It’s hard to click your heals in flip flops and imagine there’s no place like home, but after a wonderful Christmas Dinner, the suitcase came out. Leaving the patio door open, to hear the roar of the surf, we watched the unending showing of Christmas Vacation. It still remains as funny each time I see it. It was a cooler Christmas day here, no wearing the cute yellow beach outfit from Calypso. The view of the bay and accompanying pelicans, made the dinner taste even better!

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Though the weather was trying its best, y our flights ran on time

Surprisingly, most of our flights ran on time, even on a challenging weather day. As the wind blew the snow horizontally across the windows on our final approach to Kansas City last night, I started to really wonder why I was coming back. Always listen to your “intuition,” which leads me to a tip you should think about before you park your car at the airport. If it’s available, park your car in the covered parking, versus out in the open and you won’t ever be digging your car out. Besides, who brings a shovel with them when the trunk is filled with luggage anyway? As I started my “clean” car right up and headed for the exit, I was reminded of the man driving the bus that delivered me to my car. He had indicated they had run out of places to push the snow, so now they were putting it in dump trucks and carrying it away…this should have been a clue.

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