New Year

While we do a decent job of spreading out the holidays (we'll be doing Christmas presents with the other side of the family in a couple of days), the tree and lights had to come down last weekend. Meredith was sad to see the tree go and was only partially placated with the idea that now the birds were going to be able to enjoy the Christmas tree outside.

My illness has continued. I've been sick since December 17, and had my first halfway decent day yesterday on the 31st. Two weeks of being sick, much of it bedridden, over the holidays has been no fun--for me or anyone else. Meredith hasn't expressly told me that I was boring, but has been able to communicate the basic idea. Yes, sick parents are pretty boring. Meredith has filled the void by begging to watch TV and by doing her dinosaur puzzle over and over again. The parity between her begging to watch TV and actual viewing is about even.

Tomorrow we're off to Florida for 6 days to be on the Gulf coast. We'll be there with Grandpa Kerry and Grandma Gail, as well as Uncle David and Aunt Olga. It appears we're arriving just in time for a cold spell unfortunately, but at least it looks like we'll miss rain. Of course, even a cold day in Florida is a bit better than the average day in Minnesota in January.

The New Year is almost upon us. 2007 has been pretty momentous for us. We look forward to seeing what fun, adventures, new developments await us in 2008.