{"id":2430,"date":"2022-01-03T18:52:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T20:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athomeinthewildwood.com\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2022-01-04T11:15:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:15:12","slug":"out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/athomeinthewildwood.com\/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Out with the old and in with the new"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Happy New Year, friends! I can’t believe it’s 2022!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before I talk about what my hopes are for this new year, I wanted to take a quick look back at this Christmas and how it was different than Christmases past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not talking about how my home looked, but how we actually spent our Christmas day as a family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Typically, we get up early on Christmas morning, open presents, and grab a quick bite to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I find myself hurrying to cook a dish or two and get myself ready to go to my mama’s for Christmas lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this year, we decided to do something different. We stayed home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while we missed seeing some of our family, it was nice not having to rush out the door to another destination <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, this doesn’t mean we weren’t busy because there was lots of food to prepare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cooked in my pjs, but eventually made myself more presentable \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried to be present and didn’t take alot of photos, but I’ll be sure to share some of the recipes I used that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a late breakfast, Mister grilled sausage and I made cinnamon roll waffles and Christmas Mimosas<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a late lunch that consisted of traditional Christmas dishes: smoked turkey, rice & gravy, dressing, peas, and cranberry sauce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for a dessert, I made vanilla souffle for each of us in adorable mini dutch ovens from our local Dollar General. I found a recipe for this delicious dessert on Pinterest<\/a> and will definitely be making it again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I set a simple tablescape and with items I had on hand and cut fresh pine to place around the brass candelabra I thrifted the day before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pet PJs are from Hannah Anderson<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s always a treat to have our son home for holidays and to wake up in our home on Christmas morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having a grand dog adds to the fun and Miss Ellie enjoyed playing with Hero all week \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They have both been good and got lots of goodies from Santa this year \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, if you want to see my home decorated for Christmas, I blogged it here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s also a video tour up on Living It Country Channel<\/a> on Youtube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the year comes to a close, like many of you, I find myself reflecting on everything that happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good, the bad, the hard, and the fun moments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, there is more good to remember than bad. And such is life.

As a follower of Christ, I was never promised a life without difficulties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But He did promise to be with me through the good and the bad\u2026.. and He was. He is. He always will be.

My word for 2021<\/a> was TRANSFORM. I wrote about it here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I focused on this word and what it means to me, I not only lost 25 lbs and improved my health, but I stepped out of my comfort zone and joined a Hope Circle\u2026a group focused on how to write a book proposal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 will be the year I take that final step to reach my goal of finding an agent and traditionally publishing a book about my life {it\u2019s the thing movies are made of, y\u2019all \ud83d\ude02}.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t say it on here enough, but thank you for following along on here and my social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every like, comment, and share allows me to continue to enjoy this part time job as a way to share my creativity and passion for all things HOME. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home is my favorite place to be. Not only within the walls that I reside here on earth, but within the arms of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who has made a heavenly home for a sinner like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here’s to celebrating a new year with new possibilities. New goals and new dreams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here’s to not being afraid to try something different. Traditions are not written in stone and can be changed to reflect the needs of your own family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m so thankful to have you following along on all of my blogging adventures. Today is our monthly blog hop, “It’s Good to be Home”. I hope you’ll go and check out the posts from my sweet friends below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\"It's<\/a><\/h3>\n

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JENRON DESIGNS<\/a> \/ Southern Spangled<\/a> \/ At Home in the Wildwood<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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