a little love note to 2011-12

I was thinking today how great this year has been/is. As I look ahead to another birthday in just a few months, I began thinking back to my last birthday and I have to say – this year has been an especially good one. Actually, it's been a great one.

There are so few years I can recall being this consistently good.

I've seen myself grow as a person. Take a few emotional risks. Develop both personally and professionally. Good people have entered my life. I've eased into my person and felt more comfortable being me. In fact, I feel more "me" than I did last year.

It's truly been a gift and in the years ahead, I hope I'll think back to this time in my life and smile.

Oh my blog is looking sad and abandoned

I'll have to remedy this. ...

Simple is not simplest

I'm trying to reconstruct my blog. I figure if I make it pretty and something that I'm actually proud of, I might get back to blogging with some consistency.

While I realize it will never be the most amazing thing on the Internet, I've noticed that all my fave blogs have very clean templates. As such, I stripped away all the excess and am trying to blog simply (it's harder than I thought!)