Happy New Year! It’s only January 5, so still counts. You have until the end of week one of any given new year to wish people a Happy New Year, before you’re officially out of vogue. A social faux pas that I actually read about in Vogue if you can believe it. Which you shouldn’t, because I made it all up.

….let’s start over….

Happy New Year! Dan and I have returned from the east coast. We spent the last week venturing around his home town — and were even brave enough to venture into New York City on New Year’s Eve while I had a head cold (more on that later) — sleeping in, eating pizza and bagels, and visiting with friends and family. It was a pretty nice way to give a final salute to 2014. I have a 10-on-10 post coming up with photos and tales from those travels, but first I wanted to check in and say hey, hi and hello to you all. It’s been too long. I go back and forth on whether I’m a New Year’s Resolution kind of person (because I think any day is a good day to decide to embark on new goals and personal development, why does it have to happen because the calendar changes over?), but despite that indecision I am going to attempt to renew my blogging efforts in 2015. The past several months have not been prolific ones for my ol’ blog here, and that makes me a little sad. So prepare yourself for a few end-of-2014 posts, best-of-2014 posts, a little recap of our November trip to Berlin and Prague (I’m so terribly behind, dear ones), et al.

So hang tight, everyone! And enjoy this frosted window pane photo I snapped during a deep freeze at our house.

High fives for good luck! (It may be time to step away from the leftover Christmas sweets that are overflowing around the office today…)