I hope everyone's 2013 was wonderful, and that you're looking forward to an even better 2014. Anyone have any exciting plans? Do you have any traditions, like eating grapes at midnight or looking for your new year kiss? Will you be traveling or going to parties?
I'm working on an epic Blurb book (a print-on-demand self-published book from one of those companies that will print and bind your photos and text for you) of all 2013. It's an amazing recapping process, first collecting all the photos and then stages of winnowing to find the photos that do the best job of telling the story of our life, before adding recipes, stories about the photos, and cute quotes from my toddler. We've got a nice bottle of sparkling wine for the grownups and hot cocoa for the kid and we'll spend the night at home with a simple, ordinary supper, doing simple, ordinary things -- straightening up the house, painting, taking down the ornaments from the tree.