New Year's Resolution

No, the blog is not dead. Not officially, anyway. I've been going through one of my periodic dry spells. Part of it's seasonal, I'm sure. Of course, the fact that this blog has an audience of precisely one (according to Sitemeter) has not helped in the least.

A short summary of what's happened:

The new insulation has helped immensely during what has been thus far a comfortably mild winter.

Dave's hand surgery went well. He looks forward to going back to work in a limited capacity next week. My desire to do some recording during his recuperation has been unfruitful. I found recoding through my mackie 1202 mixer into the hifi VCR to produce a reasonably clean, warm sound. Using my Nady Condenser and my Shure 57 to make a pair of mono tracks, I was surprised that the 57 gave a much nicer sound, to the extent that I mixed the Condenser nearly out of the mixdown. Anyway, short story long, I haven't been happy with my material, what little I could bring to the tape.

Donna's Car, the 95 Buick LeSabre died on the way home from my folks on Christmas eve. The good news is we were only three streets away from home. The bad news is our savings have been dipped into to the point that we definitely won't be getting the new refrigerator anytime soon, and the car isn't running reliably yet. Tomorrow we'll make the white-knuckle ride to Pat's Auto in hopes of recovery.

Thank God It's Friday. Hope to write more frequently.