The Salad Days

Steph and I had a great night on the town last night, enjoying dinner and a movie in the city. We saw "For Your Consideration", a very funny satire of the Hollywood awards season. It was good to feel again like we live the city. Due to our domestic lives, most outings include the Mall of America or Target! We have very much enjoyed the visit from Steph's parents, and we can now look forward to a vacation in CA on Friday! It seems amazing that this trip is already upon us. We have been planning it for quite awhile.

Work has been busy. Tonight I will close the store, and since we cannot sell wine tomorrow (it's illegal to sell alcohol on Sunday in Minnesota), today we have to keep up with the huge demand of the New Years party folks. It always seems like we can all let our hair down a bit after we pass January 1st. People (like me) start going on vacations, and everything gets back to a normal pace.

We are finishing the 6th warmest December on record in Minnesota. It makes for a nice transition for us new folks. I wager that all of our Decembers will not be this pleasant.