Just returned last night from my week long "vacation" back to VA for the Christmas Holidays. Was great to see all of my family and friends, some for the first time in a couple years. Only downside: crowded house. Stayed with my parents, who also have my mom's mom living with them, and my sister with her two kids and husband were also there, as was my brother. Ten folks in a 4 BR house, all tripping over each other. But hey, family is family and it was a good time. I hope all of you had a great holiday season, no matter what holiday you celebrate.

So... anyone get anything worth talking about? Good albums? New equipment?

I got pretty boring stuff. The obligatory shirts and a pair of shoes from my parents, some XBox games from my brother. In other words, nothing to write home about. Oh shoot... thats not exactly true. My dad gave me a really cool model sailboat. A scaled down J-29. Its about 3.5 feet long. I haven't put it together yet, but look forward to doing that. Will make a great mantle piece. It has to be shipped from VA to Colorado though... couldn't make room for it for our flight back yesterday.

Anyway, good to be back home in the thin air and back with the RR group.

T-