Monday, Monday...

Well, we got through the Christmas holiday with a trip to Mom Mickey's in Seven Lakes near Southern Pines. Great meal and met a couple of her neighbors who are elderly widows, but their minds were sharp as a tack. Shared in the gift-giving and garnered a beautiful new tie, Glenn Beck's book Arguing with Idiots and a neat book simply entitled Guns. As usual it rained so we couldn't see the rest of the Seven Lakes area...guess we'll save that for next time. Saturday and Sunday were beautiful, sunny days as was today. It's nice to see ole Saul in the winter and helps the doldrums.

This week Crys is house-sitting/pet-sitting for one of her favorite clients...and enjoying the benefits of multiple flat screen TVs and an absolutely lovely home. She has it tough! I miss her around the homestead, but have a lot to do before I start back to work at the hospital tomorrow.
I've planned a surprise dinner out for New Year's Eve and Crys' birthday , which is difficult since it's 1/1... so we have to stay up and watch the Acorn drop (yep, Raleigh has its Acorn, Atlanta has its Peach....and so on) in order to make the 12:21 a.m. anniversary of her birth.

This was my last day consulting for the Board. As my work is done with the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Board, I now I have to find something less fun to do to earn some extra sheckels that is also a diversion. I've started writing a book and that will probably take up most of any extra time until it's completed. I may be able to squeeze in some target practice with the new AR-15...hmmmm.

Here's to a great week and the coming of 2010...hope it's a good one for all our friends and family. More later...