eastbound for Christmas…

On Weds. we are heading to Ohio for Christmas and then to New York for round two with Jed’s family. Really excited to see family and friends even though there is still  much to do before we go. We decorated our place a few weeks ago and I love turning on the lights every night while we eat dinner. Speaking of dinner…one of my super talented friends Yukiko sent us hand made plates and cups with our faces on painted on them for our wedding gift. They are so adorable, I just can’t bring myself to eat off them. When we were roommates, I taught Yukiko how to drive and she tried to teach me Japanese. She eventually got her drivers license and I used my sad foreign language skills  to make the Japanese team at work laugh on a daily basis. Even though Yukiko now lives in Tokyo she is one of those friends that changed my life and inspires me on a daily basis!

Recently, I had the opportunity to illustrate a great article for one of my favorite publications Yoga Journal Magazine. The article contained short stories about creating your own meaningful holiday traditions (even if you don’t celebrate Christmas). One of the stories was about a mother and daughter planting a spruce tree every year and decorating it with apples and  popcorn for the birds to eat. They also wrote their hopes for the upcoming year on small slips of paper and tied them to the tree. If you get a chance to pick up the December issue, I highly recommend it. Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas, Chanukkah, Kwanzza, Winter Soltice, Bodhi Day, Omisoka….