Cannot believe we’re already *9* days into January, and 2011. Life is whizzing past us, folks! What amazing plans do you have for yourselves this year?

Me? I’m continuing on with Jenn 2.0 (aka “the reinvention of Jenn”), getting healthier, taking care of myself, and stuff like that. Growing my businesses (may have just picked up a new contract I’m rather excited about)… and looking at some property for a possible move at some point.

I was looking at the Feedjit feed a little while ago – I peek at it now and then, but don’t watch it too closely – and chuckled when I saw that people actually have direct links to one of my old posts now, and still come on a daily basis from google searches… on the differences between sweet potatoes and yams, of all things. It’s actually one of the most popular posts I’ve ever had, which ticks me off considering it was one of the first ones I ever did, and not one I’d consider all that fabulous. Sheesh. Granted, I don’t write with the thought of getting a huge influx of visitors here. That’s not what I’m about… but really. Sweet potatoes? Is that as interesting as I get?

The Teen just told me a joke…

Can February March?

No, but April May…

She’s 16, and telling clean jokes? I’m so proud! :D

The gang and I get together this week to have our first admin meeting of the year, and go over the music library database that I put together over the holidays. It’s pretty impressive if I do say so myself! We have close to 400 pieces of music now, and growing. Exciting stuff! Speaking of which, are you on Facebook? If you are, have you “liked” the Main Street page? We’d really love it if you did!!

In case you were wondering, I was definitely back to my old self once school resumed last week. The eye twitch went away, and suddenly I was happy to see my kids again, getting off their school buses! No bottles of wine were harmed in the process, either. It’s been a grand week!

That’s about all I can think of to catch you up on today. I’m still a bit annoyed over the template mess-up, but I can live with this one until I have some quality time to spend on redesign. I like the colours, and it is definitely a more striking look than the one I used before. (not the fish… that was just silly)

Looking forward to your haikus on Wednesday! The theme is “Doldrums”. Present day definition is “stagnant, bored, without energy, etc.” Always happens to me after the hustle and bustle of the holidays, and (I believe) it is closely related to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Not so bad this year though, so far. How about you..?

It happens every year for me, around this time – I suffer in varying degrees from SADS (Seasonal Affective Disorder Syndrome) which is a big fancy way of saying I get a little depressed when the days start getting shorter and daylight is fleeting. I know it’s coming though, and can usually do things to thwart it – making sure I get outside in the sunshine and get fresh air, etc. This year has been a tough one for me because our summer in Southern Ontario was so pathetic – it rained pretty much the whole month of July, we had a brief summer in August, and then the rain bloody came back and hasn’t left since. This steals my favourite season away from me, and gives me premature SADS – I love autumn! It’s so quick to pass anyway, so when it’s ruined by this miserable rain and unseasonably cold temperatures, what’s a girl to do?

Retail therapy helps a bit, but while I have unlimited cheques (checks for you Yanks), the bank account doesn’t roll that way. Bother.

On Friday the Hubby and I (Ok, it was just me, but he usually agrees with me) decided that we were going to whisk the kids away to Florida in a couple weeks; bank account and other responsibilities be damned. Last year at this time we took Wee One with us and did the same thing – the Teen couldn’t come and miss that much school at that time. This year, we’re all going. The Teen and I will be able to do our work from the hotel room – I just love that she can submit her homework to her teachers via email – and I will do my regular online work the same as I could here, only I’ll be barefoot and sunlight saturated rather than swaddled in sweaters, sweats, socks and slippers.

End result: You’ll have a happier blogger to look forward to, and I won’t have to kill anyone. Win-Win.