Aloha!

All our bags are packed, we're ready to go... we're sitting on the couch watching 'It's a Wonderful Life.'

It's a great time, but I'm really thinking about my family right now. They are all at Midnight Mass. My mom is singing carols with my sisters and the lights in the church are dimmed. Candles are lit and the heat probably hasn't kicked in yet. People are greeting each other with hugs and, "it's so great to see you" and if I weren't going to Hawaii I'd give anything to be there.

I have my portable DVD player and lots of Christmas movies to entertain us on the 6 hour flight to Hawaii.

Aloha, everyone.

And a Happy New Year.