The weekend thus far has been a very quiet one. Although, truthfully, it is never quiet in our house with three little (and one big) rugrats. Yesterday I woke up with another bad headache that lasted all day. Michele had a bad pain in her neck. So we did nothing, all day. We woke up yesterday to several inches of snow that had fallen the night before, which made the outside look quite pretty. This morning, thankfully, my headache is mostly gone, and Michele feels better, too.

I have been reading reports from ALA Midwinter in San Antonio on various library-related blogs with interest. In a way I wish I was there but since getting married and having kids, I have purposely cut back on professional travel and speaking commitments because family is far more important than professional stuff. I miss being able to see and visit with friends at conferences, though. The ability to read reports “live” from the field on various blogs is surely one of the many reasons blogs are valuable and important.

[Update: My wife, Michele, quickly corrected me with respect to my statement that "we did nothing all day" yesterday by pointing out, quite rightly, that she did a lot of things. She cleaned the living room, kitchen, one of the bathrooms, and the den. I, on the hand, really did nothing but lay around.]