check it out. today's date is 1 11 1. weird.

had to pay a crudload of bills tonight. some i had misplaced, so they were a bit late. others like my gas bill were outrageously high. damn this energy crunch. my bill was twice its normally high winter rate. arrrgh. i need to do something about my poorly insulated house. thats on plan for spring.

Popsicle makes these nifty new things called Micro Pops. they're like popsicle dippin dots - little bb sized popsicle things. yum.

i'm having a bit of a problem adjusting to it being a new year already. i'm so used to saying "well we can look at doing that next year" at work, that its a big adjustment to realizing its that year. oog. i'll figure it out.

a big howdy pardner! goes out to THE GIRL.