Big Announcement #1

Hey Yall!

So I officially gave my 2-week notice at work!!!!! Yay! That is correct, I have left my job of six years (gasp!) and have decided to join a national nonprofit team. I'm super excited!!! I am behind in announcing my job change on the blog; so far behind that today is my last day!!

Today is not officially 2 full weeks, but sometime ago I put in for vacation for this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Since it was already approved, it is considered part of my 2 weeks.

A couple of my awesome friends decided that we must celebrate so we tried our local Wine & Design. Big hit but holy cow, lots of concentration!

This blank canvas will soon be Charleston's Rainbow Road.

Wine & Design strongly encourages their guests to bring snacks, wine, etc. KtP took care of JB and I with this amazing apple and goat cheese tart, as well as pimento cheese and crackers. I LOVE when KtP cooks, yumm-o!!

Midway through. At this point, my phone died so I'm hoping someone will email me the picture of the 3 of us (hint, hint).

Final piece! Not bad for my first time. I'm ready to try another piece. Who wants to go??

Wine & Design was a neat way to celebrate.  I'm so lucky to have these girls in my life to take the time to celebrate me! Thank you KtP and JB xoxo

Check back tomorrow for MORE news haha

Happy Tuesday,

S.O.S.

DIY Nightstand

This little baby has been a TV stand for the past few years. However, I've done some rearranging and decided to use the table as a nightstand on the guest side. Originally, this was a wood color. A few years ago I spray painted it black. Along with the rearranging, I wanted more color in my bedroom.

Starting....

Priming...

More priming...

Ta-da!! Cranberry nightstand...

The project took longer than I planned. I had to use two coats of primer and then three coats of paint. I still need to paint my other nightstand so they can be a matching pair. My painting schedule kept getting interrupted due to weather so I finally brought everything inside and painted in my kitchen ha. I kept having visions of cranberry paw prints appearing across my kitchen floor but thank you baby Jesus for not letting that happen.

Happy Crafting!

Southern Gal

Back so soon?!

Well lookie here, I'm back to blog! I'm actively working to make time for my projects. I know its only Sunday but I'm thinking that next weekend will be a painting weekend (depending on the weather). I have two nightstands that need a face lift along with my kitchen table and chairs. I think I'll pick just one project per weekend. Which project should I tackle first? Decisions, decisions.

This past weekend was perfect. I took Friday off and left town Thursday afternoon. I got to spend some serious quality time my nephew. I need to make that a priority as well. I do see him at least one a month but usually its never just he and I. He is growing up so quickly!

Once I dropped off my nephew at daycare, I headed toward the foothills to enjoy a wedding weekend for some dear friends. I met friends for wine tasting on Friday afternoon, then we all checked into the hotel to get ready for a Friday evening party to kick off the wedding celebrations!

First Winery of the Weekend! (personal photo)

We went to several more through out the weekend. I got wine glasses at 3 of the 5 wineries. I'm sad that one was not selling glasses and I simply forgot to buy a glass at the final winery of the weekend, which also happened to be the wedding venue. Failure!

View during the wedding ceremony. (personal photo)

I also tried to get pictures of the sign/gate for each winery but I failed at that too....guess I was enjoying all the tastings! I wish I could have more weekends like this all the time!

RagApple Lassie (personal photo)

I enjoyed RagAppleLassie and Raffaldini Vineyards the most. I would like to go back to the area and continue tasting other wineries.

This coming week I will continue my challenge of working on my priorities. Bunco is Tuesday (yippie!) and I think Wednesday I'm going to take a ballet barre class. I'm sure a barre workout is going to kick my tail!

What are you goals? How are you planning to accomplishing them?

Note- I have more photos to share from the weekend but they won't upload at the moment. I will work to fix the problem.

Making This a Priority

Wow, I'm a bad blogger.  I always get too busy with life and fail to focus on areas that require me to make time. My calendar fills up in a blink of an eye and after a wonderful conversation with a co-worker yesterday, I'm just going to make it happen.

So thank you for being patient while I learn to work on my wish list. As the Avett Brothers say, "decide what to be and go be it."

Without further ado, here is my to do list!

• Take a cake decorating class
• Learn to knit
• Make more time to paint
• Find an adult ballet class and GO regularly
• Audit grad classes until I find the masters program for me
• Stop over extending myself
• Blog more
• Slow down and not be on-the-go
• Explore my city more
• Master tie-dying to make custom onesies for a baby shower
• Learn to quilt
• Visit out of state friends "just because." Colorado is at the top of the list, followed closely by New Mexico.
• Better balance my personal priorities and my friends
• Go skydiving

I don't really have a deadline for everything on the list (except the baby shower bullet). I'm glad that I've written everything down and its no longer a mental note.

I'll be back to keep you updated! Wish me luck :)