Happy New Year! 2017

Happy New Years Eve, loyal readers! It's been a wild and crazy 2016. Mr. Handsome and I took a number of fabulous vacations, and we tied the knot in June to officially become Mr. and Mrs. Personally, it has been a momentous year for this optimistic blogger.

Unfortunately, politics around the world were an absolute mess, and peace on earth is becoming a harder and harder goal to achieve. But through all the hard times, we must tread on and hope for the best in the future.

Each year I like to publish an "In and Out" list to review what I believe is "HOT" and "What's Not" in our modern world of wonders. I also like to set New Years resolutions for the year to come. Unlike most humans, I like to set achievable New Years resolutions; ones that I'm pretty much guaranteed to achieve so that I won't feel terrible about myself and feel buckets self-loathing at the end of the year.

My New Years resolution for 2016 was simply to cook more often. And luckily for me, I got tons of pots, pans and nifty appliances at the wedding that helped me achieve my goal! Below are pictures of just some of the delicious meals I made in 2016...

In 2017, I'm stepping up my game and setting TWO resolutions...

ONE: Read more books

TWO: Get my finances in order

I have a list of 27 books that I'd like to tackle. I realistically know that reading ALL of them will never happen, but I would like to finish as many as possible next year. I've also been meaning to get my finances in order for years, so I'm finally saying that 2017 will be the year! YAY GOALS!

And now, the infamous "In and Out" list...

What's HOT?

Vacations to Iceland, Germany & Cuba

Heavy, Hearty & Spiced Craft Beers

Leather Jeggings

Hygge

Silver, Gold and Chrome

Puppies dressed as BB8 and R2D2

What's NOT?

Wine served in anything but wine glasses

U.S. Politics and everything and everyone involved

Peasant Sleeves

Crossfit

Neon

Puppies dressed like other animals

I wish you all a very, very Happy New Year. Bring it on, 2017!