it's january! a very happy belated new year to all of you! and yes, I am well aware that it is the twelfth and that I am the laziest girl with a blog there ever was. I have no excuses for you this time. it was just laziness. days full of sitting at home watching football (and by watching I mean napping to) and eating my weight in leftover holiday goodies. except for the occasional trip to the grocery store to simply wander around or the mad dash of packing to come home, we rarely left the house. and then we came back to our island and into our new apartment, which I am pretty much in love with. it's open and airy and small, so I spent the bulk of last week actually selling extraneous kitchen supplies on the web so that it didn't feel so cluttered. the whole moving, unpacking, rearranging experience has been so utterly january that it's been hard to feel anything but festive all week long (despite the lack of winter wear).
speaking of january, I guess that means I should say something about beginnings and resolutions. I honestly don't believe in the practice of only making resolutions at the new year, which I have most likely said before, I'm sure. no, I'm really a constant resolution maker. whether it's to stop eating chocolate cake at midnight or spend fewer hours a day "plugged in," resolutions are always in the making. whether or not I can stick to them, though. that's a whole other animal. this time last year, I actually made the resolution--for mitch and for me--to become foodies. I don't think I even knew what that meant. I think I thought it meant I would get to go out to fun, eclectic restaurants and avoid cooking and washing up afterwards. which you have to admit, is a pretty clever resolution on my part. but becoming more interested in food this past year has been incredibly fun. my degree sort of taught me to look at food in terms of calories, and it has been amazing to sort of stretch and start looking at those calories in terms of complexity of flavors and odd combinations that go swell together. it's sort of the antithesis of the typical new year's resolution--to hit the gym. which, ironically enough, is part of this year's new year's resolution. go figure.
this year, I'm really hoping to focus on balance. on sweet and savory. on hot and cold. on active and passive. and then hopefully I'll find that sweet spot right in the middle where everything is wonderful and healthy and good for you. I'm cutting back my diet coke (I know!) and hitting the gym a little more often. I'm letting the house get a little more messy and going out to have a little more fun. though today, I'm totally cleaning it because it really does need a good scrub! and I'm hoping to become a little kinder. a little more aware of others and their feelings and become way way less egocentric. it's a big, big world and I should probably look around a little more and discover all of the beautiful people out there. it's gonna be a good year, you guys!
what are your new year's resolutions? I'd love to catch up in the comments below. it's been too long, don't you think?
love, arielle
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