Update

I am terrible! I fully welcome a slap on the wrist for going this long without writing. I got slammed with black Friday so writing a blog became the very last thing on my mind. Orders have sinced slowed so I have a bit more time now between creating new items and sending them out to the lovely group of photographers I have met along the way.

It's a new year, and I'm trying to take it by the horns, literally( I'm an Aries... Get it?), anyhow... I've set some resolutions for myself that I hope I will be able to stick to:

1: start making more of our food from scratch. My reasons being that I do love to cook and I believe I should start making more time for it. Another main reason is thati hate how much crap is in the fast foods and other things we eat these days. It's just terrible! So when my husband goes back to work we are going to start on that one.

2: stop the frivolous spending! We've learned to "rely" so much on things that help make our lives easier.... But when it comes right down to it I'd rather be able to put that money away and start saving up for a down payment on our first home, condo, whatever.

3: I'd like to travel to at least one far away place this year. My husband has never been out of the country and we've never had a honeymoon so it's on the list.

4: very important, I'd love to work with more charities and no more donations. I got to talk with some great people this holiday season. I was able to help provide gifts for a single mom of four kids, I helped a family earn $10,000 to help pay off their medical bills, I donated to an incredible women and childrens hospital. It would be a pleasure to help do some good again this year.

2010 was a great year, just because 2011 has gotten off to a rough start doesn't mean its not going places. I like to think we'll go to great places because we were able to pick ourselves up from a rough beginning.

Happy new years everyone!

Christina Easterling
Briar Rose