I don't know if I have seen snow stay on the ground this long in Tulsa in my whole life.  Right now it says it is in the 20's, but by thursday it is going to get down to single digits... WOW!  Still we are enjoying it trying to stay warm as we work on a few new songs.  Yap that is right we are writing songs right now, and yes they are intended for the new album.  I guess we have always been perfectionists and after living with the album, for the last 6 month we felt like there were a few things missing.  A little part here or there and maybe another song or two.  The album is still planned for the spring so don't worry about this pushing anything back.