Happy New Year everyone! Yes, almost two weeks late (story of my life)...
I hope your New Year is going swimmingly. Mine sure is!
Our Christmas was great. We drove a lot but it was so worth it considering all the time we got to spend with family. My baby brother is getting too big! Seriously, too big. It's incredible how fast little ones grow.
Mr. Bell and I celebrated our first Christmas together as a married couple. We put our Christmas tree up the Sunday after Thanksgiving after coming home from Pea Ridge Forest in Hermann. We went there with mom, kenny, big little brother and his girlfriend (Danielle Cassidy), and little little brother. We thought about cutting a real tree down from there but decided we would just get a fake one. We did get our first annual ornament from there for our tree. Hopefully we will keep the tradition of going there every year with the family. I got a stocking for Bo (our little puppy) and filled it up with some little toys. It was amazing how he knew it was his stocking. He kept pulling it down off the TV stand where it was hanging so I eventually had to close it in our office. One day I found him sniffing and scratching at the bottom of the office door. I opened it to see what he was wanting..yep, it was his stocking. He went right to it when I opened the door.
For New Year's Eve, Mr. Bell and I went to our friends house from down here. They have the little ones I talked about in a previous post. Anyway, we ate a few finger foods, tried to play a game (yes, tried. the guys were not cooperating), and finished the night by watching my new favorite movie, Pitch Perfect. I've owned the movie (and I never buy a movie) for about two weeks now and I'm pretty positive I know every line. Two nights ago, I watched it 3 times..in one night. Pathetic? No, I really don't think so. It's also nice to be able to watch a movie like that with your husband when he actually enjoys it. He's going to hate me for putting this out for the world to hear but yeah, he pretty much knows every line too and we've been watching it almost every night. Pathetic? Okay, yeah maybe a little.
Last week, I went on my first fish gigging trip. I got 12 fish. The people we went were telling me they didn't get any fish their first trip. I'm that hardcore. Ha! I guess you could say I've brought out my inner redneck with the whole fish gigging thing (I totally looked like a redneck while doing it, too. Too bad, so sad, no pictures). Whatever, it was fun. And the reward you get after gigging is the best part, fresh fried fish, fried potatoes, hushpuppies. Yuh-Um! Since moving down south a little bit, I've started to like fish, hated it before I tried it down here. We're actually going to another fish fry tomorrow and bringing the tators. :)
Now for work, things are going great. I just put a little life to the office I work in. I got a new printer, got rid of the 1902 fax machine and phone, and got new phones. And I cleaned that place like you wouldn't believe. Black paper towels everywhere. Yes, this is where I have been working everyday. Now if I could just get the motivation to do this in my own house that would be amazing. I have this problem where I enjoy cleaning and organizing other people's things but not my own. Here are some before and afters of the office. The befores are when I first started working there. The afters are some I took the other day after putting in the printer, taking out the fax and phone, and putting in new phones.
Fax... No Fax... :)
New Printer!
I actually did clean up our kitchen, got rid of some of the containers on the counter, and organized the counter and cabinets. Proof? Of course! I'm not going to pass up the chance to show you my awesome new containers I got with my Container Store gift card from the in-laws. :) That store is like heaven to me. I've literally spent hours on their website.
Awesome Canisters! :)
Another update on the house search for Mr. Bell and I..we are going to look at one house this weekend. We're going to try and get back into this house thing and see if it feels right this time. If not, back to a break we go.
So that's what's been going on in my life. How was your Christmas and New Year celebrations? Comment below and tell me about it!
Oh, and stay tuned for my next post I've been working on. The story of our engagement.
much love,
mrs. bell
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