OK, unless somebody speaks up, I'll be forced to give credit for the slinky comment to one of my siblings (John??????). Actually, the more I think about it, that comment has Schneider family written all over it!! The only question is which one of you it was and, if not John, can you stand the fact that he's getting credit for it ;)

Merry Christmas everyone!! We had a wonderful Christmas Eve with German food, a Christmas pickle hidden in the tree, and lots of presents. We were all tuckered out from all the excitement, especially the slinky races. There's still a little snow outside to keep everything pretty; hoping for a lot more this week. Hope you all had a very merry Christmas. Please have a safe and happy New Year!!

Life is soooooo good!!

Just had to post because it doesn't get much better than this. Plenty of snow outside (it's a beautiful 12 degrees out and it's been snowing lightly for the past five days :), Friday night in front of a raging fire with cold beer. Stopped in town to pick up some dinner on my way home from work and the streets were all decorated with illuminated white snowflakes for the holidays and you can hear Christmas carols being played along Main Street. Sounds corny and you might think I'm exaggerating, but places like this really do exist. We are so happy here!!

When I walked in the door tonight, Dan told me how lucky he was to get to watch the sunset tonight. People have been gathering outside my office the past few nights to watch the sun quickly drop below the horizon around 4:30 and light up the sky. Something about watching that across a snowy landscape (and breathtakingly beautiful Lower Saranac Lake) makes everyone smile from the inside out. Sorry no pics to backup my stories but close your eyes and I hope you can picture it.

Tomorrow night is the Trudeau Christmas party. Really looking forward to watching a bunch of scientists get out on the dance floor. There is an annual, and highly coveted, "Gumby" award handed out every year for whoever shows off the "best" moves. Don't worry girls, I'll be watching from the sidelines my first year ;)

I am looking forward to working on the Trudeau float for winter carnival after the first of the year. This year's theme is "The Fabulous 50's", yay! I'll be sure to post pics for that. For those of you who will be here for the parade, I'm sure I'll make you proud. For anyone else who would like to come, it’s an open house and all are welcome. I’m working on putting a link to Winter Carnival on this blog.

Anyway, work is great but no news on the house front. Trying to decide if we will start building in the spring. Who knows, life is good!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you all are enjoying the season. I promise to post some more pictures soon.