I absolutely love my new job. I'm so proud of myself for making the journey to Rochester daily. I remember when I was afaraid to take the thruway to Eastview and by the way folks that was just a few months ago!!!! Em and I went to see Riss sing at Cabaret night on Thursday and she was fantastic. I'm so impressed with her singing ability .I've decided to hold onto the Saab because I really do like that car and I'd like to get it paid down. It would be nice to not have to use my Social Security check to make a car payment. We're making plans to go out to see Tara and Dave in March and then in June/July I'll be a grandma. Pretty exciting stuff. Today in church Shelly was there with her 8 month old niece and someone in front of me asked if that was my granddaughter. I said no my grandchild is still baking!!!!!! I have my cough back again but I go see a specialist on Jan. 31st so hopefully I'll get some answers. Every year around Dec/Jan/ I start coughing and don't stop until April / May. This has been going on for 5 or 6 years. Every year I go to the docs try a bunch of stuff that doesn't work yada yada. I've been thinking of Tim alot lately and just how quickly things change. I find myself having so many questions like did he know he was dying? Did he tell anyone? Did he do everything he wanted to do? Sometimes I get angry with the whole thing. I guess I have nothing more to share and it doesn't seem apprpriate to end with my typical closing. So I will say simply, PEACE

Wow, looks like someone's behind the eight ball. I've been busy getting used to my new job which I love by the way.Tara and Dave came home on the 20th after alot of hassle with flights. It is sooooooo good to see them. Em is starting to show although she says she's not. We got to see Casey, Steve and Mike and of course Camryn, Catherine and Jenn on the Saturday before Christmas and that was great. Camryn loved her gifts and Mike has really matured into a nice young man. The weather gave me a run for my money on my first day of work in the city but after the first couple of days with bad driving I got used to it. I enjoy being in the Brighton area. It's really quite nice with lots of things to do around me. The thruway driving is lots different in a good way. East House people seem very nice and so far I've had a few laughs with a core group of people. I never know where the year will take me. In 2008 I become a grandma though and that's rather huge. Lookin forward to it. Today I read through a book Em gave me for Mother's Day when she was in college. Very touching and to think she's going to be a mom. Time marches on...... It's a good day to live MacDougal.