Well excuse me while I put my flannel back on and rip my jeans. Apparently the 90's are back. The New York Times reports Leon Panetta, former Clinton White House chief of staff, will be named CIA director.

. . .for a while anyway.  It's January and pretty cold here in the Northeast.  Technically, we are only 18 days into winter, but we already have had a few snowstorms and a major ice storm.  This nasty, cold weather often makes me want to hide under a blanket with a good book and a cup of coffee (perhaps with a bit of vanilla liqueur added).

  My youngest daughter rolled over for the first time when she was 3 1/2 months old.  Her two older siblings were very excited about their baby sister’s new accomplishment and cheered her on at each turn.  As most babies, however, once she turned from her back onto her stomach, she had a difficult time turning from her stomach onto her back.  She squirmed and struggled and often ended up crying if someone had not come in to turn her over.

The 111th Congress is about to be sworn in and get to work. Their "to do" list is enormous-a mega-financial crisis, the war in Iraq, the bloody conflict in the Middle East. Under the circumstances it's understandable that the top matter on the agenda won't be long-standing legislation to make it easier for women in the workplace to breastfeed their babies. That's all fine and well.

Blogging...Something I've been wanting to do for sometime, but really didn't know how to get started.  I have two younger sisters that blog. They have been trying to get me to start for several years, so...here I am... I am 49 (yes, I turn 50 this year--ugg), been married for 25+ years, and have four wonderful children that keep me busy. We have lived all over the place, and hope to someday settle in either Tennessee (where my husband grew up), or Florida (where I grew up), but for now, we are making our home in Northern Louisiana.