hello, spring.

the dressing room

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corners of our home

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Icicles and sunbathing

our new place

We will be living here starting February 1st! View more photos.

new years resolutions

I haven't actually made any new year's resolutions in a long time, but this year there were some that I didn't realize I had until now. So here are some things that I hope come to pass during 2009. 

1.) A new wardrobe: I was inspired by Gwyneth Paltrow's article on her 'uniform'. I have been struggling with the question "what is my style?" for the longest time. I always felt that I didn't have a specific style and wished I did, but I really just want to dress comfortably and look nice without too much work. I really, really like her style, ( if only I were that tall. :) I had to adjust it a little, but I felt that her choices for the basics were right on, so I went with it. I picked out some classic pieces and colors that all mix and match. I would love to see her put together a spring/summer 'uniform'.

Another thing that I kind of used as a guide is the list of items used on Tim Gunn's Guide to Style. You can find the list here. It lists ten pieces every woman should have. I think it's a great start. I ordered most of the things on the list today with the help of Gwyneth Paltrow's uniform guide. Can't wait to try everything on.

2.) Cooking and Baking: Something Ryan and I have been doing excellent at lately, (not to brag, it's just that we have a horribly small kitchen and for a long time we would never cook in there). I think that we can thank the holidays and America's Test Kitchen for that. If you want to make cooking fun and educational, you should definitely watch some episodes of ATK. You can rent the dvds through Netflix or purchase them from several places. We're renting them and we have a subscription to the Cooks Illustrated website so we have access to their recipes and videos. They're extremely helpful. We also invested in 2 good dutch ovens.

... that's all for now. More to come.

5 years, tomorrow.