fare thee well, twenty-eleven!

photo taken from a balcony in cuenca in 2009

i can't believe the year is over already.

it's kind of mind-boggling, really.

but, as far as years go, 2011 was pretty great!

i 

graduated from college,

turned twenty-four,

saw mates of state and arcade fire,

got a job i absolutely love,

came up with a plan for my life,

spent some quality time with my family,

cooked and baked some delicious food,

and finally moved out of rexburg!

not bad, eh?

but as much as i enjoyed 2011, i'm excited for this new year and a new beginning.

i recently read this post over at a beautiful mess about making and keeping new years resolutions and it really inspired me!

so, as a result, personal goals have been made, and i'm excited to actually achieve them this year!

i usually abandon my new years resolutions after a month, but this year is different [i say this every year but i really mean it this time] and i'm super motivated to work hard and improve myself!

here's hoping that 2012 is just as awesome as 2011 [or better yet, more so]!

happy new year, everyone!

ludachristmas!

listen while baking, snowflake-making, present-wrapping, or christmas dance partying!

"vermont should be beautiful this time of the year, with all that underwear."

today is, as my eleven year-old niece calls it, "christmas adam" [because adam came before eve and tomorrow is christmas eve].
it's been fun around the jorgensen household!
nickel city, cookiebaking, wrapping presents, and lots of eating out [in the immortal words of my father, "hey! we're on vacation!"].
super awesome.

tonight i'm hoping to bake some more treats and watch white christmas and/or elf, two of my very favorite christmas movies.

i hope you all are having a lovely holiday so far!

here are some special christmas songs that are so dear to my heart performed by the best musicians of our generation: garth and kat.

merry christmas!

two things:

1. this is adorable.

2. she is awesome.