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Over the Christmas break, we decided to go to the snow. Our four-and-a-half hour trip turned out to be a ten-hour trip thanks to traffic, snow, chains-putting on, more traffic, various stops, etc. Finally we arrived at our hotel only to discover that our room had been taken because the airport had apparently been shut down. But for once it paid to be late: we were given, for the same price, a two-room suite! It was great.

We played in the snow the first day, and then back at the hotel the kids went swimming in the indoor pool. The next day we went skiing/snowboarding. The 11-degree temperature was a bit daunting yet somehow bearable...and when the sun came down it was even comfortable, give or take a few frozen toes and fingers here and there. I discovered that skiing is a bit like riding a bike---ya just don't really forget how (it's been 20 years since I've been). Everyone else snowboarded and my husband discovered that he's not 20 anymore.

All in all it was a fun time. I drove by the two houses I lived in years ago and the school I attended. We got together with some people that we know one evening. We ate too much food and got our fill of TV-watching (not having a TV at home, there's always the tendency to overdose when we're in a hotel). The trip home was much quicker than the trip there, and all was as we had left it at the ole home place (with the exception of our back fence that blew over during a windstorm while we were gone). As fun as it is to go away, it's always nice to be home.

And now we begin a new year. Here's to happiness, success and smooth sailing!!