I had an earlier post.  It is now gone.  No sense in putting the bad vibes out in the universe.

Which, actually, brings me to a point.

I’m clarifying my life.

I’ve spent the last two days cleaning out my feedreader of things that I didn’t read, or didn’t really LOVE reading, or things I only read so I could be in on the drama, and instead filled it with blogs suggested to me on Twitter.  I asked for blogs that were inspiring or beautiful, and boy, did y’all deliver.

I’ve often joked around here as we’ve packed up this project and started to head out that it feels very much like a New Year’s Eve party.  We’re all filled with resolutions (“When this is over, I’ll ::eat better::workout more::read again”), and we look at next Monday, our first non-submittal-driven date, as the start of a new year.

My resolutions are simple: take more time.  For everything.  I’m going to quit saying “no” to invitations out and about.  I will walk the dog.  Take the kids to a playground.  Take more time for my marriage.  Take more time for me.

A big, surprising start for this has been the 365 Project I’ve been doing.  It forces me to take moments throughout the day and snap photos of them.  Admittedly, some evenings I’m stressed thinking that I didn’t have time to take a picture; somehow, everything always comes together.  They’re not great, frame-worthy snapshots, but they’re my life.  Every single one of them makes me smile.  Which is exactly what is worth spending my time on.

As your moment of beauty today, I bring you a picture of elie saab’s Spring line, courtesy of {this is glamorous}:

I rarely see haute couture that makes me think, “OHmyGOD, I could so rock that!” but this dress?  This color?  Man, it sincerely took my breath away.

Still taking suggestions – any thing on the internet take your breath away lately?