a day with b, we did our am errands and then it was a full day at home, couldn't have been nicer, a nice block on the rollers, a great walk in the woods. the boys really liked the latter, it warmed up a bit, maybe to the 20s. the birds were out, we got a great up close look at a woodpecker doing his thing. he was really beautiful, white with black and maybe a spot of red. we walked around looking for other creatures but they were all hiding from the cold. the snow had that crunchy cold squeak to it, we stayed warm enough, number one was thrilled and b and i managed to avoid frostbite. i was on the rollers watching the middle part of 2000 tour, i want to like lance but outside of his athletic skills i just can't. as a human being he seems to be portrayed in the media as quite difficult. the books aren't any great road map as they are biased first-person deals that border on self-congratulatory tripe. i have so far avoided the second one but the first got to be a bit much, and it seems that the second one is more of the same. he does make the tour exciting, we'll see what jan has to give him this year! curry for dinner tonight, i know we have really embraced lately but it is just so good, especially now that we can make it at home. so good with stout brown rice! foreign cuisine that you go out of your way to make makes the meal seem even more exotic, i never thought of my italian meals to be anything other than regular meals but curry is just a cool change.