Hope everyone has a wonderful new year. Just finished watching the Rose Parade for the first time. It’s on TV all day here. Will watch the Rose Bowl game later this afternoon as I wait for my pork and sauerkraut to finish cooking. Patrick and Veronica will be here later to enjoy our first dinner of the new year…and to have a belated birthday celebration for Patrick’s 28th yesterday.

And then I’ll spend the evening relaxing before beginning work tomorrow. It’s been a great 10 days or so of vacation where I’ve done very little other than hanging out around the house. I’m ready to get back in the swing of things once again…but will probably be more than ready for the MLK holiday in a few weeks!

Happy New Year!