6 Days and Counting

In just 6 days this will be the local beach that we will be at maybe everyday. We will pull out of Dallas on Wednesday Dec. 31st. Our plan is to get to So Cal on the 3rd of January. It should be quite an adventure. We are gonna take lots of pictures along the way to document, so stay tuned.

Hotel! Motel! Holiday Inn!

We got out of Seattle just ahead of the big one on Wednesday night but we only made it as far as Centralia before we were forced to stop and evaluate the situation. After a quick discussion we decided to get a set of chains while they still had some, get a motel room and give it a go in the morning.

Finances being what they are we decided to go all out for the luxury of Motel 6. $49 +$3 for wireless internet and tax came to about $54. We asked for a non-smoking room. In fact, we ask for a room as far away from smoking as possible. What we got was a room that smelled like they converted it to non-smoking 10 minutes before we got there. While there wasn't actually a sweaty, chain smoking 450lb man in our room, it smelled like it.

Trying to make the best of a bad situation, we striped all the covers off the bed put down our own sleeping bags and turned off the heat to keep the smell down as much as possible. Then, the satelite TV went out. Three kids, two adults, a very stinky, very small room with no TV is a BAD combo. We turned to our old friend, the internet. Quickly we signed up for a netflix account and started streaming cartoons straight to our room. Underdog saved the day. Best $8.99 I ever spent.

My Favorite Christmas Movie

My favorite Christmas movie of all time is White Christmas! I don't think I've missed seeing this movie every year since I was 11. I love everything about it, the cast, the music, the story but most of all I love the memories this movie has given me. I hope my kids grow up loving it like I do! What's your favorite Christmas movie and why?