Holiday Travels

Today I am writing this blog sitting in the kitchen of a wonderful cabin in Ruidoso, New Mexico. As I sit here three deer have strolled by paying no attention to the two little boys causing such a ruckus. There is only about ten inches of snow here and yesterday it was 45 degrees, so basically conditions are great for everything except for skiing! It is a little depressing for Bill to be this close to a ski lift and not actually get to use it, but he is managing through. We are going to go tubing with the boys and the rest of the family this morning, then Mom, Grandma and I are going to hit the shops. We have found a tea room that looks just perfect! bill and Dad are hoping to keep the boys all day and the escape to the casinos tonight. This has been a great Christmas gift from my Grandma. I will post pictures soon!

*I almost forgot...last night Bill and I decided to run to the store and get the essentials for breakfast and a bottle of wine. We plugged our coordinates into our new GPS (#3 for us) and off we went. The cabin we are at is about at the middle of the mountain, but the roads leading to it were clear. Well, "Samantha" decided that the quickest way home from the IGA store was over the top of the mountain and to our cabin. What Samantha does not take into consideration is the fact that no one has traveled this road since it snowed ten inches! About two miles into this journey I realized we were not on a safe course. We were winding up these ICE covered roads in the dark. One turn proved to both of us that potentially sliding off the side of the mountain was all together possible. I tensed up and was on the verge of hyperventilating. He said as we stopped the car, "We might really be screwed!" That did not help my level of anxiety1 He was able to slide back down the hill and turn around without falling off the side of the cliff and then drive us back to the cabin. MY HERO! I turned Samantha off after using some choice words to describe my feelings for her!