Hello, New Year.

Made it through the “most wonderful time of the year.” Woot! I really do LOVE Christmas but this year I felt incredibly frazzled. I picked up a ton of shifts in December and ended up being a bit worn out. But Hubby and I had a fabulous first Christmas! We had our little tree up & decorated, complete with a “Our First Christmas” ornament… he made me french toast & sausage links in the morning… Christmas Eve was spent at his parents’ with the whole family… Christmas Day was spent at my parents’ (after we opened our presents here)… and we had an overall great time.

I even decided on a tradition I want to start… to make it a point every single Christmas season to do something that helps a person or family who is in need. This year I donated a small amount of items to a family of 5 (four small children and a mother) who lost everything in a fire weeks before Christmas. It wasn’t even anything big but it definitely puts things into perspective for me. And some day when I have children I want to make sure they don’t get too focused on all of the presents of Christmas. I want them to know that they are fortunate and to feel good about helping those who aren’t as fortunate.

Now it’s 2011! I’ve made my resolutions; even wrote them down along with steps I can take to achieve them. So here it goes!

.frankly my dear…

I’m watching “Gone with the Wind” with my mom right now–for roughly the 7th time–and I’m so glad we are. I just LOVE this movie. I love Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler. What is it about them? Or I guess what is it about that movie?

For me it’s a few things. I love seeing the “Old South” on film–I know it’s not necessarily a true-to-life adaptation but it’s interesting just the same. All of the elegance and nonesense. Naps in the afternoon after a barbecue because that’s what “good girls” did… ?! Cracks me up.

I love the love story of Rhett and Scarlett, obviously. And of Scarlett and Tara; which is really only the lasting one.

My favorite thing about Rhett and Scarlett is just their honesty. Rhett particularly–he just knows who he is and sees who Scarlett really is and loves her despite herself. It’s great! And most of the time it’s hilarious. Scarlett is a stubborn, spoiled (until Tara falls to pieces), selfish, and cruelly clever person but she doesn’t apologize for herself. She survives, after all! “Fiddle-dee-dee. Well I won’t think about that just now. I’ll think about it tomorrow.” Love it!

So I know what I want for Christmas…

70th Anniversary Edition!