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.