sweet like candy to my soul...

photo boy and painter girl are reconnecting with our blog for 2013. with the many additions to our social media portfolios, the blog took a back seat this past year. it seemed like every time i turned around, someone was writing a blog, or i was catching up on all the blogs i had bookmarked to read. i needed a break from the blog world. instagram turned out to be a quick and easy way to visually document the everyday goings and comings of our life. pinterest, while made fun of by pb, proved to be a viable teaching tool for me. i have been able to connect with other artists and teachers, and expand what i am doing in the classroom and personally over this past year. so not all of the social media onslaught has been negative. we were walking home from a downtown stroll this week and i told pb that i wanted to bring the blog back. i want to do it for our friends and family as well as ourselves. it is a diary. when i am having a crappy day, i can look back at this blog and see how much i have to be grateful for and how far i have slipped away from that joy at times. it is so easy to get caught up in the stress of life and in my case, making it more stressful than it needs to be. i've never been a big "new year's resolution" maker. i'm my own worst critic so i am constantly aware of what i want to change or do better. so all of a sudden resolving to improve, reconnect, give something up, etc. is not a novel or highly anticipated idea for new year's day. however, when a trio of string musicians played "amazing grace" table side, just for us, at our anniversary dinner thursday night, some things hit home for me. a few wishes on my list for 2013: letting go and relaxing just a little bit more, relishing the everyday...like time when we all sit down for weeknight dinners and everyone is talking at once, writing this diary, loving a tuesday as much as a friday, loving the ones i'm with even more than i do now. from us to you, happy new year. cheers!