Winter Break

IT's a girl!! Actually, she's nearly 3 months old and she is absolutely perfect.

I somehow doubt that I get any more traffic on my little corner of the web, but I figure I will keep on the way I started, low key.

Winter broke for us last week, the piles of snow disapeared and I actually caught up on the fall chores that I had slated for October that got neglected while awaiting my daughter's arrival. I raked the backyard, cleaned the gutters, took down my Christmas lights, cleaned the dog dropping all over the yard and removed a pear tree that served more as a wasp feeder than anything significantly useful.

My wife cleaned the car and went for spring-time walks. It was a lovely and relaxing weekend.

Today scattered snow flurries and rain arrive and the temperature is set to drop over the next 5 days. I don't mind though because unlike a lot of my family, I got a break.

Now if only the moisture would disapear and afford me one more day of wood cutting to stockpile my supply for the remaining winter weeks (likely 8 or so).