A New Year

It's been pretty quiet here lately.  I've been pretty quiet lately.  There's not a ton of super exciting stuff going on in my life right now, to be quite honest, and I'm okay with that.  2012 was a heavy year for me in many ways, so I'm looking forward wiping the slate clean.  After the solstice, I was feeling charged and got rid of well over half of the 'stuff' I have laying around for no reason.  My New Year celebration was definitely not as extravagant as last year's, but still a good time with good people.  So I rolled back through my Instagram feed and blog to pick out some bullet points..

• Rang in the New Year (2011 to 2012) with a long trip to California
• Participated in two art show/sales
• Received a couple scholarships to help with school
• Lost an ovary due to the removal of a very large cyst
• Learned that I need to warm up my diet
• Took a trip to South Florida
• Got another tattoo
• Met Tom Robbins
• Celebrated 5 years with my boyfriend, Ed
• Had a studio visit from Amy Tavern
• Threw a surprise party for Ed
• Got asked to be in my first wedding (by one of my best friends, Stacy)

Some live music I saw that I really dug this year..
Pimps of Joytime
Mickey Hart Band
Rising Appalachia
Kings of Belmont
Lake Street Dive
Jamey Johnson
The Lumineers & Old Crow Medicine Show


This year I didn't make any resolutions.  I kind of always know what I need to do...exercise more, drink more water, eat better, finish what I start, etc, etc...so instead of making a list I'm just going to try to focus, be more present and thoughtful with all of my actions and know that what I need will follow.

Happy New Year.  Make it a great one.