MAPLESTONE

So, how many of you made resolutions in January? I stopped making resolutions many years ago, but for the past couple of years I've used the month of January to set weekly and/or monthly goals and to plan out home projects. None of the plans are set in stone, because life happens! But I still like to have a detailed list of what needs to be worked on.

Here is a look at my partial list:

• Guest bathroom - paint tile around tub, repaint walls, repaint cabinet, frost window
• Bedroom #3 ( grandsons room) - have new carpet laid, repaint walls, finish painting diy closet organizer, repaint all doors and trim
• Bedroom #2 (guest/office) - have new carpet laid, paint walls, paint doors and trim, start and finish DIY closet organizer
• Master bedroom - touch up paint, have new carpet laid, put finishing details on DIY closet organizer, repaint doors and trim.
• Living room, dining room, foyer - lay new flooring, add board and batten  2 Fourier and dining  room, paint walls, doors and trim, change front door
• Kitchen - remove all flooring and all cabinets, lay new flooring, bring in new cabinets, paint walls, doors, & trim, install new garage door and back exterior door
• Sand buffet down then paint. 
• Finish my grandsons Afghan (it was supposed to be done by Christmas....BUT....🤷‍♀️)

This is a very small version, but you get the general idea.

Well, there was my month! How was yours?

With everyone discussing their new planners, I decided to throw my two cents worth in. I bought this planner HERE (no affiliation) during the summer and I love it! It has 95% of everything I need, its cheaper than the popular one, & it's 18 months. Plus I love the colors.






Don't you just love the colors and designs?
I do, they make me smile!

• Loving these smoothies HERE - HERE (the lime in this one is so strong that I have to remove the lime pieces or they upset my stomach) - HERE
• Bought these heart earrings HERE - love, love, love them! They are so pretty and very comfortable to wear
• We have extremely hard water here, which dries out my already dry hands, so I bought these gloves HERE - I have the large and they're fit is good + the little ruffle on the top is so cute!
• I also love they're soap HERE in peppermint- it's so refreshing!
• Shared this article with  DH HERE

• About these design trends HERE
• Or these HERE
• Loving two of these paint colors HERE 

Enjoy your day! ♡ Tina
☆YOU'LL FIND ME SHARING AT THE PARTIES LISTED HERE

I love to read! Which is why this post will be in 2 parts. The first is comprised of the books I read in 2018 plus what I am (re)reading now. Part 2 will contain goodreads profile link, and a book bucket List which will be explained.

Another bit of info: You will notice that I don't do reviews, why? Because my reviews turn into 2 page book reports 🤦‍♀️ and when I shorten them they read choppy, so I just don't do them. With that out of the way let's get to what I read in 2018!

• When a Nation Forgets God (nook edition) - This is a great read but also a disturbing read ... I'm not going any farther; follow the link and make your own decision on whether you want to read it or not.

• Starvation Heights (nook edition) - One of many true crime novels.

• Skipping Christmas (nook edition) - Better known by the movie name "Christmas with the Kranks" . I read this when it first came out  and after reading it this year, I've  decided to make this a personal Christmas tradition. 

• The Magnolia Story (nook edition)  - I finally got around to reading this . Such a cute book!
• The Hygge Holiday (nook edition)  - I got a few chuckles out of this one.

• Dead Man's Folly & Death on the Orient Express (nook edition)  - I love  'who done its' even ones I have read before...❤Agatha Christie

• De-cluttering at the Speed of life (nook edition) - another book I saw while perusing blog land.

• So Close to Amazing (kindle edition) - I follow KariAnne of Thistlewood Farms and decided to read her book and got plenty of laughs from it.

• Alex (kindle edition) - This book may bring a tear to your eye,  plus make your heart race. 

• Death in the Islands (kindle edition)  - True Crime... A crime in the Hawaiian Islands  that's also the last case of Clarence Darrow 

• Pottery Barn HOME (hardcover)  - Again, but I don't read this as much as I look at the pictures.

• HABITAT: a field guide to decorating (hardcover) - Another from blog land

• 1000 Books You Should Read Before You Die (hardcover) - Bought the hard cover so I could physically mark off what I've read. This book is what sparked part 3 of this post!

And my favorite read from 2018 . . .