Happy New Year! Bonne Année !

Well, we're in 2011 (as if you hadn't noticed).
I admit I find it funny to hear people's new year resolutions... I had written a long paragraph about how I don't believe in their value at all, because honestly, who ever keeps track of their resolutions past January and their actual attainment?! But I thought my words would seem a little too hard to those who still believed :) So instead I'm going to share ...not resolutions per se, but things I have had time to reflect on during our holidays; and that I will actually do (or at least I plan to hahaha).

So here goes:
1. Be present for, and with, those I Love. That's the most important - hands down.

2. I love music and dance too much, to not be dancing any more. Will I pass for a complete nutter if I admit spending most of my work out time yesterday, practicing bridal poses in front of a huge mirrored wall at the gym yesterday?! hahaha...Actually they weren't poses per se... I had my Ipod on and I was dancing. Letting the music move me...Ah, dancing in front of the mirror...such a joy; it takes me right back to this photo of me at age 5; one my mother took. She entitled it "dancing with friends", and it's a picture of me holding the doors of my parent's mirrored closet doors, smiling because I had found 2 identical friends I could dance with :)  --> I'm signing up for dance classes next week.

3. New found interest in classical music --> bought 4 albums today (goodness have I become a compulsive shopper?!?)

4. Will share this love of beautiful things with others --> for example, listen to this: Adagio by Samuel Barber - you all know it I am sure - it gets me every time, speaks to the heart and the soul... It was played at Einstein, Roosevelt, and Princess Grace's funerals, as well at a September 11th Memorial, but it's not a sad song...I find there's immense tranquility and hope in it... What's most amazing is how someone can compose this... Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450&feature=related

Then listen to Beethoven's piano sonata no 14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=796jkaAHmx4

And finally, Bedrich Smetana's Vltava: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz73NNK_sdE


On another note, Pete and Barbara's wedding is less than 2 weeks away! Can't wait! It's going to be a great party and I'm sure we'll have great fun re-enacting some of those poses and dancing I've been practicing :)

Be blessed everyone,
Co