and in local news...

There is something about having Christmas decorations up that really just brighten my life. The dreary grey days of December don't bother me when the apartment is lit up with the cheery white lights of the tree, and the multicolor strands lining the ceiling. One of our cats, Dolittle, has made her annual home on the tree skirt, and despite the fact one of the ornaments was broken this morning, I can't seem to bring myself to eject her from her happy home. And along that same vein, as much as Mr B tries to get me to shut off the lights, I won't. See? We're all winners.

I had to run to the bank & Walgreens, and while up there noticed that they finally opened an Urgent Care Center in town! Considering Mr B is a contractor without (prohibitively expensive) health insurance, we have had numerous instances where we have been in need of an urgent care center. It's nice to know that the next time he needs a tetanus shot because he hit himself in the arm with a whackertacker we dont have to either pay the expenses of the local ER or drive an hour to urgent care! This is all with the ultimate goal of getting health insurance, of course. But in the meantime, it's nice to know that this new Urgent Care center is only minutes from our home.

And in other local news, because I am finally scouring the local paper after an absence of about a week, the town next to us is converting their old opera house into a microbrewery & musical venue! In addition to the fact we'll have a microbrewery down the road (!!), it's also great to see older buildings being turned into something nifty, instead of torn down and replaced with new construction.

Finally, I've moved from Wordpress to Blogger, so if some of the past entries look a little off format, or comments are missing, that's why. I'm sure things will continue to change around here as things get settled in, but overall it should be good!

Oh, and finally finally (for real this time) - THANK YOU Generally Fabulous for the spankin' new banner which is well - generally fabulous!

peace&love,

renski