Happy New Year

Just sitting here looking at the tree, and drinking some egg nog spiked with Captain Morgan. The tree will come down tomorrow with the new year. I haven't tried Captain Morgan with the egg nog before, it's much better than bourbon.

In hindsight, it's been a pretty good year. The kids are really coming into their own and they are a joy to be with.

We went to a Japanese steakhouse in Lancaster for dinner tonight with our good friends. It was a great time.

This is a collection of cans from Trader Joe's, displaying the various different blends of their coffee that I have been enjoying for the past few months. Of those blends, I think that I like the Smooth and Mellow and the Kenya AA the best. I've been saving the cans for a Cub Scout project. Now if I could just think of one for them to do.

For Christmas I got a new Bialetti Dama 6-cup "espresso" maker. More on that to follow.