Merry Belated Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I had planned on writing this post a few days ago, but my couch has some very strong pulls these days. My bad.

This year for Christmas I am at home in Orlando spending some restful time with family, and loving every second of it. It has been great for eating too much chocolate, stitching, knitting, gym time, and spending time with this family of mine. Ever since my brother got married, our Christmas traditions have changed a little, but I know next year things are going to change again with a new addition to the Hardaway and Goodman clans, and so I'm trying to really be present in this time playing games with my family at night, watching TV with my dad in the afternoons, snuggling with my cat. It's good. It's real good.

2014 is going to be an amazing year. The other night I was working on our save the dates with my sister in law and I just got so excited typing out our wedding date! Eeee! There is so much to be done still, but I feel so wonderful going into 2014 and the last six months of our engagement with a date, a venue, a caterer, and a dress (!!!!!!)! That will be a funny story to share on this blog someday for sure.

I'm also thinking a lot about new year's resolutions and the projects (besides the wedding projects) that I want to be taking on in 2014. So far I've considered a chronological bible reading plan, a weekly crochet plan, and a year-long knitting goal (this year, I'm taking on socks).

I'd love to hear about y'alls new years resolutions, and if you have any recommendations based on goals you've taken on!

Lots of love from sunny FL for a few more days,

Abby

SUMMER BAUBLEBAR FAVORITES!

Have you guys heard about BaubleBar?

It's quickly becoming one of my favorite places to shop/waste time pretending to shop online. I don't know about y'all, but every once in a while there comes along a fun jewelry trend that I want to get in on, but don't want to spend my month's worth of grocery money on. That's where BaubleBar comes in! Remember when bubble necklaces were new and exciting? BaubleBar had those way on the cheap. They do a great job at making beautiful jewelry at prices that normal human beings can afford, along with some awesome splurges! I have bought two pieces of jewelry from them so far and have loved them both, so I thought I would go ahead and make a collage of some of my favorite pieces on their site for summer!

ONE/TWO/THREE/FOUR/FIVE/SIX

These pieces would be great for summer weddings, picnics, Bonnaroo, or just hanging out by the pool. Oh! And if you want to sign up for an account on BaubleBar, use my referral link! :)

What are some of your favorite accessories for summer? 

xo. Abby

DREAMING

Today, I'm dreaming. 

One tradition my family has every year for Christmas is to give an ornament on Christmas Eve that symbolizes our year, something that was significant about our year or something that we will remember about it. My mom texted me the other day about input on my ornament, what it should be this year, and it got me thinking about all of the stuff that happened in 2012. I'm excited to do a wrap-up of 2012 post later, after exams, when I'm home, after Brandon has come to visit, but for now, I am fully believing this quote by C.S. Lewis: