1/6/2013

WEEKLY UPDATE 1/6/2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

I wish every one of you a very happy new year.

Not much to write about, since I do so little. My New Year's eve was quiet. Of course I was up at midnight, but I'm ALWAYS up at midnight, so no change there. I didn't even have any champagne, since I'd been slowly sipping away the bottle I'd opened at Christmas all week, and just didn't feel like having more. As ever, holidays don't seem to be much if you're retired and every day is a holiday. There were a few more Bowl Games on tv, and I watched. I'm watching more college football than I ever have before, but I think that's a Southern thing.

On Wednesday, I drove out the airport to pick up Donna when she returned from her holidays in Maine. I'm glad she's back. She got out her pancake griddle and made the red velvet pancakes from the Southern Living Magazine, similar to the carrot ones I'd made a couple of weeks ago. She shared them with me, and they were delicious!

The play-offs aren't going exactly like I'd hoped they would. Of my picks so far I'm 1 for 4. But, then again, if they went the way I wanted them to, the Bills would defeat the Lions in a wonderful, (stupid) penalty- and turn over-free game with a close score in the Super Bowl. And it will be a lot, lot colder when that happens. I was sorry that RGIII's season ended so badly. But both he and Andrew Luck will have plenty of opportunities in the future.

And, now, onward to the season 3 premier of Downton Abbey. I've waited quite a while for this.