This is January? I was just outside, running some errands around town, and can you believe it, its 67F/19C out there! This is January? It’s just not right! There should be snow, and cold and wind, not sun and heat and t-shirts! I want snow dammit! Hmph. Now my dogs are going to start shedding again :-p Honestly, Minnesota is looking better all the time. Sure its cold, but they have snow! And I never thought I’d say this, but I miss snow. Winter without it is just wrong. And boring. Maybe I could get a snowmobile.

Well, James’ Mom got to go home again the other day. They drained the fluids again from her lungs, this time via syringe rather than surgically implanted tubes. If the fluid comes back again, I’ve no idea what they’ll do, but hopefully she’ll have some relief for a while.

I found season two of Due South the other day at Best Buy. It was only $16.99, so I picked it up, and James got season one of War of the Worlds. I’ve now watched all of the Due South DVDs that I got, and will have to wait on season 4, as its not released yet here in the US that I can tell. Unless Mum finds it and sends it from Canada that is. I read a rumour somewhere that there may be a follow-up movie, but I’m guessing its too many years now since it was cancelled, so likely not. Ah well.

There’s not much else going on around here really. We’re still waiting to hear back from the franchisee in Minnesota to get some more information about the stores up there before we can make any decision. I looked up on Map quest where this town is; it is really close to Lake Superior, only about 25 miles or so from Deluth. Its closer to Winnipeg than Toronto obviously, maybe family and friends could meet me half way somewhere. The dogs would like it there, summer is cooler, and winter is downright cold! Maybe I could go on a Great Lakes cruise.

I’ll be back to work this week, for a whopping 25 hours. I figured it out, if we keep up with this one week on, one week off, I’ll have a total of about 51 hours per month! :-p Lovely. Half a part time job. And Bush says the economy is picking up. Yeah, right! He’s so proud of himself, saying that so many jobs were created in November and December; the jobless rate went down a couple points. What he failed to point out of course is probably the majority of those jobs were seasonal, and those people are either laid off again, or like me, sharing a part time job barely making enough money to buy groceries. Gotta love the spin eh? Bleah.

Speaking of spin, I hope my Canadian friends are getting ready for the election on the 23rd. I see in the polls that the Conservatives are slightly ahead. Stupid Liberal controversy again….the country is going to hell in a handbasket ya know. And Stephen Harper is holding the handle, you just watch! :-p *sigh*  ¶ 2:56 PM