FEB 1st, yikes! well at the very least it has been a great winter of snow and cold. I can't remember when we had this much snow and it stayed this long. The cross country skiing is great and the snowshoeing is awesome and it is all from just going out my front door. Jen, Dot and I are in training for a half marathon (Shamrock Marathon, March 21) in Virginia Beach so the weather hasn't been the best for running in but it is forcing me to get out on those days that I wouldn't otherwise. School is school, we are over half way and coming up on 100th day! The word is there won't be any cuts in jobs for this year but next year .... "it looks BAD" Guess I should really work on keeping any options open I possibly can.

Wow, December has come and gone and I missed it out on posting! It was an exciting month between family moving in when they ice storm sent power outage days into weeks. Mom came to stay with us for 9 days until her electricity returned (not before all her food in refrigerator and freezer had to be thrown out) and Jen and the boys came and stayed for 4 days after they lost electricity as well. It was fun because we all knew it was just a matter of time before everything would be back to "normal". I don't know how it happens but time keeps moving on whether I am with it or not. I hope to be better at journal entries this year. Christmas and New Year's were fun family celebrations and here we are into 2009. I am off to Kirpalu this weekend for a self imposed retreat to try and start this new year off right and find some direction and self confidence in what I am doing with my life. Jen, Dot and I are training for  the Shamrock Half Marathon in March at Virginia Beach, I am looking forward to it because we always have a good time together. Happy New Year!