You're listening to The Girl Next Door Podcast. I'm Erica and I'm Kelsey. We're two former

next door neighbors and good friends who love a good chat and a good laugh. We're inviting

you to come on in, have a drink, and stay a while. Hey friend. Hey friend. I cannot believe it,

but it is time for our annual year in review episode where we kind of

wrap up the past year and chat about the best of times and the worst of times in

2021.

We're going to chat about what's changed for us this year, what surprised us, our favorites,

and our challenges.

But before we get into that, what's happening around the neighborhood for you?

I want to share that we are loving our kind of newer outdoor movie setup and some recent

great family movies. It really is. So I feel like this is made possible by a few things

all coming together. One is that we finished a backyard renovation

this year. And so it just made the space functional. We've got really comfortable furniture

now that we can use and has just made it all work. We did already have the movie set up,

like the projector and the screen and everything,

and we'd done it before.

But it just seems like it wasn't as great or as enjoyable.

And we've already done this several times, whereas before, I don't know, it felt like

a bigger production.

Somehow it feels easier now.

And also, now that the boys are a little bit older, they can actually stay awake long enough. Like,

it's okay for them to occasionally stay up past bedtime, where it felt before. It feels worth it now.

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