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Hello,  2011.

A new day, a new year, a clean slate.
Ahhhhhhhhh.

I do love reading about everyone's hopes and plans and dreams for the new year.

The beginning of a new year is so full of hope. You feel like anything is possible. 

I love that feeling. I just wish I could carry it with me throughout the year.

We spent a very low-key night at home. We had a few places we could have gone 

but chose just to stay home this year and celebrate together, just the four of us.

There was yummy cheese fondue and poppers and those obnoxious horns and staying up until 

10:00 for the kids, strawberry "kid's champagne" and party hats.

 The weather was in the upper 40's on New Year's Eve (and barely 20* the next day, go figure) so we stepped outside and threw some of our little fire crackers off the front porch. 

At that point Charlotte proclaimed that New Tear's Eve might be better than Christmas.

It was a great night to be at home with my little family.

{*Check out the fondue pot that we inherited from Eric's 95-year old grandparents this summer. 

LOVE that thing, so 1960's. love, love, love it}

I have been thinking a lot about the year ahead. 

I think the older I get the more and more I think about it all. About possibilities, changes and intentions.

I haven't got my thoughts together on it all completely but when I do I will be sure to share more.

I love this idea about finding a "word" to focus on for the year. I remember reading about it last year and then kind of forgetting about it and not following through with it but this year it is something I am still thinking about...and I hope to find a word I feel is fitting for me. I'm not big on resolutions but I am on intentions or goals...things I hope to work towards, changes I hope to make, places I'd like to go...

 I hope to have more of a list of those later in the week as well after I give it all a little more thought.

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Wishing all of you a happy, healthy new year filled with peace and love.
I hope the year ahead is a great one for you. I hope you make it great.
I'm anxious to hear about your you hopes and dreams and plans and all that jazz.
Resolutions? Drastic changes? Baby steps? Lofty aspirations?
Share them here if you 'd like by linking up.
And thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart for visiting this little space of mine here
 over the past year. I truly appreciate your comments, wisdom and support. For real.