Highlights So Far

-- A man, and I use that term loosely, wouldn't give up his seat on the plane. Therefore, he got to sit next to my children while I had relative peace and quiet a few seats back. They must've given him quite an earful for three hours because on the way out of the airport he was telling another passenger "aisle seat or no aisle seat, I'm not putting myself through that again."

-- Snow is everywhere. No complaints really, I like the cold. It matches my soul.

-- Kids say the funniest things. In the library downstairs there stands what has to be a twelve-foot menorah. My youngest stopped to look at it and asked, "Do they celebrate Chanukah?" Husband said, "Yes, they're Jewish." The kid claps his hands and cheers, "Yes! We've got a great team! We're going to beat Christmas!" Yeah, right. All seven of us.

-- On our way into town, we passed by the Focus on the Family Visitor Center. Strike One.