Happy (late) New Year! I hope your celebration was a blast.

As for me, I have a feeling this is going to be an interesting year. A year of learning, that's for sure. I like it.

It's REALLY cold here ( -2 with the wind chill but I swear it's -8, at least. I know, like those 6 negative degrees make that much of a difference!) and the wind is fearsome. Brr.

Anyhow.

I spent all day yesterday cooking for my boyfriend's birthday party today. It's not a huge event -- just family -- but I'm really looking forward to a merry afternoon. This will be the first birthday I've hosted for him, and I had to stop myself from getting carried away. Seriously. I trimmed the menu down to 8 things, plus desserts, and am already trying to convince myself to add one more dish. But I'm not going to. (Maybe this will be the year I learn self-restraint? Hmm. Not sure how I feel about that.)

I'm glad to be tucked in today, out of the wind and ordering office supplies and 2010 calendars, revving up to get moving on the party. Tomorrow is a work day, and I'm glad for that, too.

And at some point very soon, all the holiday decorations are coming down. My tree has been a trooper, dropping maybe 4 needles in the 6 weeks she's been up, but it's time, now. We'll take her to the woods and maybe the birds will use her branches for shelter.
 
I like that.