The first post of 2010, got to remember to write the new year on checks. We have had a great 
week relaxing at home and getting a myriad of different chores and hobbies done. Hard to figure out where to start. After enjoying Emmet Otter's Christmas show (this is apparently a Christmas book from the 70's, turned into a Muppet show, and then turned into a play at the Goodspeed Opera House) with Sheri and Bruno we had dinner in Chester, CT at the River Tavern. The food was great and we got around to making our 2010 predictions. We were at our clairvoyant best as we each filled two pages of some very interesting predictions for what will happen this year to ourselves, Pfizer, stars, athletes, politicians, and the world.
week relaxing at home and getting a myriad of different chores and hobbies done. Hard to figure out where to start. After enjoying Emmet Otter's Christmas show (this is apparently a Christmas book from the 70's, turned into a Muppet show, and then turned into a play at the Goodspeed Opera House) with Sheri and Bruno we had dinner in Chester, CT at the River Tavern. The food was great and we got around to making our 2010 predictions. We were at our clairvoyant best as we each filled two pages of some very interesting predictions for what will happen this year to ourselves, Pfizer, stars, athletes, politicians, and the world. For the remainder of our week of leisure, we focused on pottery. We prepped clay for a couple of 
projects, cleaned up the pottery room some as it hadn't been used in a long time. I also managed to threw three pots - well I threw four but one didn't survive the finishing process. It was good to get the creative side engaged for once. More to come from there this year - hopefully. We had several wonderful snowfalls this week. Wonderful from the standpoint of painting the trees all white and I've gotten to use the snowblower several times. All good there. We took advantage of one of the snow events to make a snowman that we promptly dubbed "Wilson". While we were going for a Frosty or possibly Maynard. When we were done decorating it looked more like the volleyball from the film Castaway once Tom Hanks was done with it. Wilson has been losing eyes and his 
nose as the temperatures warmed briefly in the middle of the week.
projects, cleaned up the pottery room some as it hadn't been used in a long time. I also managed to threw three pots - well I threw four but one didn't survive the finishing process. It was good to get the creative side engaged for once. More to come from there this year - hopefully. We had several wonderful snowfalls this week. Wonderful from the standpoint of painting the trees all white and I've gotten to use the snowblower several times. All good there. We took advantage of one of the snow events to make a snowman that we promptly dubbed "Wilson". While we were going for a Frosty or possibly Maynard. When we were done decorating it looked more like the volleyball from the film Castaway once Tom Hanks was done with it. Wilson has been losing eyes and his 
nose as the temperatures warmed briefly in the middle of the week. We had a nice evening at home on New Year's eve. We talked about our plans for 2010 while enjoying some champagne (or sparkling wine if you want to listen to the wine producers from France) and watching the ball drop. Jo, once again, mentioned that she would like to do the 5K race in Central Park, NY that starts at midnight. Still not sure I want to be starting a run at midnight - especially in NY. New Year's day meant it was time for the Christmas decorations to be packed away. The house always seems so plain after they are all down. Then yesterday, after another 3-4 inches of snow and snowblowing again (yeah!), we spent the evening with Stuart and Tiffany where Tiffany and I tried yet again to defeat Stuart and Jo in ping pong. We are now 0-30 (or something like that). Tiffany and I are thinking of taking ping pong lessons in secret to finally defeat them.
To fill in many of the other things we did this 
week: put a puzzle of Madison, WI together (gift from Jo's sister this year), returned a few gifts that weren't the right size, cleaned up a few more rooms and made a sizable donation to Goodwill as a result, watched four movies (Defiance with Daniel Craig was the best of the bunch), made lots of good food and consumed way too much good food (including the highlight of Jo's cinnamon rolls), slept and napped as needed, and got in a few pool and pinball games. With that said, we are as ready as we will ever be for the alarm clock going off tomorrow morning and the start of the work needed to keep us in snowblower equipment.
week: put a puzzle of Madison, WI together (gift from Jo's sister this year), returned a few gifts that weren't the right size, cleaned up a few more rooms and made a sizable donation to Goodwill as a result, watched four movies (Defiance with Daniel Craig was the best of the bunch), made lots of good food and consumed way too much good food (including the highlight of Jo's cinnamon rolls), slept and napped as needed, and got in a few pool and pinball games. With that said, we are as ready as we will ever be for the alarm clock going off tomorrow morning and the start of the work needed to keep us in snowblower equipment.
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