Happy New Year!

Ok .. here's a chance to make a difference in your life. We are starting fresh on a whole new calendar. Now, of course I realize that it's not really any different than it was a couple of days ago, but for some reason seeing a new number at the end of the date line on your checkbook makes it feel different.

My wife and I were talking earlier today about doing some remodeling. It was an amazingly liberating feeling to say "I need to make sure to get the window sills done THIS YEAR." I suddenly realized what I'd said - "this year". Now, it's THIS YEAR! It's not like we have to burn up the miserly remains of a month or two or even five - we have TWELVE months in which get things done now!

WOW!

What an opportunity!

Think of all the wonderful happenings waiting THIS YEAR! The walks in the sun, the sunsets and sunrises, the melting of snow and ice in the spring, the warm afternoon sun. Car trips, summer vacations, evenings spent on the deck or patio - iced tea again! I love iced tea!

Why don't we have iced tea in the winter? Or chili in the summer, I guess. Iced tea and chili have their own seasons - and we have TWELVE whole months in which to have them.

Backyard barbeques - watching the kids run around the park squealing - dogs barking - crickets chirping...

Oh yah .. it's gonna be a GREAT TWELVE MONTHS!

Let's get started, eh?