Wondering how is the new year...

Slow start, but good, to the new year. At this on-the-floor time of pup digesting his breakfast (that's early a.m. ET), it's a moment to wonder how is the new year for kids. JR&T will be coming, luck has it, to visit this weekend -- Andy facing a near-term life of no vacation days termed the weekend free-flight visit a "surgical strike," but sure to be full of fun to simply visit. C&J are in the hinterland, but maybe back in the next day or so, so by then if not before I'll hear how things were in Vermont, maybe see some pictures we can post. And I think they'll show up over the weekend too. B&B&E&L are, most probably, in the midst of balance-home-and-work-while-commute: we heard this past weekend of their success in finding a possible place to live and child-development spot for Pook, and so I wonder how the possible is developing. But just heard a dog whimper, so it must be time to move on to reality. Later, maybe connection to new facts!