Wooohoooo!

For a number of reasons:
1) The b-u-r-l-y-f-a-m-i-l-y welcomed baby #4, Anna Ruth, into the world yesterday afternoon. Gnome grows big babies, as Anna weighed 8lb 11oz! Mom and baby are both well.

2) I am excited about the snow falling on the ground. Our area is expected to get around 4-6 inches of snow, which for us is practically unheard of. It's 0800 and we've got about an inch already. Can't wait for Dan-man to get up and see it.

3) I am STOKED that we are inaugurating Barack Obama. I do not agree with all his politics, but I agree with enough of them to have voted for him, and I do believe that he will do his job with grace. I think it is important to realize that the issues we face are so great, and no one person will be able to fix them, nor will they disappear overnight. Barack is not our messiah and we'll do well to remember that. However - I am very hopeful that he will reverse some of the extreme right-wing policies and 'Bush doctrine' that has landed this country in some hot water around the world.

And, I think it is really really cool that Barack has invited the Tuskegee Airmen to be at his inauguration.