Happy New Year's Eve

Pin It now! May all your dreams come true tonight, whether it's out partying like a rock star or at home watching the ball drop on tv in your new pajamas you got for Christmas.  See you on the other side.

Something to Help You Start Your NYE Weekend

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Have an amazing and safe New Year's.  See you on the other side...

52 Weeks: Week 52, NYE Centennial Ball

Pin It now! We made it my darlings!  52 weeks of photographs.  52 weeks of this crazy city.  52 weeks of another year in the life.  It's amazing how time flies.  It's even more amazing that I finished this project!  It was inspiring, labor-intensive, nostalgic...and absolutely totally fun.  I'm going to put together a coffee table book of all the photos...if you can guess which was my favorite photo of the year, I'll send you a copy of the book.  Here's a reminder of all the fabulous things I saw in 2011.  (Leave me a comment with your guess by January 15.)

The New Year

Pin It now! 2011 is only a week old and it's been a whirlwind of a week.  We started the year with a week old pile of blizzard snow (and then trash).  It reached 50 degrees this past weekend, and snow is on the way again.  I got food poisoning (again!).  Then, hubby and I spent a nice quiet NYE at home and for the first time in years, we watched the ball drop on TV.  It was a perfectly quiet night.  Plus, there are floods and mudslides in California, tornadoes along the entire Mississippi River, and birds falling from the sky dead (Flash Forward-style).  I hope everyone has watched "The Day After Tomorrow" again just to prepare...

Anyway, a few more beautiful blizzard day pictures.  Loving the icicles.

The new year always inspires me to make big plans for the next twelve months.  I don't always follow through.  If you've been reading this blog from the beginning, you've read I started a lot of projects (coffee, eating well, wedding planning, spending hiatus) and they've began really strong but ended really weak.  I wouldn't say I became lazy, just uninspired.  It's a new year though and like I said, it always inspires people for new beginnings and new projects.  So I'm not making any resolutions because they're always broken, but I'm making a list of things to do this year.  What's the difference - I love lists and I find it so satisfying to accomplish something and cross it off the list.  It's motivation for me to move forward with where I am right now and help me make myself better.  This includes myself in a partnership that has evolved into something beyond what I could have ever imagined (in a good way of course!). 

The big items on the list...

• I just started a new position at work last October.  I still feel like a newbie.  I plateaued at my old position which was one of the reasons I transitioned into my new role.  However, I was good at what I did and I knew it inside and out.  Today, I'm not there yet.  So my to-do for work this year is to work really hard.  Build relationships.  Learn and read as much as I can.  I won't bore you the boring details on what I'll do day-to-day to get there.  (I have a dry erase board on my wall for that!)  I will keep you updated every few months to let you know how I'm doing.
• Become fluent in Cantonese.  This has been on my list for the last few years.  This is the year.  Seriously.  I tried last year.  I signed up at Baruch twice but the class was cancelled due to low attendance.  I even got Em and Cyndi to sign up but the class was still cancelled.  This year, I'm doing Wossing.  First class starts in a couple of weeks.  I understand the language so I know it's in there some where, but for some reason when I try to speak, I sound like a baby.  Hopefully by the summer, I'll have the basics and will be able to get over my embarrassment so I can speak with my parents without stumbling over every word. 
• Be a good wife to my husband.  This is a biggie.  There isn't anything specific I feel like I/we need to address.  I want to put it on my list  though so I can remember that maintaining a relationship takes just as much work as anything else.  I don't want to take our day-to-day for granted, which can be easy to do. 
• 52 Week Photo Project.  I read somewhere that a few photographers were going to do a 365 Project where they would take a photo every day in 2011.  It's a fabulous idea but a little ambitious for me.  I'm doing a 52 week project instead where I'll have a meaningful/inspiring/NYC-centric photo every week for the entire year.  I'm excited for this one!  It gives me a chance to explore more.  It might give this blog a little more structure too (maybe). 

With his project and just for this blog generally, I want to move towards more original content.  I remember why I first started this blog (wedding planning) and how it's evolved (life in NYC, then inspirationn from others).  I want to go back to having it as a chronicle of our lives in NYC.  So watch out for more and hopefully better!

Happy New Year!

Pin It now! i know i'm a few days behind and i need to do my last-decade lookback, but i wanted to wish you darlings a very happy new year! i've been terrible about posting, but i'll catch you up on our nye karaoke party pics. we also had a new year's day dinner with a few friends and hubby was so excited he cooked the entire meal - all seven dishes, including dessert! i've been crazy insane at work and i've been busy getting my work visa in order. i'll elaborate in a later post, but i'm headed overseas for work! and very soon! i'm just waiting for my visa to get in and for my housing and transporation to get finalized, and then i'll share all the details. i'm getting nervous because hubby isn't coming with me and we haven't been apart this long.

anyway, happy 2010!

Happy New Year's Eve!

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i just left work and it's insane by times square! i would stay away if you're not watching the ball drop there, but i have to say that it's all really exciting. new year's eve has that magical sense of excitement. everyone is ready for the beginning of a new year, but they're also going to slip in that last hoorah before midnight.

the blogger at la boudor did a look back of her life for the last 10 years. auburn and ivory was inspired and did the same thing here. i love the idea and i'll go through mine tomorrow.

tonight, my darlings, have a wonderful and safe new year's eve! see you next year!