Thinking Sunny Thoughts!

This is where i wish that we were right now....at the great little bar next to the dog beach in Key West. This was our "Welcome Home From Iraq" vacation that the husband, the hounds and I took back in '04. That is the husband in the background, making conversation with another bar patron, while the dogs look on. We spent a great deal of time on that vacation at that bar. The dogs would get their swim on at the beach, and then we would move on up to the bar for some Corona refreshments, and to soak in the sunshine, and watch the water.

My poor parents are STILL stuck in the Chicago Amtrak station. Here is a tip...IF you travel by train, always always always book a room, or roomette. If the train is delayed, you get to wait in the warm, cozy lounge. There is a fireplace, comfy seats, big screen tv. If you go coach, you will have to wait in the virutally unheated lobby. My parents have been in Chicago now for almost 24 hours. Amtrak DID put them up in a hotel for the day though yesterday. Poor 'rents had not had a SHOWER since leaving Seattle on friday, due to the fact that the pipes on their train were frozen! ACK!!!
Mark my words, my father will NOT be traveling over the holidays ever ever every again!!
He is hanging in there though, and being a good sport. I am heading out to the grocery today, and i will be buying the man some beer. Could you imagine, if after all this, he got to my house and i did not have a beer to hand to him?

Snow....lots and lots of snow. I have done my morning shovel out, and i am now enjoying my first cup of coffee.