The Final Countdown: 10 Great Links
Well my friends, it's December 31, 2010. Can you believe it? Soon we'll be counting down the seconds to a new year. But first, I'd like to thank you, lovely Simply Stated Home & Organizing readers, for supporting all of us here this past year. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for tuning in, tweeting about the things you found on this blog, and for your comments and feedback. I hope that in the new year to come, we can continue to bring you fresh ideas and inspiration for your home and that you will visit us and remain part of our growing online community.
Before signing off to be with my friends and family, I'd love to leave you with 10 links to my favorite articles from 2010 on this site because I'm a Real Simple reader too and I don't want the year to end without giving a shout out to the great people who make this site so special.
1. I love the products that deputy editor Maggie Shi found here: Last-Minute Holiday Gift Ideas for Cooks and Entertainers. And don't miss...
2. Fun Ideas for Sparkling Cocktails on New Year's Eve, also by the lovely Maggie. This will come in handy for tonight!
3. I'm a geek when it comes to bathroom organization, I can't lie, so this post by associate editor Kristin Appenbrink made my heart jump for joy: Genius! The Stowaway Bathtub.
4. Would you like to play a game? by Simply Stated blogger Kristin Brandt made me laugh because I happen to be slightly addicted to this Zynga game on Facebook called Cityville at the moment...
5. What Is Your Perfect Song? by managing editor Kristin van Ogtrop. I think my perfect song is Dancing Queen by Abba. Corny, I know, but it always makes me want to dance and brings me back to my life in 90's Boston when I had the time of my life with so many really great people dancing and partying nearly every weekend... Those were my golden years, for sure. Out of curiosity, what is YOUR song???
6. No More Little Bottles was a great wake up call, written by pro blogger and author Erin Doland.
7. Do You Make Your Own Salad Dressing? written by senior editor Kathleen Murray Harris, was a great help for me since I'm an American expat living in Germany and Germans do not nearly have the variety of salad dressings available as we do in the states. I loved all of the comments that Kathleen got on her post, over 40 readers chimed in with some great salad dressing ideas and since I'll be no doubt dieting in the new year like everyone else, I'll be eating a lot more salads starting tomorrow!
8. A great tip for the new year can be found in former senior editor Liz Krieger's post, Watching Your Weight? Pack in the Protein at Breakfast. I eat mostly carbs for breakfast which is making me think... that needs to change!
9. Great food for thought: Mindfulness = Happiness by journalist and author Laura Rowley.
10. As a girl who lost nearly all of her hard drive back in 2008, I strongly encourage you to make this one part of your new year's resolution: Back Up, Back Up, Back Up! by Dori Devlin.
Do you have any favorite articles that you found on Real Simple during 2010 that you'd like to point me and other readers to? Please link them below!
Have a lovely new year and I'll meet you back here in 2011! Much love to you all.
xo,
Holly
