I’m still enjoying the holiday season, but wanted to thank several people who have asked me to become their Facebook friend.

Sometimes I feel like my family might be the last hold-outs from Facebook and other social networks. We simply don’t belong to those internet clubs. Don’t get me wrong>>> We keep up with our friends, we just don’t keep up with them through internet social groups. We write (and talk!) to family and friends, but we don’t “connect” with them through those sites. We don’t have any particular reason for not joining them, we simply don’t want to.

I mentioned before that one of my daughter’s professors required that the class contact each other through Facebook. So, clearly, she became a member during that semester, but she quit right after that obligation was fulfilled.

I have been asked by several Cozy Mystery readers to join their groups of friends on Facebook, but since I am not a member, I clearly have not. The only real reason I have for not joining is that I already find myself spending way too much time sitting at my computer, and fear that if I were a member of a social network, I would spend even more time seated in front of my computer screen.

But thank you to all of you who have invited me to join your groups!

I am hoping that everyone of you is enjoying this time of the year, when people seem to be on their very best behavior.

It’s the time of year for reflection… Have we been naughty or nice? Have there been times when we have been lazy about helping others? Have we made a difference to others?

As I ask myself these questions, I think about the people who have made a difference in my life, and I am truly thankful. I know that as I get older, I am becoming more impatient with what I consider incompetence. I do, however, try to curb my tongue and not let that impatience show… at least not too often!

So, I am going to set aside some time to reflect on this question: Have I been naughty or nice? And, if the answer is nice with a little naughty thrown in, what can I do to not have that very same dilemma next year?

Bah Humbug!  

I know that I wrote several times about how disappointed I was when they cancelled the Bonnie Hunt Show. I really did miss that feel-good show, and tried to replace it with other talk shows that I sampled, none of which I found myself wanting to “commit to” watching every day.

Let me mention that we don’t get the newspaper. We don’t pull a Paul Simon (“I get the news I need on the weather report…”), rather, we get our news from the internet. So, I had a novel idea… Why don’t I find a morning show that suits me… something that I can get invested in… a show with hosts who I feel I could listen to five days a week. That might solve both my gathering-of-news and my feel-good show problem, and give me something I can leave on while cooking dinner (I tape everything!) or while I perform some other mindless activity. (Hmmm… I wonder if my cooking reflects my attitude about it being a mindless activity?!?)

Eureka! I found the show!!! The last three months I have been watching/listening to the CBS Early Morning Show. I truly enjoy Harry Smith at the helm of the two hour show. Smith, along with Maggie Rodriguez and Dave Price, gave me another show that I thought was top rate, and I actually looked forward to seeing them.

Kiss of Death!!! I tell you, it never fails! There are two things of which I am sure: 1. When I get in the shortest line at the grocery store, invariably someone in front of me will need the cashier to go retrieve a pack of cigarettes from the locked-down area at the front of the store. OR 2. When I find a show that I really like, it is only a matter of time before it will be cancelled.

In short, CBS has decided to replace Harry Smith, Maggie Rodriguez, and Dave Price with a whole new team of anchors. I guess it’s time for me to start listening to music… off of DVDs that we own. That way, they can’t be cancelled!

***I’m sorry, but I have decided not to post any more comments about this topic. Today (January 4, 2011) I am seeing that I’m being inundated with so many comments from people who are as unhappy about this change in hosts as I am. But, as this is a blog about Cozy Mystery books, I am going to have to agree with you all about how bad this decision is, but am not going to post any more comments.***