A Fresh New Year
It's the new year. 2006. Happy New Year to you all. After spending Christmas with relatives in the Pacific Northwest, we returned to Massachusetts for the new year and woke up this morning to 3 inches of snow on the ground. It's certainly a beautiful beginning for a fresh new year.
We enjoyed our trip to the tiny town of Snohomish, Washington even though it rained every day. It's a pretty place, even wet, with antique shops and little restaurants lining the main thoroughfare. Three of the restaurants we sampled were an English style pub, Mexican and an Italian eatery. All were wonderful.
As always, getting together with family for Christmas was a great experience. We actually all get along very well. This year we introduced our new son in law to the group and he fit right in when everyone sat down for the annual post Christmas family poker game. The game of choice this time was Texas Hold'em. The new guy did pretty well.
A short side trip to Portland, Oregon to visit a few more family members rounded out our holiday journey and a couple of days later we boarded a redeye flight back to Boston to return home.
Now we've welcomed in a bright new year. For once, I have no need for the usual "lose weight" resolution. To all of you who make that resolution, I wish you the best of luck. This year I'll be sorting through a houseful of belongings, deciding what to keep and packing everything for our move back to Southern California.
For the present, I'm going to sit back, relax, maybe shovel a little snow and enjoy the beginning of a new year. Time to count my blessings and work on changing what I can for the better.
Happy New Year.
We enjoyed our trip to the tiny town of Snohomish, Washington even though it rained every day. It's a pretty place, even wet, with antique shops and little restaurants lining the main thoroughfare. Three of the restaurants we sampled were an English style pub, Mexican and an Italian eatery. All were wonderful.
As always, getting together with family for Christmas was a great experience. We actually all get along very well. This year we introduced our new son in law to the group and he fit right in when everyone sat down for the annual post Christmas family poker game. The game of choice this time was Texas Hold'em. The new guy did pretty well.
A short side trip to Portland, Oregon to visit a few more family members rounded out our holiday journey and a couple of days later we boarded a redeye flight back to Boston to return home.
Now we've welcomed in a bright new year. For once, I have no need for the usual "lose weight" resolution. To all of you who make that resolution, I wish you the best of luck. This year I'll be sorting through a houseful of belongings, deciding what to keep and packing everything for our move back to Southern California.
For the present, I'm going to sit back, relax, maybe shovel a little snow and enjoy the beginning of a new year. Time to count my blessings and work on changing what I can for the better.
Happy New Year.
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