Holidaze
There was a moment when I glanced into my basement and wondered when I became a hoarder. Getting to the far end of the unfinished side - storage and laundry - was downright dangerous. It's better now, but the aftermath of our later-than-normal return from Maine and our annual New Year's Eve party was ugly. Not so our last couple of weeks. Maine was gorgeous after a big snowstorm on Christmas Eve eve. For Team Tryzbiak, in town from Orlando, the snow was magical. For Mainers, it wasn't quite enough to make for good sliding. But if you've never experienced real snow, it was more than enough to make for an honest-to-goodness white Christmas. Ali, Beau and Gavin made the most of it, as well as the mostly frozen lake. Uncle Peter, who years ago routinely used frozen China Lake to shorten his work commute, had been inspecting the ice and declared parts of it were safe for exploration. Ali and Beau checked it out before Gavin and his parents, Deb and Tim, arrived. Beau and Al...