Looking Forward

Hooray! 2010 is here.

It seems like the general consensus is that everyone is ready for 2009 to be over, officially. Can't say that I blame you all. The last year has certainly been interesting, and, well, bad. So I'm all for ringing in the New Year with all of the promise of great things to come. Nothing like a little eternal optimism to start off a new decade!!

Here are some things I am greatly looking forward to in the next year, in no particular order:

- Nothing lifts your spirits like reconnecting with old friends. I've been doing a lot of this lately, I highly recommend it!
- Spending time with family & friends. Between the Holidays and Baby Showers I get to see just about everyone I love this month.
- The return of all of my favorite TV shows. I hate this time of year when everything is on hiatus. I get sucked into things like "The Jersey Shore".
- Finally getting to work on trying to put a cookbook together. I have a zillion recipes in my head just waiting to be written, in addition to the 400 or so on my hard drive.
- New cupcake flavors - Maple Bacon, anyone??
- Gorgeous Spring weather in the Desert.
- (Hopefully) Adopting a new friend for Hailey dog. I'd love to get her a brother . . .
- The return of Cork & Fork
- Law & Order SVU marathons every Tuesday!
- Learning lots of stuff from all of the great new Chef's that will be visiting the school.
- Polo season at El Dorado in the spring. Tailgaiting !
-Being able to DRINK WINE AGAIN!!!! God, I miss wine.
- Potential CWC Santa Fe trip . . just now in the idea phase.
- Farmer Joe's Tomatoes! Probably not until summer time, but I can just taste them . . .
- All you can eat sushi at No Da Te - definitely on the agenda for "PB" ( post baby )
- A new car - hopefully this week!
- Being able to exercise again - gotta get back on the elliptical. Things are a little too "bouncy" for the elliptical right now.
- Of course I'm most excited about meeting the new addition to our family!! Can't wait to give her a name so we can stop calling her "baby girl hubka" or "madeline" as she's affectionately known around CWC.

One thing is for sure, life is certainly going to change this year! I wish you all the best of health, happiness, good fortune and most of all - good cooking & delicious food all year long!!!

xoxo Andie