New Year

Counting our blessings:

1. 2009 is a new year. A new year in which to achieve great things - or mediocre things - ours to decide.

2. Living in a great school district. It is a good feeling to know that we are sending our son to people who care about him, who will educate him fully, who will help him rise to his full potential.

3. The wood-burning fireplace in our living room. Comforting on a dreary (read "rainy") Mississippi winter day.