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...does this thing work?  I've been away from this page so long that I almost forgot to come back!  I am back though and ready to jump into this new year feet first!

I'm doing my usual New Year thing and nesting.  I've realized that I have developed a little tradition all my own.  At the end of every December, I head to Anthropologie and buy myself a little present, that I then tuck away until after January 1.  It's usually a bowl or some other small thing for the house.  When I got home from Iowa, there was an Anthropologie catalog waiting for me.  I saw these mugs and had to have them.  DH was so sweet as to accompany me to such a girly store, that I got one with his initial too;) 

I have of course been pondering the new year and giving in to my need to make lists about it: lists of things to do around the house; lists of new products for my shops; lists of things I want to accomplish this year.  Lists make me happy.

DH and I were talking about New Year's resolutions and such.  He told me that he always likes to think of a word that he feels will have meaning in the upcoming year.  A word came to me while reading the other day.  I'll be back tomorrow with more on this.  Until then, what are your New Year traditions?  Do you make resolutions?