OK, Andrea, you live out east, so I suppose I can understand it, but Heidi, I thought you were a midwesterner! Here in prairie country we don't cancel school for cold! I'm sure some of you remember me saying that I can remember one time that SE Minn. schools were closed for cold: it was colder than -70 windchill, and the gov. closed schools for the whole state. And lots of people complained!!

Anyhoo -- Hola! I am back from my fabulous Mexican vacation. Oh, the sun, the sea, the sand -- in my shoes, my sheets, my sunscreen. Loved our vacation, can't wait to go back, delighted to return to American bathrooms and sandless floors.

More later -- hope all is well with everyone!

Shaun
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