FREEZING!!!!
Tonight we ascend upon the St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace... both very exciting for me and admittedly in these economic times of budget cuts and layoffs a huge waste of money... I've never seen an ice palace before and this is the first one in 12 years. I remember being a little girl living in North Dakota and my parents had a brand new calendar up on the wall... January - the first month of the year - was adorned with a huge sparkling picture of the Ice Palace in St. Paul. I was enthralled - I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Tonight I'll be standing out in the cold - bitter bitter January cold - volunteering at the Ice Palace.

And for those crazy for Friends spoilers... the best happen to be over at The Morning News...

Happy Year of the Monkey! I was born in a year of the monkey.... i guess that means i'm special or something right?

This Sunday we're having a little Johnny-Depp-A-Thon at Maria's (i haven't seen Pirates of the Caribbean yet)... another fabulous reason to watch that movie... Orlando Bloom

Also...

ITS REALLY FREAKING COLD HERE!!!
(did i mention 5 layers of clothes and i'm still inside???)