happy new year...the party is over...

Well, it's back in the saddle again. The strange sound of this thing they call an alarm clock disturbed my sleep this morning and I had to go nag Lauren to wake up for school. After 5 minutes of her pleading to just go back to bed, we had to explain truancy to her. The thought of police at the door demanding that she return to school got her moving faster.

It's officially a new year as the only reminder of Christmas left in our house after my scrubbing yesterday is the very depressing sight of our tree on the front porch, lying on it's side after serving us well for the last month.