12-12-12

December 12, 2012, or 12-12-12, will be the last date of its kind (a day when all three numericals in a date are the same) for the next 88 years. The next time this will happen is on January 1, 2101, or 01-01-01.

The number 12 has great significance in many cultures. In western tradition, it is commonly associated with completeness and seen as a perfect and harmonious unit. As such, it has found its way into religion (e.g. the 12 apostles), mythology (e.g. the 12 gods of Olympus), and everyday life (e.g. 12 hours on a modern clock face) a dozen donuts.

 
The number 12 has interesting mathematical properties as well. There are few small numbers that can be evenly divided by so many subsets.

And if this works for me this blog will be stamped 12-12-12 12:12 p.m.

(I don't plan on being around for 2101 and I'm okay with that.)

December 2012

Oh how I love the lights at Christmas time.There is definitely a lot more work to do in the month of December. The tree is up, the house is decorated and the decoration boxes are even put away in the garage. Now it's on to more shopping, wrapping and shipping. And then the baking and candy making.

December is such a special time of the year. And just last night we got a new addition to our family. This is my great niece baby Elsie. She is named after my mother who was born in 1922. I have now heard of two other little Elsie's recently. It's just so sweet and certainly makes me remember my mother.

Welcome to the world Elsie Norah Madson 12-9-12

Christmas is such an emotional time of the year. It's the memories, the lights, the traditions, the music, the gifts, the loved ones no longer with us, the new ones joining us, it all just comes together this time of year. 

Christmas is like a warm embrace, a friendly reminder at the end of the year. A reminder that lets us know we are thought of and loved and remembered. And that a new start, a fresh year is just around the corner.