tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post303480281548513655..comments2024-03-26T02:10:41.394-07:00Comments on Ash Tree Cottage: Thoughts About A New YearSusan Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323206599839838089noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-65678563207911756722013-12-28T10:00:34.633-08:002013-12-28T10:00:34.633-08:00Reading your blog today was so calming with all th...Reading your blog today was so calming with all the beautiful blues and dishes! I love your idea of making a dream come true, so now I'll have to give some thought to that dream. I'm going to pick out flannel PJs for New Years and celebrate the birth of 2014 in the quiet of my home, safe and sound. Happy New Year!Annette T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08649837486900834063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-54847516572227974572013-12-28T06:36:55.758-08:002013-12-28T06:36:55.758-08:00 I am so much like You. making resolutions actual... I am so much like You. making resolutions actually doom them before I can even get started:) Best I set goals or write down dreams I have that I would most want to manifest into this reality...<br /> Wish I was closer and we could all have a pajama party and talk about our dreams, then bounce ideas off each other as to how to most effiencently make them come true. all this brilliance and creativity seems so wasteful and could be put to such wonderful use..<br /><br /> Blessings to you my sweet hearted friend.<br />SonnySonny Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926830309207639536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-7311120533726258922013-12-27T19:42:45.800-08:002013-12-27T19:42:45.800-08:00I love all your beautiful blues!! I don't mak...I love all your beautiful blues!! I don't make resolutions. But I do think about what I'd like to accomplish, or talk to myself about how I want my attitude to change. ;-) This just might turn out to be the best New Years Eve ever... tell you about that later. GardenOfDaisieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03110646840082802721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-11174269844258519732013-12-27T19:32:32.859-08:002013-12-27T19:32:32.859-08:00Good plan. Hope you are wearing your coziest jamm...Good plan. Hope you are wearing your coziest jammies because that is what I will be wearing.Susan Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323206599839838089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-50362216150204597962013-12-27T19:31:27.288-08:002013-12-27T19:31:27.288-08:00I'll help you ~ I will stop day dreaming too a...I'll help you ~ I will stop day dreaming too and we can dream and DO together! Happy New Year Lynn!!<br />Susan Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323206599839838089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-54809025895456888902013-12-27T19:29:47.651-08:002013-12-27T19:29:47.651-08:00Okay, okay ~ 10 pm is a stretch. Is my faux pas c...Okay, okay ~ 10 pm is a stretch. Is my faux pas considered poetic license or what? I completely agree with you. I too will live my life as an adventure too. Let's meet up in Houston in a couple of months okay?Susan Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323206599839838089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-87330884625378917882013-12-27T17:25:45.609-08:002013-12-27T17:25:45.609-08:00Beautiful blues, Susan. It was a delight to scrol...Beautiful blues, Susan. It was a delight to scroll down as I read your thoughts on New Year's celebrations and resolutions. We long ago settled in to spending a quiet New Year's Eve alone at home. As for resolutions, the last time I made a resolution and followed it, I ended up regretting the resolution. Missed out on something special because of it. ;-)<br />All the best for 2014!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01873375271470225199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-88733849259060001082013-12-27T16:00:34.617-08:002013-12-27T16:00:34.617-08:00Susan ~ what a wonderful post. I totally agree, r...Susan ~ what a wonderful post. I totally agree, resolutions are too set in stone and we NEVER achieve them, maybe, but no one I know achieves their resolution. New Years Eve is a quiet time for Mr. V and I and we haven't gone out for years. We like to get in our jammies and make dinner and then relax and in bed it is. Most of the time before 10:00 p.m. New Years Day we wake up refreshed and ready to start a new year. That's how I like to start the year, bright eyed and busy tailed and ready for anything. I like your idea of dreaming. I can tell you I have a dream and it is JUST one dream. Hopefully 2014 will see our dream come true. Bentley is the smartest of all. He is content wherever he is, as is Chico. No resolutions, no pressure, just being loved is the true goal always. May YOUR dream come true in 2014. Reading is not a resolution it's a way of life with me ;-)<br />(((Hugs)))<br />Vintage Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180199884623441185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-43009848455161912672013-12-27T15:22:31.755-08:002013-12-27T15:22:31.755-08:00Such a beautiful post, Susan! I loved it through a...Such a beautiful post, Susan! I loved it through and through. It spoke to me too. I know what you mean about resolutions. They often seem set in stone and it mocks us all year. I thought you were going to say that Bentley lives his dream getting to chase little green lizards every day.<br />BrendaBrenda Pruitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544794729410559072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-57213650466406063892013-12-27T15:09:38.716-08:002013-12-27T15:09:38.716-08:00My rule for NY eve is stay home..go to bed early a...My rule for NY eve is stay home..go to bed early and wake up when the ball, strawberry, pickle, cow or whatever is about to drop..<br />Happy NYThis N Thathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660035693962636210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-26540656191576810562013-12-27T15:00:18.719-08:002013-12-27T15:00:18.719-08:00What a wonderful thing it is to not feel obliged t...What a wonderful thing it is to not feel obliged to join in all the new year hulabalou. Cup of tea and the telly for us. I would like to say that my dream is to stop daydreaming and start doing. Whether it will come off, well we will wait and see.<br />Hope your dream comes true. Happy 2014 from the UKLynn Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-89109033094107966592013-12-27T14:38:07.055-08:002013-12-27T14:38:07.055-08:0010 PM !!!! I'm gone by 9! No resolutions -- I ...10 PM !!!! I'm gone by 9! No resolutions -- I think they are just made to be broken. I like the idea of getting up everyday and being thankful for just that. I am trying to live my life as an adventure -- wondering what I might find around the corner. Like today, I was going to have lunch with a friend at a restaurant that we both liked very much and I turned the corner and found the street blocked by firetrucks. Seems the restaurant had a fire. Never fear -- cell phones do come in handy sometime -- and we had lunch in our old standby. My adventure was going down streets I didn't know existed. Books ... that's easy ... I'll read! Hugs to you and Bentley! Snaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648866385164116020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-1152137028597140222013-12-27T13:36:12.339-08:002013-12-27T13:36:12.339-08:00You are so funny! I don't need to set a book ...You are so funny! I don't need to set a book reading goal either ~ or wait you are right, maybe I do. Like you, I hit that goal automatically every year without any prodding. I would love it if you would remind me to work on my quilt. I would like to finally finish it before I die ;-)Susan Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323206599839838089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112304885994073400.post-30529113142427657472013-12-27T12:35:58.138-08:002013-12-27T12:35:58.138-08:00I am like you - resolutions overwhelm, goals aren&...I am like you - resolutions overwhelm, goals aren't met, disappointment ensues. However! :) I was reading on a sewing blog about setting ideas for your sewing projects. I was rather inspired by that so I opened a notebook and wrote ... the months. Yep. The months, January February etc. That's it. And I feel pretty good about achieving that, actually :) Whatever I sew, there will be no pressure because I am too old for pressure. I used to thrive on it but now it sits me down in a chair for the day. Perhaps with a headache pill. However! :) I have gotten quite a bit done on my quilt WIP, but when my mind said stop, I stopped. At this rate I may need several of those months in the notebook to get it done. I think I will go read my book now. Actually, I could make lists of books to read and always achieve my goal. Hey, why don't we do that?!?! <br />Big Hugs ~ MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com