i was so busy focusing on last year’s recap yesterday that i didn’t bother to talk about NYE.  we rang in the new year quietly with our friends, trainwreck and chef.  we joined them for a fancy schmancy dinner and then went back to their house for pajamas and games.  we were all in bed just after 2013 came to our time zone.  new year’s morning started with the boys going for a run while us chicks did a walk and then, after breakfast, chef and i went to see the new les mis movie, which was a phenomenal screen adaptation by the way.  hubby and i finally made it back home in the late afternoon and did some straightening up around here.  it wasn’t the wild and crazy party that we have sometimes had but i enjoyed the subdued celebration.  and now, i get to start hounding hubby in earnest.  he is officially in training for his first (and last) ironman.  this means that i have to be a patient and understanding wife while my husband leaves me alone most of the year and i have to be supportive and prod him to do so.  it will all be worthwhile when i’m the proud wife cheering on my husband while he undertakes this monumental challenge.