Oh my gosh!

I had comment moderation enabled, somehow, and had no idea anyone had commented.  I don't know how I did it, since I never visit the "settings" page.  Sheesh!

On a more positive note, I'm suddenly feeling FAR less disliked than I had been for the last few weeks!

A special day for America

I cried freely as I watched the ceremony.  What a day.  What a day.

I am ALMOST ashamed

but not quite, to admit that it was 83 degrees in Yorba Linda today.  I wish I could mail a little bit of it to Wisconsin!

it's coming down

Today, the Christmas Crap starts to go away.  I've given considerable thought to how I'm going to do it.  Last year I took the approach of the slow, easy way.  I just grabbed an item or two every time I thought about about it and hauled them to the garage and shoved them in a box.  While it was easy, my stuff got put away in a pretty disorganized way and I had a hard time finding some of it this year.

I've decided that this year, I'm going to focus on one area at a time.  Today, I will return my mantle/hearth and the big cocktail table in my living room to normality.  Once I have closure on those areas, I'll move along to something else.  This year, it's going to be all about the closure.