Happy New Year

Hello faithful readers....yeah right! I am alive, survived and ready for the next adventure! And if you believe that....

Christmas was chaos as usual..18 people for dinner on Tuesday and then 12 more the following Saturday and that took care of both immediate families, cousins, etc etc. There were a few minor crisis I was not expecting this time around including when I went to pick up the Rib Roast at the Farmers Market and it was not there and I had to run around the Saturday before Christmas looking for a 7rib Roast! Then there was the huge infection Tyler decided to get in his arm just below the elbow that had to be incised and drained and meant two trips to ER, including Christmas Eve! And the piece de resistance....the tickets to the Christmas Carol at the Grand, for 5, our Family and Carolines Boy friend that had us seated DIRECTLY behind the old Boyfriend, who can not get over her! That was a fun time!!

Gotta love that Holiday, thank Heavens it only comes once a year....there were of course some wonderful moments with just the family including Caroline and I driving back from the Portland airport in a snowstorm (what else is new!) she singing, me driving..it was great! Not sure how we did it...but we did.

Alex the boy friend was a great sport, considering how many people he had to meet and put up with..Aisha popped in often, and looked much less stressed now that her semester is over, so all in all a nice end of the Year.

Back to work has meant shoveling duty just about every day. Some days a foot or more! The plow guys have been good and when they see me out there come over with a bucketloader to take the snow away from the ramp. They usually clear me a spot to park too. It has also meant fires, two on MDI alone in two days..not a great sign.

Not much exciting from downtown ARC office..hope you all had a nice Holiday and New Years and that this gets me off Ginnys infamous list again!