Friday, January 1, 2016

January Faves

Hi everyone!

It's time to put the hats and hooters away, turn the calendar page and say, "hello" to 2016 and January, or as I refer to it, "the black hole of winter."  In Wisconsin, January is typically bitter cold and often very snowy. Spring can feel a looonnngggg way off.  

But, every season has it's positives, so, of course, I have some January faves to share.

Mmmm...the cozy warmth of a scented candle. I admit I tend to include candles in most of my monthly faves. What can I say? My name is Jane and I am a scent fanatic, lol. I love The Warm Glow Candle Company's Banana Nut Bread loaf candle. Yum~yum~yum. 



As a school employee, I always feel like a kid again when we have a snow day off from school. I admit that when an expected storm fizzles out, and school is not called off as hoped, you are likely to hear me say, "aw, man!" Love a snow day. We don't get them every year, but when we do - woo hoo!!


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Comfort food reigns during the cold month of January. Nothing like a tasty stew or soup simmering on the stove, waiting to be served up for supper.

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A frosty evening feels a bit warmer when you cozy up under a stack of pretty quilts.


Winter also finds me looking at paint, buying paint and yes, painting! I am hoping to get a fresh coat on my master bath this month.  I also am planning on painting several other spaces in 2016.


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My favorite January fave? The clean slate, the fresh start, the blank page that a new year brings. So many possibilities...
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Happy New Year my friends! I hope you will come back to check on what I am doing this year, how I am filling my blank page.

Thanks for stopping by,

6 comments:

  1. That candle sounds wonderful! My least favorite month is not January, but March, when the rest of the world gets spring and we in Wisconsin get more winter. Lol. Have a wonderful new year!

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  2. That candle sounds wonderful! My least favorite month is not January, but March, when the rest of the world gets spring and we in Wisconsin get more winter. Lol. Have a wonderful new year!

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  3. Love those big cake candles. You know on cold days I dearly love veggie soup, or chili. It's so warming...and so good you can have it for lunch and dinner. Blessings, xoxo,Susie

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  4. Oh, Charlie Brown, how delightful. Gotta love him, huh? I wish you could send me some of your Wisconsin snow, it's so beautiful I hear. Yes, warm soups and blankets seem to be so nice during the cold winter months. Living in the part of California that I do, it never gets too cold here.

    Bundle up and stay warm.

    ~Sheri

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  5. I love candles too! It does seem like forever between Christmas and Spring. Happy New Year and Thanks so much for sharing at AMAZE ME MONDAY!
    Blessings,
    Cindy

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  6. I love candles too and burn them alot. I really get into cleaning out, purging and organizing in Jan. I hope I get some things accomplished that I want to:)

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