Creating With The Stars

                                
I woke up this snowy (yes, it snowed here again!) Saint Patrick's morning to find I made it into the East Coast Creative's Contest: Creating With The Stars (CWTS)!! I'm also paired up with one of my favorite bloggers, Kate, from Centsational Girl! What the what?!  I'm thrilled and grateful for the opportunity to do some projects and be in this contest with some amazing bloggers. This contest is four weeks long and consists of  four projects to accomplish. Week one is a knock-off project. Come back to see what I've been up to.

Since it's Saint Patrick's Day and my children are home from school due to snow(yes, they've gone way over their snow days limit) we'll be making some green-related treats like this Shamrock shake and rainbow art with pots of gold.
                                    
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New Beginnings for 2014

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Years! Our family enjoyed sleeping in late, hanging out in pajamas and playing games. We had some family come into town, which was really nice and it was truly a great holiday. Now that it is a new year, it's time to set some goals. I really like setting goals. I've learned that creating different categories helps me stay focused on what I want to accomplish. Here are some categories that I've set for myself this year:

Education/ learn more about photography, and design

Home/ Organize closets, garden, upholster sofa

Health/ Exercise for 30 minutes (at least) four days per week

Finances/ Save money for girl's braces, and unexpected things

Work/ amazing blog posts three days a week

Spiritual/ take time everyday to serve someone

My husband and I decided on some home projects we want to work on together (and there is a lot to do since we moved into our home less than a year ago). We'll be doing:

building storage room shelving

starting the huge task of finishing our basement

painting and decorating our girls' rooms

working on our mud room closet

painting the risers on our stairs

Lots of trim work (crown, chair rail, wainscoting)

laundry room makeover

painting and tiling bathrooms

installing a tile kitchen back splash

Sooooo, we're a bit optimistic but we're looking forward to getting started. Really, what it comes down to is making every day count! By working a little bit each day I know I will see great results. You can check out how we are progressing by checking in! 

By the way, come back tomorrow for the reveal of our under the stairs play area we made for our girls. Can't wait to show you!