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the last of 2011 looked like this:
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after starting the first loaf of bread and placing it in the oven to rise....
after pouring the first cup of french press coffee.....
as decorations came down.
as the tree came down, ornaments off.
a gallon of water was spilled on the floor, courtesy of the faulty tree stand.
a major sudden and unpredicted rain storm came through and rained on all of our uncovered seasoned fire wood.
since i had checked my negativity at the door of 2011, i brought out the new perspective.
i forgot about the messy house that i vowed would be cleaned by the first stroke of midnight.
i cleaned up the million pine needles.
we wiped up the water.
we covered up the wood pile.
i packed away all of the ornaments and remnants of the holiday season.
i thought of just 30 days earlier when we had gotten out every last bit of holiday garb, and we watched national lampoons christmas vacation, drank some homebrews and i opened the boxes of ornaments and lights that had been packed away last year 2010- on a wet cold day in the last month of my pregnancy.
today, i wondered about what all would change between now and next thanksgiving when i get out all of the christmas stuff again, for another holiday season. what will crosby's voice sound like then? how much life will we really live between now and then, and most importantly how did we make the most of 2012?
i always think that when you wake up January 1, there will be visible magic that will inspire and delight you into the new year. but i guess the truth is, you kinda just have to make your own magic.
and then sometimes, things just fall into place, courtesy of the universe.
so, right now, it is super sunny. and windy. and the light is literally spilling through the windows.
i'm off with my camera to document the first day of 2012.
ps. today is day 1 of my 365 project. am i crazy for attempting this? i think so not.
