Admittedly, I have been removed from blogging for a few days, tied up with some very critical decisions at work, familial obligations and Life In General. It’s the time of year when everything seems to descend at once, including social interfacing for “The Holidays.” I have also been remiss in my visits to other’s blogs: guilty.

But I am at least about to start the New Year with some work and personal resolutions, not to mention an eagerly-anticipated trip to the Fornicalia coast for a three-night stay at a beautiful hotel facing directly toward the Pacific Ocean, next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. This is the proverbial “test drive” with my fiance for our upcoming honeymoon.

Yes, boys and girls, we’ve “set the date.” We’ll be getting married on a day actually easy for me to remember: Valentine’s Day, 2007. After getting married in a fashion to honor my parents (they “eloped,” much to my Grandmother Goodenow’s horror and dismay, in Reno, Nevada, on April 24th, 1942!), we’ll be staying at The Ridge in Nevada then traveling for some stays at Timber Cove near Jenner, the North Cliff Motel in Fort Bragg, and then to further points north to include Bandon, Oregon, Seattle, Washington and British Columbia as well. Canucks, here we come!

In the interim, President Ford passed away. Saddam Hussein is about to be hanged.

I’ll get to those later.

BZ