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January felt transitional for me even though it was largely uneventful. We did have several snow days which the kids thoroughly enjoyed and took advantage of. Our neighbor Dick (my good buddy) has an excellent little sledding hill at the back of his lot that runs right up to the creek that lines his property. The kids put in some good work on that sledding hill. However, they did decide not to heed my advice about bailing-out of the sled if they were heading fast toward the creek and couldn’t stop. They assumed the creek was frozen enough to support their weight and I suppose it was the first couple of times they tempted Mother Nature. But at one point our neighbor Ben plus Kayleigh and Stella ended up breaking the ice, getting soaked and coming home as Popsicles. I had a fire going 24×7 for about one week at one point and eventually only stopped long enough to let things cool off (burn off) and vacuum out the ashes. The kids used the fireplace to thaw out from sledding so it worked out. We had a lot of wet boots and clothes too.

My customers released a lot of pent-up demand from the holidays that kept me extra busy at work – which is good but it also made January a blur. Not being able to do much outside (aside from some shoveling) had me dosed with cabin fever. I don’t get the winter blues but I do miss golf and every time I walk past the bikes I get a slight ache in my loins. TMI I know.

Melissa and I are both working through some of the books we received as gifts. I don’t know that she is using the Kindle much now since she has several real books stacked-up.

The kids (and adults) enjoyed getting their Christmas box from Uncle Justin. Stella wasted no time in pasting tattoos all over her body from the kit he sent her. She seems to like putting on makeup quite a bit too. I don’t feel either of these bode well.

All the January photos are here.

written by mark