Well, look at that.  Daylight is here again, streaming in through my windows at unheard of hours like 7:30am and 5pm.  I love this time of year because while I'm not sure I'd pass for an SAD sufferer, I definitely get a lot more deflated over Winter.  Every year Kristy and I try to come up with ways to beat the blues, which have this year involved amazing hot chocolates, baileys, hot toddies, and for me, a hell of a lot of programming.  I've written three major projects since the nights began to draw in and I'm really proud of them all, and we've cooked a lot of good stuff, too.  I think the greatest find was Nigella's Mexican Lasagne (from Kitchen) which is a lasagne made up of cheese, beans, salsa and tortillas.  I think we'll be cooking that one a lot.

Anyway, enough of that! The light is coming again! Every day we gain over three full minutes of daytime to swan about in!  By the end of February I'll be getting home from work in daylight, and in March the clocks change and suddenly everything will be ok again, I'll be coming home to cocktals in the garden whenever the weather allows.  Fantastic.  This is what I spend winter waiting for.