First of all I want to start by wishing everyone a very happy New Year. I truly hope that 2007 is a happy, safe and healthy year for my family, friends, sponsors, team and fans. I am truly thankful to have all of you in my corner.

I know it’s been a long time since I have written a blog. If there was ever a time for me to be slacker, I guess this was the time. Now to make up for my laziness, I will write one blog a day for the next seven days for all of my loyal blog fans. I owe it to you and I think it will come at a good time when most people are back to work and may need a small distraction. As long as my fans, sponsors, family and friends are still reading, I’m still writing. I have so much I could talk about. Even though it’s the off season, it seems as though everyday has been blog worthy. I can’t write about everything.

I’ll give you a sort of laundry-list-recap now, and then over the next couple of days I’ll reflect back on the last couple of weeks.

Michigan

Since the last time I wrote, I spent about three weeks in Michigan going to the Kalitta Motorsports shop just about everyday preparing for ‘07. We chose new uniforms for our KB Racing Top Fuel team. We decided to step up our marketing program and work on some new things. I wrote letters to potential sponsors. I worked on a speech that I’ll be delivering to more than 5,000 kids at the North American Auto Show. I worked on a power point presentation that I’ll be giving this January in New Mexico. My new car got smashed. I had a house guest stay with me for a week which was the first time anyone has stayed at my condo since I moved there in 2005. Ellen Cobb, who runs Kalitta Motorsports West, came out to do some work at the main Kalitta Motorsports office in Michigan and stayed with me. My laptop computer, which is my most cherished, most precious and most expensive item I own, got a terminal virus. I went Christmas shopping in downtown Ann Arbor. I went to downtown Detroit twice in two days after avoiding it for the year that I have lived in Michigan. I went once for a Detroit Lions game and once for a dinner with Connie Kalitta and friends. I went to a sushi dinner with Shirley Muldowney. I procrastinated writing my blog.

We went to Orlando, Fla., for the PRI Show. We walked the convention center floor for two days straight talking with all our suppliers. I went to a great dinner at Del Frisco’s, near Orlando, with Ken Black, Jim Oberhofer, Jason Line, Rob Downing, Jon Oberhofer, Rahn Tobler, Ben Marshall, Jim Becker and the our Red Line Oil sponsors Cameron Evans and Kelly Kerrigan. I celebrated Jim O’s 40th birthday at the surprise party his wife, Tammy, threw for him. I went to the Kalitta Motorsports Christmas Party. I got a very special Christmas present from Judy Black. I procrastinated writing my blog.

California

Then I flew home to Northern California to spend Christmas with my family. I had lunch with my kindergarten teacher, Paula McHenry. I went on the annual shopping trip with my four siblings and my Dad. I sprinted after one of my siblings down a crime- and traffic-ridden street. I played monopoly until 3:30 in the morning with my family. I became a text messaging addict influenced by my 15-year-old sister who sends and receives messages at the dinner table and even while on the ski lift. I got a very special necklace from my great grandfather who lived to be 101. I went to my brothers’ seventh grade basketball game for the first and last time. I procrastinated writing my blog….

And that leads me to some guilt that I will spill out and admit to right here. I am guilty of getting greedy with my 2006 frequent flyer miles and scheduling my flight from California back to Michigan before Jan. 1, 2007 losing out on time with my family. I’m guilty of checking valuable items in my luggage and then worrying about it because I’m too lazy to carry it on. I am guilty of December indulging and now my clothes fit more snug than I would like I am guilty of failing to write a blog for much too long. Now I’m guilty of making a promise I must keep but wonder if I can write something that is interesting for you all to read over the next seven days. Wish me luck!