Yeah Yeah Sabbatical's over...

Ahh..spring...my favorite time of year...wait...not quite; it's still February. What's up with this wacko weather! It feels like it's April yet Christmas just passed. Spring, winter, Spring, and now back to winter this weekend! I'm confused.

Where were we....oh, before Christmas....

Christmas was a total blast this year with the baby niece being 10 months old. Forget a present; Aunt Manda made her a uber-cool, rockin' cardboard blue car box. Her fertile imagination just cruised around the living room like it was the California coast!

New Years, I spent in Macon, GA with my college friends hanging out by the bonfire on Lake Wildwood, sipping cocktails, and watching fireworks. Good times! Then road trippin' to Orlando, the very next day, for the Citrus Bowl featuring my Auburn boys and Wisconsin. We lost. We really didn't even show up to play. Score one for fan loyalty! I did learn that I will never again (unless I find myself in the trucking industry) drive half the Southeast in 36 hrs. Poor folks who had to listen to me at work the following day--just call me Grumps!

Hmm...January. I decided to upgrade the home. Currently, the wall looks like a patchwork quilt since I've yet to decide on a paint color, however soon the repainting will begin, furniture rearranged, and general spiffing for a new and improved home sweet home!
The month of 01 also brought my first NHL hockey game since the lockout--Predators vs. Avalanche (4-3!). Go Preds!

February...ahh...month of love and The Bachelor. Shamefully, I confess to being sucked into this season since Travis is a Nashvillian and I probably spied and called him for my team at the Turkey Toss in December!
The niece also celebrated the BIG 1! The cake was delish! As expected, the adults had entirely way more fun than pipsqueak and 15 of her little pals.

Tunes I've come to love since last blog entry: The Fray, Tristan Prettyman, Kanye, Amos Lee, and The Wallflowers.

Next month if all goes well at the 3 hour consult, after 15 years of contacts and even longer wearing glasses, I should be able to see the alarm clock without being blurry! Yay for Lasik vision correction! I'm a tad nervous, so let me know about your experience!

And I think there's a blog birthday coming up soon! How does one celebrate the birth of blog?!

Ok, enough for now....LET IT SNOW!!!

A.