Happy New Year!

Just wishing you all a wonderful, fun, and blessed New Year!

Pardon the disheveled hair...just came back from errands for an impromptu glass of Moscato and a photo!

See you in 2012!

Blog Makeover! Getting Ready for 2012!!

New look for AoA! Yay! Getting ready for the new year with a new look around here.

Thought I'd share some photos of our little celebration at my best friends' parent's house. My own parents went to Houston to visit my sister, brother-in-law, and beautiful niece and me, alas with no job, couldn't go. *sigh*

April's dog Sadi was fascinated with my camera!

My very gracious room mates!

Karla opening her present from April.

Funny faces! We're famous for them!

April kept making me laugh!

 As you can see, I got some great knitting things! I'm very excited to learn a new skill! My 2nd mum got me started right away stitching away. I can't wait until I can knit hats and sweaters and such. I got home though and now nothing is going right, I must ask for another lesson :P

Sadi had her fun when we were done :P

Karla playing Angry Birds.

It was a really good time! I'm so grateful for my surrogate family that has been there for me for over 10 years. I love you guys!

Tomorrow I hope to be able to get some photos of what I've been sewing lately. I also created a new hairstyle that I love. Til then, lovelies!

Cookies! Yum!

A good day to all! I hope all of you enjoyed your holidays, whichever ones they might have been!

I FINALLY got to making my Solstice cookies myself. It's hard to find time to cook in my new living situation. My room mates are 3rd shifters, so they're sleeping during the day. Thank goodness my sewing machine doesn't wake them up!

So while they went to do their Christmas thing, I got busy in the kitchen. I wore my newly finished "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" skirt, which I will post soon. It has to be the most fun skirt I ever wore. So comfy! So twirly!

Anyway, to the cookies...

My pancreas is going to hate me but someone hand me a plate! :P

It's kind of funny seeing all those cookies and knowing that soon I'll be starting classes to become a nutritionist! I've actually done a really good job not eating them all in one sitting *hides plate behind her back and blushes* and there are a couple boxes packed up for Sir Knight back in Wyoming.

Now that the New Year is upon us, it's time for those resolutions. Mine is definitely to sew more often but also to sew things with much more quality and care. I'd like these garments to last a long while. If I have a daughter or a granddaughter I'd like her to wear them if she wants to.

Another resolution, like a lot of other people have, is fitness-centered. I really need to get back into my yoga practice. If I hadn't stopped I would be so fit by now. Guess it's time to swallow my regrets and just get back on it.

Those are my more mundane resolutions, I usually make my spiritual resolutions around Samhain (Halloween) as it's the Celtic new year. Those are going pretty well, though this move threw a wrench into a few.

Until next time!