the library which carries all the Glee albums; Wynonie Harris, my new favorite jump blues artist, come on everyone, and Shake That Thing; every Magic Schoolbus book ever; and finger tingling shelves of possibilities. The relatives wanted to see the downtown library. They had a fine tour. The kids and I had an ecstatic experience in the humungous children's section.

Mom spent the night last night, so we could go out New Year's Eve partying. Thanks Mom! In the morning, David hopped out of bed at 7:00 and did not hop into bed with us as per usual. Oh no, he went racing downstairs to hop into bed with Mom, giving us an extra half hour of sleep. I thought they had planned this, but it was all his idea. He wanted to be with her.

good recipes. Over the holidays, we made three new recipes: candy cane meringues, latkes from Sunset, and a pineapple mango smoothy. All were fabulous. The meringues were the cover picture on Sunset and I know four different people who made them. They were so popular the store sold out of the ingredients. I am grateful for the good food, and for getting those magazine and recipes as gifts.

wind. It was very windy Christmas day. That didn't make everyone happy because their power went out, but here we just got in a kite mood. So, I took the kids to Gasworks and we flew kites at that great viewpoint.