New Year Post

For New Year's Eve, we went over to our friend Dom's house. Dom is family. Fred and I have known him as long as we have known each other. There was much food and drink and general merry making. The kids has a blast and we packed up at about 10 or so and headed home.

We looked at the night sky through binoculars and saw the Orion Nebula. Then headed inside and looked up a bunch of stuff about the Hubble and other space telescopes and about what they are discovering and how puny and really really little our little blue marble is. Pretty mind blowing stuff- the size of the universe.

We tucked the kiddo into bed and Fred and I opened up a little bubbly and toasted and chatted by candle light. We talked about the year that had just past and how quickly it went by and how much had happened and how many things there are to be grateful for...and then about the year ahead and that there was even more planned this year than last and how cool that is- always working on creating new things, always pushing the envelope a bit and trying to make things better in our lives and those we care about.

The next morning we went to Bikram yoga to start things off right. I signed up for another year of yoga. That yoga has been so great for helping to manage my packed schedule and has been invaluable in helping to straighten me out after sitting over my work all day and clearing my mind and focusing.

Then after yoga we popped into restaurant and ate the most amazing burgers- Fred's was best. It had a fig marmalade, bacon and goat cheese and they actually left it nice and pink in the middle.

I spent today doing some clearing up in my studio and some new drawings (colorful ones with warm bright desert colors for the next picture book)...for a break I put some attention to the garden and picked a big, colorful salad for dinner- then we had the most amazing sunset...

Welcome 2012! I can't wait to find out what new adventures are waiting, what new things will be created, what new friends there will be, friendships strengthened, time with family, challenges, discoveries...Happy New Year everyone- let's hope it's a positive and healthy and happy one. xo