{changing focus}

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After quite a bit of thought, I have decided to take another break from my blog, this time for the month of January. I do this every once in a while when I feel like I need to dedicate more time to the other things in my life.

Right now I am:

• Training for my first ever 5k run/walk (mostly walk for me, I'm pretty sure!)
• Sleep-training my 5 month old
• Working on a design for my master bedroom
• Trying to find time to read again
• Getting back into weekly meal-planning

So I'm going to focus on those things and put blogging on the back-burner for a while. I'll be back at the beginning of February to share the results from my photo a day challenge!

In the meantime, be sure to follow me on Pinterest as I'll still be pinning like crazy!

{a photo a day}

If you know me, you also know that I recently became addicted to instagram. We bought an ipod touch for Christmas, and I've been loving all the fun apps. When I saw this photo a day challenge on Fat Mum Slim, I had to join!

My plan is to take each photo and then at the end of the month I'll post them all. I think it will be a fun way to look back on the month! Here's a little sneak preview, mostly because I love my new haircut:

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Have a lovely day. Here we go, 2012!

{post christmas craziness}

{Jack and Mommy in DC}

Hey everyone! Sorry about the unannounced absence from my blog last week - we had Christmas with different family members from Wednesday until Monday. It was a busy week! I hope everyone had a wonderful time with family and friends. Our first Christmas with Jack was wonderful (he wasn't so into the gifts and food, but he was definitely fun to snuggle). Emma was adorable opening everything in sight (whether it was for her or not....) and Bran and I had a great time just getting to hang out.

On the Monday after Christmas I took the kids to DC with my mom, sister and her hubby, and my cousins Alex and Joey.  We went to Bobby's Burger Palace for lunch, then headed to Georgetown to walk around. It was great, and the weather was beautiful! I'm loving how warm it's been!

Bran had LASIK surgery yesterday so we're spending New Year's weekend hanging close to home. What are your plans?

I'll leave you with this quote from one of my favorite authors:

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.” — G.K. Chesterton

Happy New Year!

{ordered!}

Think I'll be able to get them out before Christmas? We'll see! Here's a preview...

Stationery card

View the entire collection of cards.

 

Are you sending out cards this Christmas? I love shutterfly. They are definitely my go-to for any kind of photo cards (I've used them for Christmas cards, announcements, and even a valentine's day card the first year we were married!). Who do you like to use?

{new look and a video!}

Hey everyone! Finally got around to updating the look of the old blog and I'm happy with the results :) I'm still threatening to switch over to my own domain (I own marriedlane.com, but haven't gotten a chance to mess with things to make it all pretty over there yet!). But for now I thought some vintage photography and new colors would be fun.

I'm totally in love with this clip. I hope it brings some summery warmth to your cold winter day (plus I'm totally going to try these next summer).


S'Meaches from Claire Thomas on Vimeo {via} .