Well, Happy Fall, y'all!  Such as it is in the Deep South.  You know our Autumn experience is deemed a success if we go all the way through November with no hurricane and an SEC team is on its way to the National Championship.  No beautiful foliage, no chilly nights toasting stuff on a campfire, but at least at Christmas we are usually running around in our shorts and sweatshirts not shoveling six feet of snow off the driveway so our kid can ride their brand new bike with their gloves on so their sweaty hands don't stick to the handlebars (yes that was a run-on sentence, but I had to say all of that in one breath). 

The store is doing well.  I can hardly believe it has been ten months since I opened.  Don't get me wrong, some days during the summer were SCARE-EE.  Where did everyone go?  Then it hit me that they were where I would have been if I didn't have to show up here every day.  Sitting on a beach eating some sandy potato chips and listening to their kids complain about being everything from tired to hot to cold to bored.  Oh, how I miss those days...

I am glad all of you are back and most of you have managed to keep your sanity through a summer spent chauffering your kids around trying to enrich their minds and keep yours from taking you on a trip down to "Mykidsaredrivingmecrazy" town.  Time to start working on fixing up your casa for the inevitable holiday party or visit from your Mother-In-Law...or worse...both.  Don't forget us down at The Nest.  We are definitely your headquarters for gifts, but did you know we have dinnerware (you need an awesome, but not too fussy, holiday table), fun kitchen gadgets, lighting and accent pieces.  Check a few things off of your To-Do list and come down to see us!  We'll leave the light on for ya!

Finally a place to call my own...

Well, at last the store is open..after only six months...WHO KNEW? I can hardly believe it took so long, but with much help from parents, husband and friends, not to mention a new location; the door finally got a swing in the proper direction. There are so many people to thank; I couldn't begin to name them all.

Christmas was crazy! I was overwhelmed, so excited and above all, thankful. After enjoying Christmas morning with my beautiful babies and husband, I couldn't help getting a warm fuzzy when I thought of all the people opening gifts from the shop that day.

I am new to this blogging thing, but promise to be more diligent about it from now on. I have so many ideas floating around in my head, I definitely need somewhere to put them all. This is the perfect place. I can even add photos! How exciting for those of us who get it all together only to forget where we put it. I really did that at Christmas. I bought some things for my husband and hid them so well I still haven't found them. I pray I am not the only one who does that.

Anyway, today is sunny and beautiful and it's time for me to rush to the shop and re-do my door for Valentine's Day. I hope life brings beautiful things to you and your Nest today!

Peace