Another Vacation Day in Blog Bits

I've already eaten all the oatmeal, toll house, and sugar cookies that my father made and gave to me to bring home at Christmas... I was never one for the concept of Delayed Gratification... Nope, not me...

Ouch! Lower back pain today: Why? a) Bags carried over Xmas? b) Snow/ice walking and balancing? c) too many twists during a two hour workout last evening? d) All of above? Pass the ibuprofin...

Remind me in 2011 to never again get the Buffalo wings at Chirping Chicken... Deep fried crispy ones dunked in sauce is not the same thing!

NYTimes' Bob Herbert's Thinking of Aretha is lovely...

No New York Times home delivery to midtown Manhattan yesterday or today . No USPS mail delivery yesterday... We'll see about today... Whatever happened to : "Nor rain, nor snow..." (I don't blame Postal Lady! Get well soon!)

Managed to climb snow mounds today to get to a mailbox to drop in some late Christmas cards... I do the postcards... More sensible... And yes, I'm guilty this year of only sending back to those who send first...

Googled around yesterday and found my best friend from when I was 13... He's now a professor and well published PhD in the field of physical therapy in Pennsylvania... I dropped him a holiday email to his university email addy...

I've surpasssed 500 friends on Facebook! Woo woo!... And yes, I do KNOW THEM ALL!! We shared various parts of our lives at various time periods together... To those who completely shun Facebook: I just don't get it... What are you afraid of? You can set your own boundaries over who sees what and you can divulge only what you wish... To each his/her own, of course... But seriously: It's great...

I gotta start giving some thought to the ol' New Year's resolutions...