Hello!

I just want to stop by and say hello to you all.

I hope you are all doing well this cold and wintery morning (depending on where you live). Well, it is cold and wintery here any way. When I got up this morning it was 10 degrees, now it is down to 4 degrees and the wind is howling like crazy and the snow storm is suppose to start up at anytime, brrrr! A nice day to stay inside and curl up on the couch with a blanket, something hot to drink and some good old time movies.

I hope your hearts are staying warm. During my bicycling days there was a saying that kept me going on those tough mountain roads when I felt like I could push no more. "What goes up must come down!" Going uphill, especially when you are exhausted is tough, but what is at the top of the mountain? And boy, I cannot wait to catch that nice breeze down the other side and enjoy the ride down. I climbed tht mountain, I pushed those pedals, one by one. It might have not been easy, I might have had to stop and take a break and not felt like going on, but I knew without a doubt, I needed to reach the top, I knew once I got up there the rich reward I would recieve. Nothing could beat that beautiful view of seeing out and over where I had once started from and the beauty and majesty of nature. The freedom of feeling the accomplishment, the peace and joy. Then to top it off, once I was ready to get back on my bike, there was one more reward. I got to enjoy the downhill ride and even through the plateau (?spelling) of the valley and seeing all the unexcepted lovely surprises along the way! 

Have a beautiful and wonderful day!