nest egg

Note to Year {2010}

Dear Two Thousand and Ten,

It's time to say goodbye.

Just when I got used to writing you down,

you leave me high and dry.

 

You were a good one, and I'll try to recap-

but there is no way to attest.

The adventures of this year- seriously-

I've never felt so blessed.

Market trips and antique shows-

I've become quite the scout.

But after a full day of shopping,

I'll admit- I get WORN out.

Wrapped up some projects and started new ones,

Taking (few) pictures along the way... 

Lots of work and travel, 

including a trip to Santa Fe.

Fell even more in love with light fixtures,

and porch swings- for an outdoor recline.

So I decided I wanted to make my own

and dabbled in product design...

 

We experienced a FLOOD in Nashville-

Boats were cruising down streets.

Then suddenly it was summer

and we fled to avoid the heat.

Went up to New York and the Hamptons, 

and on tour with Brooks & Dunn-!

Then back to Nashville to find a familiar face

on the cover of Garden and Gun. !

Spent some time outdoors,

fishing with my favorite guy-

Planned a big party and a "Haunted Trail" 

  

And that mask makes me want to cry.

 

I've moved to a bigger office, 

piles of fabric books galore.

But I don't care how messy it is,

I'm happy to spread out on the floor! 

 

This year I've struggled with balance-

business woman + friend + wife,

but I listen to the advice of my coffee mug-

"Don't let your inbox run your life!"

 

Just went to Sunny California to visit Hoyt's family-

it rained the entire time!

 

then down south to Alabama- 

first White Christmas since 1889.

 

(OKay it was 1880-but a girls gotta rhyme.)

For me, the best "recharge"

is time with the people I love.

So tell 20 - 11, I'm officially ready  !!

Well….. sort of.

 

{note to month}

Dear July,

Please slow down.

You've gone by so fast it makes me frown.

May and June flashed by like a blur-

and YOU were no different- Hoyt would concur.

With your thirty days in the middle of summer,

you BRING ON the BUGS- and it's really a bummer.

You've brought sunshine and blooms, perhaps a crepe myrtle.

Oh, and let's not forget- my baby box turtle.

Your heat was unbearable- could it get any worse?

With enough humidity to make the painters curse.

I've met with new clients, wrapped up a few jobs...

and enjoyed what's in season- your corn on the cob(s).

A trip to Memphis to see my friend's new abode

only to set off the alarm without knowing the code.

(oops!)

Then walked down an aisle and watched my friend get married

in these pretty dresses-

 

gorgeous bouquets we carried...

The ceremony, the dancing- nothing was flawed...
and I reunited with one of my girls from abroad!

Who am I-- Shel Silverstein?? blogging while rhyming?

I blame this on you, and your exceptionally bad timing.

Dear July, this is not a threat---

but please tell August I'm not ready for him yet.

<all photos from yours truly, except for the corn-on-cob pic- yes, that's me-courtesy of my mother>