let's go round again

it's been such an incredible year.  it flew by.  i did so many different things, had so many great adventures. road trips to chicago, new orleans.  drinking absinthe. swamp tour. french quarter. playing the washboard.  lollapalooza.  torrential downpours.  swimming in the pool.  reading a book.  margaritas, coffee with friends.  visiting family.  riding the south shore. watching the red pandas at the zoo.  fireworks.  swimming in the pool.  playing with the cats.  seeing the lion king in 3d on the big screen.  stage plays and musicals. rides over town, blizzards at dairy queen. decorating for the holidays.  swimming in the pool.  i could go on and on, running well into the next year.  thank you for making it what it was.  here's to a safe and sane new year.  

Merry Christmas

"And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more."
Dr. Seuss