Stylin’ my Slips in the Double-O-Six

Welcome to another year of Afrojet blogging. It feels good to be back. Hope everyone had a fine holiday season. I’m enjoying the new year in massive comfort thanks to the lovely pair of replacement Uggs that I received from the misses. Without question, The Ugg slipper was the most used and appreciated item from my wardrobe in 2005 and I don’t think 2006 will be any different.

I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions. The shame, the guilt, the failures – I’ll let other folks deal with those elephants. This year, I’ve decided that I will only ‘resolve’ to do something after it’s done. You’d be amazed how fast the win column fills up in the scorecard of life when you take this approach. My only real resolution that will be ongoing this year is to eat more Lemon Meringue pie. I will look back fondly on the final days of 2005 when I was kindly introduced to the pie. Sadly, I had made it 32 1/2 years without ever crossing paths with that tart treat. 2006 is all about righting that wrong. I have total confidence in my ability to make good on this resolution.

Ma Skelton was here for a solid visit over the holidays. Over bottomless cups of black coffee we plotted world dominations and cruised to different spots all over the city. Together we identified almost all of the flora and all varieties of vegetation on the Skelton plot and made designs for some hard yard work in the spring. The only mystery that remains is a large tree in the front yard that she claims is a Magnolia tree while other say it’s some kind of fruit tree. I am devoid of opinion on this subject.

After a cruel battle these last few weeks with the poison oak. I’m happy to report I’m about 90% recovered. I’ve still got some nasty marking on my right calf but I don’t think there will be any scaring. I am however resolved that if I ever venture out again on my fathers property I will be wearing one of these.

Also, I had some bizarre email hiccup between Christmas and the New Year, where all of my email was being duplicated like 50 times. At one point I had over 74,000 messages in my inbox. This brought a lot of emailing to a standstill and I had to do some major surgery to get things back to normal. So, for all you folks who emailed me pictures of cats (or lambs) wearing funny holiday hats or other good messages of cheer, you might consider resending them to me. Or not. It’s your call.