Can it really be that we are on the cusp of 2008?  Amazing.  One of my personal traditions at the end of the year is to take a look through our kitchen calendar and “re-live” the year.  Last January I started my Italian linguistic adventure and I’m happy to report I’ve come a long way.   I’m currently plodding my way through a novel in Italian (with an Italian/English dictionary close by of course.)  In spring of 2007, we took Monica on a tour of California colleges and now she’s half-way through the application process.  Our summer vacation in Provence was the highlight of the year for me and I’m hoping to visit the Amalfi Coast of Italy in fall of 2008.

Recommendations?   As a rule, I don’t believe in New Year resolutions;  meant to be broken.  But really this has got to be the year that I treat my body better and actually consume some vegetables and exercise more.  I know what you’re thinking, yeah right!

Here’s wishing you the best year ever.