We Survived!

It's a new dawn.  It's a new day.  It's a new year!  Somehow we made it through 2012, end of the world and all.  It certainly had it's ups and down, as I suppose all years do, but here we are, alive and well and ready to face 2013.  And that means sticking with some new resolutions, keeping up with certain blogs…eh hem.  I know I have a lot of filling-in-the-blanks to do since the summer, and I intend to do that as well as keep the updates coming as the year continues.
So on Day 1, I will say this: I am exceedingly happy to have celebrated the transition to the new year in Chicago with some of the most marvelous people I have the good fortune to know.  I will miss them (and more!) as January takes me to Baja California Sur to volunteer at a 350-acre ranch for as long as they'll allow.  That's right: I'm migrating south for winter because they just don't make boots or coats warm enough for this chica.  I wasn't really thrilled at the thought of spending another 3 months looking like a shivering marshmallow anyway.  So off I go in about a week!  I'm ready!  I'm excited!
I'm feelin' good.  ;)