Good Bye January!!!

Kiss January goodbye!!!! I was not impressed with the month of January, I'm sorry to say. I'm about as happy to see that month end as I was to see our 43rd President fly off into the sunset. It was colder than a witche's thorax (-36.8 F!!!) and filled with news that was just awful. As much as I try to "enjoy every minute," January 2009 is going down in my history book as a month that, to put it plainly, "pretty much sucked." I won't share all the tales of woe (we all have our own), but we will deal with it all, learn to cope and hope February brings some brighter days. It's a little early for my spring haiku but if someone would like to contribute some verse to cheer, I'll share it with the "blob" readers. So Hip Hip Hooray for February!!! Let's hope for a good month. Valentines Day cometh - we can eat chocolate! We did have some good times in January, lots of family visits and good meals chatting with my Dad and David but there was also lots of sad and trying news, more than we should have had in the beginning of this "Happy New Year." It will all be dealt with and we will live long and prosper.

Winter carnival happens in Saranac Lake this month. I've seen some nice pics of the ice castle on the Adirondack Enterprise site. I already bought my Winter Carnival button for 09 - I have the entire collection that Garry Trudeau designed - since 1981.
You can buy a button at many of the convenience stores in Saranac Lake or visit here to view and order from the Chamber of Commerce. Note to chamber: you have Garry (as Gary) misspelled on your website. You can hire me to proof anytime.
http://www.saranaclake.com/carnivalbuttons.shtml

So, my poll is not going so well. I'm the only responder at this point. Rather pathetic. I was reading another lady's blog and she was talking about how only 2400 readers had stopped in the day before. Wow! A high readership day for my "blob" is in the double digits. I get excited. And hey it's not quantity I write for - I have some HIGH quality readers out there and that is why I do it.

My pal M-A was talking about her Facebook and how she feel that it is bit of an egocentric exercise. Blogging is a bit of that too I guess. I do it more or less keep a journal of daily life and I like sharing good pics when I have the time. M-A is supposed to invite me to be her friend or whatever that is they do on Facebook - I'll check that out too.

My dad's health continues to improve with each passing day. Here he is sitting in front of the wood stove chatting with Mary on the phone tonight. We are all looking forward to spring so he can get outside a little more. We talked of hiking on the mountain behind the house. Hopefully he will be strong enough for that in the spring. And that is part of the good January happenings.

I realized tonight that I have not been at Life Flight to volunteer since last year. No wonder woe is me... LOL I do some long distance volunteer work when I can but it's not the same. In February I will hopefully do a road trip with Coco and go up and do some good work.