (which I'm currently on the hunt for).

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Finally host a house-warming party (I'm 2 years in, but we still refer to it as our "new" house to explain why there are so many unfinished projects to tackle) in the fall or winter.

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Continue to grow in this wonderful blogging adventure and make this blog better with new regular features and loads of creative and inspiring ideas and sources!

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A special thank you to Theresa over at Inspiration Cooperative for inspiring me to think about my goals for 2012 and encouraging me to share them. Have a happy and safe New Year! Au revoir!