So The Color Of The Year Is...

Wooohoo!

I'm finally finished!

I don't know whether it makes me early or late in blog years,

 but I have finally finished  undecorating the home place. 

Good-bye Christie Kringle, you big lug...

While I was in  no hurry whatsoever to see the spirit of the season go, I was more than ready to clear away the Christmas clutter. I love the festive Christmas decorations, but honestly, the color red is kind of like Christmas candy. By the end of the season, I've had way too much of both of them. 

Unfortunately, this presented a bit of a problem. You see, I like my color of the year to go along with my theme of the year, and this year my theme is Stepping Out.   

Yep. I enjoyed finding the sunshine so much last year that I thought I might try something a little more daring. This year, I'm going to step out into it.

Out of my comfort zone...

Out of my rut...

Away from my security blanket...

But here's the problem. Stepping out is going to take a bit of boldness, isn't it? And frankly,  I can't think of a better color for The Year of Stepping Out than the color red.

Red is all about boldness and confidence. 

 Red is out there...

right where I plan to be stepping.  

So what do you do when you're sick of a potential  color of the year  before the year even begins?  You embark on a Great Red Removal Adventure, of course. You clear away every inch of Christmas red from poinsettia to peppermint. You even remove red accessories that don't have a thing to do with Christmas. 

And then, when you are all finished,

 you go back and add just a pop of it. 

So that's  exactly what I did. 

And that's when it hit me.  

Boldness really is a lot like the color red. Both of them in moderation are beautiful things. Too much of either of them, though, is just plain too much. Too much boldness doesn't make you brave; it just makes you brash.  Who wants to be brash? 

I don't. 

I don't even want to be bold. I just want to be bolder. I just want the courage to take the step and add that missing pop of color to my life.

And that's why 2013 is not the year of red. 

It is very specifically 
the year of poppy.  

Why poppy? Because it pops, of course. Plus, it's the shade you get when you mix a lot of red with just a touch of yellow.  Sounds like the perfect color to me.  

So there you have it. 

 I hereby declare that 2013 is the color 

 Poppy

and I dub it
The Year of  Stepping Out

Now exactly what  I'm stepping into 
has yet to be determined. 

Just thought I would mention that so you don't follow too closely...


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